The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-10
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Further Discussion OF Their Comparative
Civilization and Virtue.

luENnoE Dl1CuANNnn OF AnAlE NNhEbAANANN
Civilization and Virtue.
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: Mr.. W. 1.
Payne. In his letter on the Cars peace mani
festo. published in your columns to-day. says,
among other things:
IT am familiar with tho story Of the famine
In India and with the wretched and unhappy
state Of Ireland and with the unsavory scan
dal In reiEninR circles" giving these and other
reasons why Russia, with her pure and noble
deeds. should stand above England. with her
foulness and mo~ralturpitude, In the estimation
of the people OF the United States,
Is Mr.. Payne aware that the chief cause OF
the recurring famines In India is the Pax
Britannica" which has allowed the population
of that country to increase 80 rapidly without
the devastation OF internal wars ? Does he
think that LOO civil servants Of Russia or OF
any other country In the world but England. for
that matter. could govern 305,o00.00o Of peo-
pie at an annual cost Of only $500. 100000, and
meet famine conditions as efficiently and as
economically % these men have done2 Per-
haps Mr.. Payne will give us his views upon Slr
Richard Temples account OF how he fed the
starving natives OF Bengal during the great
famine in the seventies. and prove to us that
Sir Richard could have fed more persons for
less money. He will then be in q position to
offer his services to Russia, which 10 suffering
tfhSeT present moment It With not q single yellow
Journal IN the whole country nlloWed 70 MAKE
g sIon 6 s. the sSs fact Sns IN as SrSsF 70 od sRIIoTso It's 0ir0ula-
Irish Nationalist are no doubt very wretched
M unhappy nhsJq g,I ct 1 3 at,l under SEsn t he tR sa1oo bS 81
not dared to tale, away ltron IriShmen a free
press or the right Of trial by jury. -,
her ~dominions, Known as Poland. Py martial
laS Rgrs e. and adm sii|lpfle; ssTil ssda Its H I1hSs5ta natiS 80
md without trial. naraaNutnQ the Jews who
live In II worse than Torquemada would do IL
he were now living. celebrates as her most hon
who was Content, with the simple blackmail OF
a rouble per head from each inhabitant per an
press With iii an ron hand over one.ssventS Of the
earth's land surface. OF course the, Irish Ma
tIonaplists would be glad to change I PLACES ssh Nth b
against England:" but the Poles would think
they were living In heaven II they. had the. OPP
portunity OF starving in India or OF being op-
lam glad to know that Mr.. Payne is familiar
c GesP inc In Ens daSSy0 as L Hef Is encouraeine 70 have
some one besides, the yeracious chroniclers OF
the yellow Journals to bear testimony AGAINST
privately married to John Brown. IN. the Prince
where with a mistress on each arm GD, and the
young Duke Of York committed bigamy when
rine II. Of Russia iiS.S Who Il may fairly be compared
never married either a John Brown or any one
else except her husband. whom she disposed OF
in the good old Russian way, yet, she. was not
without consolation in her w~idowhood; Alex
ander H. who may fifty be compared IN geni;
Wales. never publicly acknowledged one mis-;
tress at least in the face OF all Europe and
match England's Georges. even Leaving out
George Ill. who was o most respectable and
God-fearing country squire. with -Russia's
Peters. only to discover that. George ~; was q
country yokel indulginR in the dissipationa OF
city life when compared with the studied
wickedness and pro1igacy OF the greatest OF
the Peters.
Russia is a great country with a great future.
the noblest part Of which will be her advance
N civilized representative government. But
England is acknowledged by even her enemies
to be n great country and this poor world has
to give her the credit OF being the country in
which civilized liberty. regulated by law. as
Burke terms It, originated. There seems to be
should not continue to be on terms OF friendli-
ness with both these great countries. Nor is
there any reason for not saying that. in the
light Of the past, the future destinies Of the ma
tions OF the whole earth would be safer under
the heRemony OF the Teutonio races than under
the dominion Of the Slav. NJ.
NEW YORK. Sent. T.