Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-29
STRIKING EXTREMES.
APPALLING IGSORAsclmO INDIFFERENCE



writing from st. Petersburg. says.
when Sir Rd1crt Morier. one Of the
abicst Of British ambassadors. was
transferred from the court of Madrid
to- the capital OF Russia. he remarked
on his arrival, I have come from a
country which nves In the past 90
county which lives In the future
since then many years have g1uc BY.
spain has almost used up fs pas, In
vain cnort 10 contend with the forces
Of the present while Russia is exhaust
Ing the resources % the present Zoo or-
der t1 be- able TO cope with the Immense
possibilities % tho future. Russia ia she I
gr.at,at aggregate Of white men ever
DYmpacted into state unit since tha |
world began. The English speaklng /
family alone exceeds .n numhufa thu I
russian. but they know ~ one political I
allegiance such uH that which binds all |
She i,ussans TO the throne u Nicholas |
H.
zone hundred and twenty millions ~ .
men constitute u world ln themselves /
large enough % absorb their energies /
aud m0nupdllze their attention. Thu I
indiffrrcncea Of the Russians 90 VIVA. i
passes beyond their frontiers II phen- /
omonai. Fifteen years ago one " ~, .
| aidcH-de.camp of the then emperor. ]
failing Into couvers1iIou with an Amer. ]
! scan asked him 90 what country Dc hr- ]
iongcd. and was told America. Amcri- |
ca Amerlcav said the aidc-dc-camp. |
where IL American
4 NEW WAR
An American traveller recently &C.. |
turned from Siberia rfayeiy aHurld me I
/ that all the war news he could nnd in
| the Or.fhIg papers were briof reprints
| % kilograms uuf fhIuE iht war which
/ was raging between spain and Eng
| land The Russian pcAHtuiry are mol
I 90, 60 mako luc distinctions. Mankind
| Tor them. 50 has often been said, con.
| HIHtH only 1f two great dNlH.1nH-thc I
| iluHtanH. or speaking men, and the
! nom iiuualans. OF those Who cannot
l speak.
OH. small but highly cultivated min.
l orlty which forms russian society, tho
larger group which forms tho adminiH.
! tfatlnnH and ihe officers Of the army
/ and Ii the navy, are. ~ course. kcenly
alive 20 the evolution Of events 10
/ America.
"There IL M. Pobyedonon,rrn. who u
universally regarded az Kind ~ lty-
| pope ana prosecutor general through
/ uut Russia. No m'lder hammered man
ever doomed a Schlsmatlc 20 oXlF. 10
u kccnly alive 90 the American sv1lu-
/ ron. or, A. he thinks u. degradation.
To him 'Bosa' Croker u kind ~ s1m-
bro portcnt ~ the doom that awaits
| Turlimmrntnrlnn or representative Euv-
eminent. In his reflections " Rus
Sian HtnteHman.' which has jurt made
~ appearance IN EnRllsh. he exprcssrH
Trufnuud alarm no the prfh able trs
umph Of the Roman Catholic religion In
the United States.
Prince Khnkln pronounced Hlikonl
! minister W war ana communications o.
known az the American. tie served
some years IN American railway shop!
he wears HI beard 10 tho trad .0nhl
American fashion his letters are WRIT
ten ON q typewriter and he IL simply
aurffne with desire tn repeat IN Al.
IBERIA the grand industrial developments
that the Americans achieved To- the last
nfiy years west nf the Mississippi
AT tho fawlFn nnlfe count Murn-
Wien. nun. cynical, niHmnrrkinn Do hiH
ambitions though not in his capacity,
has kept careful rYe unln che dcvrl-
rpmoni ~ American conditions Wh.le
Hrrupuloualy prcrotVlnE the most reid
neutrality during enc wlr h. had a
hlaa In sentiment toward - United
States, Great and growing g 4 'rs have
] not much sympathy uWHUr InH minis
: tors N ihe ear. nut me spanish war
Interested thsm but little twas whgei.
~ % were IN a distant planet Asiron.
omrrH migh' watch n hut n was not
she business ~ the average man.
AMERICA TO THE FRONT
Americans arc coming well 20 the
front IN Russia, ar they are discover
Ing more aud more what an immenre
undeveloped nold tho lands Of the cEar
{ uner 20 western enterprise. Russia j.
but AZ the beginning NJ new epoch
~ industrial development BEFORE The
next century closes Hhe hopes 10 have
achieved a progress a. great ~ that
which the United states has accom-
plished In the closing century. No one
adequate realizes thr Immense agrlcul-
! tural resources ~ NJ Immense prairie
I ta.l. s..t. a.. a. nNluHa
khllkon are running ln iron highway
5000 miles long Americans are sup
plying many of the rails, American en-.
. glneor7l are everywhere. one American
u Eunefintending he construction o.
I new steel works mar ~, Ic'.rfhnrF
Rates dredroH are 90 deepen the Vol
50 ne pniepcr the Don. and ! know
i not how many rivers hrs'dra The rep
4 reacntntlves ~ McsHra, WnfihInr'0n "
! | laying down 200 miles NJ HlrhirIneh
. piping IN tho trauH-C1sunu region
/ | through which the ltpihs.h'l. on com.
hlnatIon Will pump petroleum hN means
1 M four pumping stations. 80 1f which
h Will be supplied with me latest pumps
: The other day I met au American
I | Hrnloglai and engineer who, hfN'nf
: | qnif the post Of engineer IN Fr.it
I American city, hos been apendlng ihg
. summer examining the gold mines ui
> northern Siberia. ana before th' DAY
was over I stumbled on another who
( had been reporting on copper mines ln
. the khlrF-Eteppla, The testimony 1f
4 theHe Americans was favorable 90 me
J. labor value Of the Siberian workman.
% The Russian Il docl'e. qulck 10 learn
4 ana does quite ~ good work aa the
b skilled iah0rer In the states, A. "a
a craftsman h. Is past master with his
e only tool, the AK, ana my American
k friends seemed % think that H. would
G De equally def with other tools N De
had the training ~ the skilled artisan.
AUTOMATIC MACHINES.
on the other hand another American
j. declared quite as positively that the
20 Rhsslana employed IN his works work
j. AZ mechanically as the machines they
b itnd, They never mako "A suggestion
~ or propose an improvements Their
2 minds are sluggish and th0y are the
"a most conservative of men.
x There N manifest in certain quarters
Ie suspicion thar after "a time ne cor
= dlality VI Russlan ana American friend
u ahip may undergo some little change,
me American element Do ihH country
r little yeast leayening The russian
mass with American Ideas. liulslan
T. Workmcn here ana thpro have been
heard 20 observe that they han no use
y Tor Taar a phrase which seems all
* most pure American. No srUlier con-
fNHHf nurtIN Ha that hn-