The St. Louis Republic., 1903-06-21

~, Poland n dsfsnded ~ ~ se10oAuoaA
and there are numerous other forts alAo
the European frontier.
Finland has many fortifcationA and t6GeO
are great forts at Kronstadt guarding th0
capital.
1 passed tho latter forts a. ca1ns hseN
They are on an island at the end Of the -
Petersburg and Kronstadt Canal. and nsaS
tfem arc tho headquarters Of the Russian
Navy.
From this island to tho mainland ars .
number OF smaller Islands. each with . fsFs
upon It, forming a string of fortincattsD
rising as 1t were out Of tho water. The =.
lands look like mighty floating hattsrisA
Within the past few years RuniA -
been building great forts in Asia.
I was In Eastern Siberia rust bsfosS Sn0
war with China and Japan. There wGs
something like 5000 men there at that tina
and enormous Notifications had been srspt-
ed about Vladivostok.
Port Arthur Is now strongly fortified. n
Is about ten miles from Dalny. the Ruslian
commercial metropolis at the Manchursaa
end of the Transsiberian road, and u tAo
Cars naval station in tho far East
Ihere are forts about tho Black Sea anA
In the Caucasus, 30 that there is little dan.
ger Of the Empire being surprised
Every ono fears the Russian polioAL "A
| the average tourist who comes here In.
agines that spies arc always tagging at hih
heels.
AS far a can see neither the police nss
the army nre anything like 30 prominsnA
or oticious In St. Petersburg as they are IN
Berlin.
The German policeman II sverywherA
The Russian policeman. provided you have
n passport and register It properly, doO
not bother you
He is a very decent fellow and minds Ms
own business
He is more polite than the New York Do
hceman and more gentle and kind to the
people.
Indeed. one might go all over Russia and
hardly know that the police exist. have
Travelled thousands OF miles here at ono
time or another and have had no trouble.
and that at the same time that other Amer
leans Imagined they were being prosecuted.
one correspondent claimed that he was
expelled from the country. when I person.
ally know that he left because he was
scared to death by the ghosts of his own
ina gination
HOW CORRESPONDENT GEORGE
KEENAN, LEFT RUSSIA
AT the same time the Government dosof
not extend its hospitality to those they be-
iieve ready to SANDER and vilify IL.
This is the position that George Kennan
holds In the eyes OF the officials
Every one knows how he has .tt.-t.A
the Russians. and many here think very
unjustly. e'
Notwithstanding this he cam. 70 Ru,.,.
dence here '
he had Just gotten settled when a polics-
man called upon him and informed hin,
mat the Government thought he could do
RUSSIA most good by leaving 1t.
The policeman had an order to tb,. .r..,
ana at MS direction Mr. Kennan went To his
rnoI1t roorn ana remained there until arran1e-
iiieiiss Gis , were made for his departure.
I'll ne was allowed to write letters ana hist
itriends i were permitted TO cali mon Mn
ne was sent away within a few dav:
n,,,nforS nns ponce corps of the Russian Capital
I don't know t6a ,,,reh
td,,a,r Irea,er New York. but / venture r. ds
forty0two Ir no,,ca The city is divided I'D into
Its police station and poiica q comrf msicn has
c..-,.. FRANK G. CARPEN~
s'gnSnes noa. by E. q Carpentes.