The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-22
Russ1A,s FEMALE D1P1oMA11srs.
The Gar Preparing to Influence tho Poll
tics of the Harem in the East.

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The Gar Preparing to Influence tho Poll.
tics OF the Harem in the East.
II is said that the Russian Government bae
;,at n,nani.aI 49,, - - SIaIa."aSAS e.
!us' orsdh'"eu ne" scnooi Oh ulpiomacV at OF
Petersburg, and tho students are all to be
women So one mora intaroetinC 1eld ~ worL
nr " 90 t9,u -. WIN
Is opening up 10 women but no wall OF disap-
proval is likely to go uD from masculine diplo-
matists thrown ont Of omnlovment nv fepi-
- snivmn u ~ =. ~ lnemI ny Ienl-
nine competition. The female diplomatists
are to have a distinct province Of their own
- NV ~ =" "' WAN PIC
negatives.
The new school is an illustration Of Russia's
grim uetefniiha'loh 10 neglect nothing that
VIII strengthen her mold IN the East. Eu-
gard the woman Of the Orient nc inter- nonenti-
So " 49," ~. y.T4t.S - ~
ties IN eastern Polltlcs' d'the inhuence OF
eou'tlIe e III Mnicn II 10 al aghno"teuseu III
since the harem life is so religiously guarded
from public scrutiny. No man, save tho
old of u zcnana. Even tho civil authori-
ties dare not violate the sanctity of a
harem. ana crime OF any sort may be commit
ted with IMMUNITY behind those closed doors.
Even ''tonE an Vi A-'S'ahu' "n'oh mas
dared so much in India. has weakened before
Inc DODnlnF sentiment IN regard 10 the in VIOLA
t ~ ~ tha harann and aIthnuch pr - om
piii'' y a 'io anu "''ious" nfi'iSh olh-
Gals have had positive knowledge that many Of
during the SGpoy mutlny have been forcibly
detained in the harems OF native kaJahs and
dlGnitar!es' England mas not instituted a gem
So. save, when some curious woman traveller
succeeds in obtaining entrance to a harem and
women. through an interpreter Europe Is in
men Of the East never refer to their harems.
to do So. When the Oriental refers to woman
at all. 1t is IN a general way and with profound
disdain, Ihat Is the correct Eastern attitude.
thing UNKNOWN.
Probably TINS disdalniul attitude olthe Orien-
tSl man is Is largely rcsponsIcls for tn the European
East Is very much, ike any other man; and
those Europeans who are most in touch with
Eastern NE lnSiSt that that the autocratic lord
which the Western monogamist can never
know: The inmates Of the h9rem depend upon
their whims and f%ancies; They have absolutely
no aim save to win his devotion and find a way
Of retaining it. 1t is ridiculous to assume that
they do not influence his mind as well as his
heart. They are. ambitious for their sons.
They have a keen interest in the affairs Of the
kingdom' when are nearest Their lords heart:
means of information In regard to the outside
world. They know al that y happening. and
a more potent factor in the course OF Asiatic
and African events than the West has realized.
Russia il the first Of European countries to
take into account this power behind Eastern
thrones. The new ST. Petersburg school will
train women for secret diplomatic service in
the Orient Male diplomatlsts are obliged TO
d~iplomatiRtS Will have entry TO the seragllos.
and will have, a most Interesting held for eI-
pertinent; The STUDENTS are learning Turkish,
Chinese. Persian. Japanese. ana, most
huBkcSllNG VI ills Nilp il'u iiAiNNAG Va 1Ilblus