New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-07

after it had been elsewhere recognized. F.
land herself recognized the independence. :.
America and entered into treaty relations u,ts
this country before Russia did.
Again in 17S2. in the closing months % ~.
War for Independence. the Count du Nord -
Of Empress Catherine, visited the Russian 1ri,
lister. Prince Bariatinski in Paris. He al on.
entered into social relations with all the forai,-
ministers there excepting only Franklin ~
American Minister. When one day the prime
servant sent the counts and the princes cara :
Franklin. and Franklin in return called a, o.
princes house and signed his name in the a.
iting book there tremendous row. ~
servant was in danger of losing his place -
his blunder. and the prince took extraOrdk.-
pains to hush the matter up not wishing a..
be known that he and the count had. even :,
that extent. and that unintentionauv -
through a blunder. recognized the An1ar,o-
envoy! And that was at a time when nsar,
all other foreign representatives were going an,
Of their way to pay respects 10 Franklinl Ia.
case was ended by Franklin's contemptuorsIr
burning up the Russian princes card and send
ing him word TO erase his name from the 49,
At almost the same moment when the R1,ss,.-
mobiles were acting in such fashion the KIN.
Of Denmark was inviting Franklin to dine v,,S
him. and the Swedish Minister was, at his SOW
eTelSn s command, seeking to make
with America through him.
Even that is not all. At about that ssr,a .t,,
Franklin received letter from Mr.. Dana =,
st. Petersburg. reporting that the news ~
Holland had recognized American independenca
had given a shock at the Russian capital a,1
had not been we'll received. Again Job
Adams. at The Hague. in a letter 10 FrankH,
in June, 17S2. expressed his suspicion tba,
Russia was making intrigues in England.s "a
Many other historical evidences n H.
same purport might be cited. were it necessarv
But these indications OF Russia's lack OF svr,-
pathy for. if not of actual hostility TO. America
will. in the absence of single mark OF her SYM
pathy be sufficient. AS for Paul Jones. WHOM,
Mr.. Syromiatnikoff regards as a pirate. It Is
true that he entered the Russian service. II il
equally true that he left that service because ~
as he himself decIared-''the dark intrip,s,
and mean subterfUges OF Asiatic Jealousy AMI
malice"
Such. then. was the beginning OF "Russia,s
traditional friendship for America" Mr. Sv-
romiatnikoh. conveniently ignores John Quincy
Adams's historic warning to Baron TuyI and
the Monroe Doctrine. directed primarily against
Russia and intended as a reply TO her DESIGNS
against American independence: and the Bodega
Bay episode in which Russia tried to grab Cali
fornia. and had to be warned and almost driven
off by the United States: and comes directly
down to the Civil War Referring TO Russia's
attitude at that time. The Tribune said on June
10 that there were two points involved One
was the secret orders given to the Russian feet
in American waters for it's guidance in a certain
contingency, and the other was the attitude OF
Russia toward Louis NapoIeon's suggestion OF
joint intervention. Both these said The
Tribune ARE yelled in diplomatic mystery, and
an authoritative calculation Of them would be
most welcome. It would be gross in
gratitude for US to be unmindful Of such friend
ship as Russia has actually shown TO America.
1t would also be folly to Overrate the
friendship of any country. or to build senti-
mental fabrics upon the basis Of legendary re-
lations that never existed" Upon this dispas-
sionate appeal for truth and justice Mr.. Syro-
miatnikoff comments as follows:
Regarding this nice TRADE Of the grateful
Yankee The Tines UOndOn) correspondent
remarks: Il know on the highest authority that
the archives of the American Department OF
State have been ransacked from top to bottom
TO discover proof of the Russian oiIer or help TO
the American Government during the Civil Wa.
whether by fleet or otherwise 1t does not
exist" l know that the education or American
journalists is reB defcctiUe but the correspondent
Of The Times probably told an untruth know
ingly. However, 1 did not believe that The
New-York Tribune. which is not yet IN the hst Of
ACCSDdpeTS TeceUiHg English subsidies and has
not net been sold to the JeCS. could deny with
such nOnchafanCe Facts OF the recent past WHICH
should be known 70 all educated Americans
. There remains TO add nothing except
that pity the Americans Of to-day who do not
know their own history
There remains TO add on the American side
of this controversy nothing but an expression Of
pity for a Russian publicist who seeks to score
against a dispassiOnate inquirer by noncha-
lantIy imputing TO him statements which ia
never made nor thought of making. and whose
inf
ton is the amazing outburst just quoted N.
Syromiatnikoff may please his Russian read
ers and rulers by harping upon the political
unripeness'' of America, by calling American
warships "cOrsairs," American journalists ig-
norant and mendaeious, and the American press
venal and corrupt. He will not by such means
greatly promote the RussO-American friendship
which he processes 10 have so much at heart