The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-07

4 - and tEe feressai are -Le zlo-s Re-
laresqge ard are sls8 fhe greater Tae
( Yeue.s-f - crossed g GEAR rlegslisai
on 8 SSH Frosty Fight TIE L5e 20 r-
"a u bright slriirhL E1l4sy f-e
. hanks ard tire rDoW-el.r rrEe- srl ha
alng hack tae fe1e-ti1n e. z-Et- an
r5saliE r1 q manner % izqre q PANT
s- TIE scenery q SsaeTia las yet - -
+ painted
our continuous 5ourl-y c9Fzr-- -ff'
Rifles II IS great +ziIsaT- TneeTet. 1-
E ally q k@gzrs ~ LhzIg8l-E-T4 E-les EIrl-
- The s.ss-lan frontier. F1r 81. Frsei--a
. purposes 't Is enc continuous l-a= lre1l
Sos 90 go fTE1t=E. IsIiC-ase-F - VIE -
. E--tlrug1s 20 EzCiEsstCcE ard 10 D5.L
. Arthur ard IA .i-l-uau- IN ether words
l-fEe K1sa-E uI k1-C the lolEfz- -a1 q
say lire -1 al the TCs-1. ne Er1 q
tr1t is aid lI The Russian E-a1l-F ]
. z1aRe. gh1-1 g. 81 zrLy b-Gz4er rrza .l-
read gauge - the rest - -la Uf1f-
. That gauge Eas originally seeete- -
the Emp@ro- N.c1C-1z. ait- ta- atoHsi
.1tz1tsga 10 render E0re c.rlcl-t ans -
rzsi0n from EelElDJ-i-g countries ll=
ra nay o. be- even HaE sz-Iz ga *
E work save in Cl= res e----tl. r.--l7 are
-sf slfl1i-Lt.y heavy. lE-g Eesz4 --f---
e-seE Lle--l POUNDS tg ne Ff4- AL-i
. 81 tEay eEolG -e.sL from zer1rry--1 %
eighty pounds Thar means mat ----
s rl4telg tee whole 4-ls mls- r. r=-ail
Tls Far= ~ constructor has -z---Ti5
been rsE.1, s1l go mll=s F=re i4l4 ID
.ae sumner 81 this year. TL4t Vas ii
F the rte " oseT two miles day AMI
This sumner -re rate gf aging E- ~
( faster. FEOu IrkutzE 10 Lake La-Aal
there are 0r.y forty u,l=s O. lay, an
a-yaad EaIkal the Ir- - graded el-1
nearly made f-r HUNDREDS O. nile ina
section is INTENDED 80 BIZ -stc a.L1 fa--7
rezt -url-.-r- and already Sixty leH en-
+ g5aes ard ferry 90 ones are allotted -sr
-=- Cd treI trans bahia s=c-5l- A-ai.-
anIl- t1- bridging % -le 1es--se- ana tle
Ckka Is being pushed o.. p haze a Steam e
~ carry q whole train sL1 o. nteeE .---
ice. is being built "a the shsI-s " l--l---
Ea.kaI Dy Russian latoE under ---.s-s-
1s=T!EtsldauCe.
D. was after midday CT Monday, the
1.tn d October. that va arrived IL Ly7-
c1W-oOIy MOSCOW. o. whose El---1
comes the bright sunlight Was 1a71llS
while the surrounding country vas pow
Gere4 ElJl snow Il = graf Gig, q GLIB
. where the power c. me church = more
visible than b. any great cry o. me
ORD. IL j. = city u wealth. % r-cn ara
attractive shops. O. uL- hotels. o. costly
restaurants. Of extray agslJ pleasure ---
sorts. The CI1Tcle= zlll.=r V.-l goo ana
diamond, the costly proofs 81 earnest
Ile-y. ~ TIE great shopping streets these
churches project 10 the Sidewalks znrILes
that 10 Russian passes Wi-l0l- crossing
himself suTiIrs ina, are crowded b. t--e
de-s1t o, every EouE 81 the Gay II the
heart o. al Is the KT=m-5n- where tG-
religion and the loyalty gf ali Russia are
ceLtegeC. Nowhere have ] seen such pro-
fusion Of precious stones and precious
metals as ia the LlLTCles o.. Moscow, e "a
nowhere j. the business OF pleasure Car
ned on with greater eLtr-Fa Salee. Al
me hermitage -estaUIsEL. WEere SIC la4
eu--J little dinner - l. q head gLe Of
our party Jold u that TIE luncheon blL
for seven dag Or tao earle. had been
~ Io4Dlez- That D. IL understood, was
not cited - anything unusual i vas
mentioned, Ia conversation. as IN o.
binary instance Of life IT, Moscow. OF
course you need u0t sgezZ iu that fashion
unless you like; EuJ, If ysu don't H1-.
you are net leading quite the life d Mos
C-E.
We spent two and a half days in Mos
COW, and tneH LETT At Il o'clock al night
~ al express which took Us 10 Peters
burg IN twelve hOurs-the distance being
~ miles. At Petersburg, as elsewhere IL
Russia, We found the people caught ty
an unusually early winter. u vas SNOW
ING as we entered. II is d splendid and
also 4 charming city. Il IS Z city Of PAL
aces-of palaces not secluded ia solitary
grounds, but right on the main streets.
The EmperCr's residence. the one that h
|ll occupy this winter. is On the bJuIe-
ward that eMbalks the Ngga. and. On Tho
same street Is the magn,lceBL house Of
the British Ambassador. Tn palaces o.
many Of the members Of the TOrsl fam
liy and ~ great nobility are there or On
the NeF5hi Prospect which Is The chief
shopping street Three Gays were all thai
! could COW euieu-ly arrange 10 spend il
this great city. but Dy the k.1dna-s OF
friends ! Vas able 10 see as much OF the
city ara It's people ~ Vas ezsJLab!y
practicable within that tine, and rHr i'm
preston ! formed Of Petersburg B. that
% net know Of any capital 50 attractive,
save only London and Paris Comm. -
did, from Picking, me an-ithesis Is 20
!tica!y instructive. Originally pfkiur
vas selected O. d capital by a ruler who
IN MS way, Was as bTo4d-UiuG-1 a1 was
the founder OF Petersburg. Furlher. as /
have argued IL the FIRST chapter Of this
Journey the ruler who founded Pel1ug
designed H. as Peter designed the city bv
the Neva, with a liberal hand. But Dezsrg
is city IN decay. and Petersburg is .
city where everything moves with the PIE
cisicn Of an organized Bureaucracy. ans
werlng, Ike q great machine 20 The sign
Of the aIJOcrat's Will You cannot leave
Petersburg until you have satisfied the
police that you have sufficient reason 10
leave l.; but the process Of satisfying
them is made as smooth as are the wood
paved Toadways that are renewed each
spring. Perhaps these roadways in Pc
king and in Petersburg are best typical
Of two empires IN the former CITY
great-mlndUd ruler built. centuries ago. q
roadway paved with solid stone tha-
would endure for ages IL mas endured
FOR ages but no one repairs u. and it IS
falling % bits. In the latter CITY the main
arteries are FaVeq with wood thar the
traffic may proceed smoothly. although Il
is w-ll-kuoWn THAI az the end " Peers
burg winter such We0d paving must svel
and burst ia the thaW. What matter II
can be relaid. and il is reiaid. year bv
year as regularly as the thaw follows
th= frost,
Let no one imagine that the empire Of
Wh!ca Petersburg Is yEe head contains
the seeds u decay Tile IA X Of NlasHsra
b. nonsense talk Ca that have learned
something. Russia is no LONGER a country
iu which n=sE-e fear TO discuss politics
No man may talk sea.Ji0u, ouI. snort Of
that. lr may speak his mind on me
train. Russians, 81 talk win US. spoke
openly ~ political matters. and discussed
quite frankly questions tnat according
90 the old ideas. were supposed not % De
discussed under fear OF 5auislmeut The
old order change; and things in Russia
are different from what they were But
TIE things LEaJ remain are loyalty % The
Car and devotion 20 the church On
these the fabric o. Russian government
Pests securely. while. on the family lie
0l the peasant there VII BE- built ug la
Siberia another Russia as efeat as the
Russia that exists. The birth rate "
Russia IS the highest IN tH- world and
Jhe TraHssl5-rian Railway VII take the
surplus population OF The future 10 pep
pie he new Russia and Asia. Against the