The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-18
sOwE FREEDOM IN RUSSIA.
..,.n rnr COZ NTRY OF Liberty
NAY ENGLISH VISITOR.

.f severity AT HuNSthn ths-
u.,.r Not True-No Offensive
.t.m sn Examining Pass
.,me Delightful Traits OF
....,-r round aud Described.
london Saturday Review
was 10 Russia Ia the sum
Eassia seemed the country OF
as- foreigner. / did not con-
with questions either OF poll
Z went az the time OF the
nss aud with friend who
..l OF that congress. 40 that
advantages In my favor
cries | mad heard Of the Rus
house I was IN some anxiety
.ts.y Of my manuscripts My
roc even opened az the from
v end was carrying a book by
....I rpcntcr for Count Tolstoi a
don 10y the Russian censor.
. hook reached Tolstoi In safety
,.,... ...t.r seen anything so orderly
as the collection. examination
of passports at the railway
size Russian frontier. Wher-
ago.. .... iu Moscow and in 81. Peters
D... sui 30 Ear as ! was concerned.
r4I absence OF ofnciallsm.
..i where I liked. do as I pleased.
,.rt .nscted az every moment 10 con
t-r me unknown regulation, as one
e.- in Germany, for instance. The
,.~ ON seemed 10 exist even among
-. r.Ut.e Peasants would Chamber up
.N..H Of a a
oman would turn 20 the prince
ur was driving and light his Gig
s- no the cigarette Of his master.
4ri biloxi never saw people 80
fr.e with one another. except. per
~. rs spain. And this friendliness in
t... eHr. somewhat further. becomes
iauitely helpful thing. than Il
r.. f.. spain No doubt Il Is partly due
d, fH. Hducuce OF the climate. 70 the
ret..lts dependence OF people upon each
5fe IS their struggle against cold in
.n..r 900 heat ia summer. But Il has
sn. 4n earnest helpfulness which has
stamped ifeelf upon the very faces OF the
. Ana after oil one has heard or
Russian brutality q is interesting 20 note
f. or, -elf the signs OF gentieness which
.-. .o ia found not only In these grave.
...-..I patient faces but in many little
s.4 without thinking Of the knout.
W ha Russian eabman drive without
sirs using only the end OF their reins
,ri t-a reins finish In a mere bunch Of
rar
Cruelty Personihed.
Whom the Russian Is cruel he IS cruel
ra the barbarian always is. because
Indifferent 70 pain. his own or
.re'rsr Tie does not spare because he
unlii r0t complain. And he has the Mo
hanm. I1nz readiness 20 sacrifice every
Sims Hr "a cause. which to him Is that
sul ana temporal power which g.
M -e ION and which has taken far deep
~ ITO ir him than any mere sentiment
essentially "a modern one. Of tolerance or
a Nmpathy with suffering. In the
Roam lrtsof museum at Moscow there
Sd. cage In which Emllian Pougatchef
Was .mprosoned: Il is a cage only very
feHur higher and wider than the height
AL ..za ~ an average man: Il has chains
..r fastening hand ana foot together. 50
'-r roo man can only stand upright.
prHog. even moving, inside the iron bars
q Is portable prison. But Pougatchef
was religious revolter and 20 spare ono
VII. f4d taken NJ armn against religion
pa'I have been to spare dangerous
usrr = God
Tho word which / should use TO repre-
ssni rhc main impression made on me by
,aa 4vcrage Russian, the soldier. the rail-
uay porter. the laborer, Is uprightness.
arl 4. seems 20 mo 20 contrast very favor
aby with equality. equally strong which
Do t0 he seen In the face and the bearing
o. ths average German. To the German
discipline and obedience are painful duues:
g. appreciates them and he acquires them.
a., 81 becomes something Of an autom1
'.r Zoo the process To the Russian they
srt ae duty which Is lie own reward, @
eu ~ religion which Il IS delight Ia
MGr
Tre Russian has a genius for seif-sacri-
o.. seif-sacrihce has made him a martyr
.rI corspiratOr; IL has given him
rar..h and weakness. He can resign
srf To anything and resignation can
... r. easily ho her1iem or mere apathy
ra Hrr1ir side OF II we ali know. tn
Vher. az times comic side may be seen
90 JAS in the streets OF Moscow by
a8ica.ur cabman who has been paid
uo small fare. lie does not explode into
rgsr ike cabman Ia any other part
q BIZ world. he does not contest the mat
isr boz does not even demonstrate: he look
tae money in his open hand with a
altb.Eoue expression, closes his hano
.. ~ a EteAlFt ~ hfhA h'riaAt NV
sem. 10 say. We'll Il has happened 20
n aelluw
Annual Pilgrimage.
BIZ We would sec what Is really at
o. .11t % the national character, the
'l1. nature OF the peasant, u is not even
% 1w that Il must be sought. but
sl. a place as sorgievo. and on such
th oo lon as the annual pilgrimage to
~. Frtsa monastery. on the day OF the
A-m .ion. The monastery. bulbous and
Hf1r with It's red walls and gold ans
sef mes and spires. Is set on the tri-
arflal point OF a small hill. all about it
fa eat colored sheds and shops and
s' and little village houses OF paint
+. wood. village fair was going on IN
Donor tho pilgrimage and stream Of
E,n iI4 women In bright clothes wander
e Pop iHi down all the roads incessantly
-Al s1.arred In groups about the teashops
-rI foofha Of tho fair Inside tho