New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-19
RUSSrA's GREAT FUTURE.
CONSUL GENERAL SMITH ADVISES AMER
/ leans TO INVEST THERE.

TIE czARINA A CONSTANT COMPANION OBJ THE
CzAR-sPIENDID TRAINS ON THE TRANS
SIBERIAN RAILROAD.
Nine enths of the stories cabied from Europe
about probable between Russia and otner
European or Asatic States are absolutely without
foundation" said Thomas Smith. Consul Generai
Of the United States at Moscow. TO Tribune re-
porter at the Waldorf-Astoria last night MT
Smith has been living in Moscow for thrtv-h'e
years. and President Mckinley appointed MIN Cou-
sui General soon after he was inaugurateu. Nj
Smith is a man about hfty years old. and. although
he has had little TO do with Americans since Bohis
20 Russia EXCEPT by correspondence. he still re-
tans the manner and speech OF n Yankee lie
went TO Russia with the Winanses OF Baitlthore as
a civil and mechanical engineer when the rairo"u
WAS built between Moscow and ST. PETERSBURG, ai'H
he has amassed wealth there In railroad builoihe
and furnishing railway supplies. He was porn IN
Paterson and spent two or three days there this
week hunting up boyhood friends. The place was
so changed that no hardly recognized It, nut ne
found some OF his old associates. He Is spehu"e
the remainder Of his time IN the United states az
the Waldorf. and will sail the latter part Vi '''''
month for his distant post.
RUSSIA DOES NOT WANT INDIA
Mr. Smith, commenting on the reported s'fai"e"
relations between Russia and Japan. sald
A. matter Of fact Russia. having obtained i "a a
arm foothold In Talen-Wan and Port Arthur i9i
her eastern terminal OF the Trans-Siberian kall-
xav Js not looking for trouble with Japan or any
other country Why should she ohe i 9s NTH
territory now than she knows what 10 90 VIII,
and more is coming to her all the time mean
by that that those Wild tribes between oou'' IL,
S nS tha Vbjtc Emperor' to take them under his
wing They keep coming With0ut. d Uy,s,a does
The rulers OF the tribes notice that Russa uo oT
not interfere with their religion or tax mem, %
conscript their young men for the army, an ssan
Coyernment Russia does want India, and the
periodical sensations about RUSSIAN sad e5Saonle of
there are amusing to the well INFORMED peoP'e "
Russia - ,or,oors 70 take ad-
vantage OF the unexamped opportuIn ,o o
An Russia for the investment of capital Aire e is
prestige there is unquestloned our IN enx oiher
bought in preference to that mace pS or there
country and American needs no Pdsspo, 80 The
solid people of the nation Al may sur ss biIuons OF
cans TO know that little Belgium mas pIiV IiorS
They are centred chiefly in Southern Russia. OF
Katirinosavye. ana 10 my 0 to "a ner cent on
there there -
WESTINGHOUSE IN ST PETERSBURG
The Westinghouse have established a plant IN IN
g. PETERSBURG Pr IN rst oESer amounted to soO
and they have just received . seconu u'iii have
heir heads turned by the nice things the Kn us
clans are saving about them wish eoI ~ NOME
with the fact that Russia is the country Si tie
future and that investments mere aie 3or every
eae II he leaves politics alone Another thing Ia
like TO speak Of is the mGasg 81 people
IL IS ali gold There, Is effort on 100, al raaT T
present i bnt If Sticks to the yellow metal The
finances OF the country are In an excellent Sonqa ~
lion The e, empire mp as Is rans Railway The
labor is largely done by Cinnamon ana p,lsohe IT,
both of Th% tn S Sn aa r0ad chsap and
Contractors are encouraged TO economy Dy BY
teno devised when the work was frst started =
government contractor takes q certain amount or
saans and [2sE b yn f6r 10 the work by the
eminent 1t Is then understood that IL py Po S S
ing economies, he can save 10000 or SocVU ana
san build a good road and do good work. ne Is a /
lowed TO do IT, This. liberal treatment on o e
DOWN 10 the minimum. as the contractors pIac-
tise the strictest economy. ,- .,,,, ,rroo,
road as elegantly appointed as can be found n me
world 1t is possible TO ride for eight and naii
DAYS and have all the comforts OF home without
leaving the train. When built the road Will re-
duce the time spent in travelling from MosG4w 10
eighteen days. That means a practical revolution
In the traffic between d grc sf business now
but nothing what IT will do when the line is built
fbe 20 line that reaches to Vadivostock only
branch The main line will be the one whlch
stretches through Talien-Wan 70 Port r, Arthur
There is little doubt about Russia holding Port AT
thur Indefinitely. When l left MOSCOW un6er.
stood there were eight Russian admlrals al F 9
Arthur. and each admiral has his squadron BE,
fore forget it, might add that the government NJ
date and estimated that u 1t had been let out
private contractors IL Woull nave COST $JV'VO'VV
C,ZARINA AT WORK WITH THE CZAR.
What about the stories OF the Cars III healthT
Mr. Smith was asked.
''You mean all that rot about alleged brain
trouble? Well that's all nonsense. The Car
health is first rate The only fault he's got is his
liability to overwork He works like slave
harder. in fact than any OF his clerks. There IL
one charming feature OF his daily work. however
that American men and women will be interested
in. He and his royal mate almost always TO-
gether. The Czarina will sit with him with hei
knitting or sewing while he is busy with his pa
pers. Much Of the business the Gar transacts
with his Ministers 5 done in the presence Of hi
wife They greatly devoted to one another
She is more English than anything else. and II Il
d noteworthy fact that the English language il
rapidly displacing the French in Court circles II
fact. nearly every at Court now s able t(
speak English. and this is almost wholly due to tn
NJ Czarina. / should think II would be a wise thnt
III for our colleges 10 include the Russian languag
in the necessary studies of their courses. From
the strides she Is making at present there Is IA
doubt whatever that Russia is going TO be (
greater power In the next century than she Is II
this. and knowledge OF the Russian language OF
the part OF young men would be OF immens
value to them. The government 10 giving grea
deal OF attention to education. Education Is com
pusory now, and the children are beginning
read the newspapers Thousands OF new school
are being built and a handsome college has JUS
been opened lrkutsk, far away on the frontier
three or four thousand miles from Moscow"
Consul General Smith learned civil and mechan
zeal engineering with the Rogers Locomotv
Works in Paterson. He and his father helped I
build the famous straight line road marked out b
the Russian Emperor between St Petersburg an