The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-16
BEVERIDGE IS IMPARTIAL
IN HIS RUSSIAN ADVANCE"
Senator's Latest Work Off the
Press and Offered for Sale-In
Masterful Style.
PICTURE IS OMITTED

The Russian Advance" the important
work from the pen of Senator Albert j
BeVeridge, which has been announced fol
some time, is finally off the press Of Harper
& Brothers. of New York. Copies of the
book have reached this city and are or
sale by the Bobbs-Merrin Company.
The book is a heavy octave, 46 pages in
all. plainly bound in dark olive green cloth
It has but two illustrations, maps, one OF
1.-THE Historic Russian Advance" facing
page one. and the other of Russia and the
Remainder of Europe and ASIA near the
end of the volume. The authors picture
which would be expected in a work of such
Importance as this, is conspicuous by its
absence.
Senator Beverage states, in his preface
which is dated at indianapolis, Oct. 1, 1903
that, on his return from a journey through
Manchuria and the far East in 1901, which
was preceded by a visit to Russia and
Siberia. he contributed to the Saturday
Evening Post a series of articles setting
out things seen and observed in the re-
glons or Russia's latest Asiatic advance
The same articles also gave a description
or the apparent situation of China as at
fected by operations there of two or three
European nations, and what then seemed
to be the probable conflict between Russia
and Japan was particularly pointed out,
with the causes of It. These Saturday
Evening Post articles, the author states,
form a considerable portion of the present
volume and are reproduced practically
without change. Other chapters have been
added briefly describing Siberia and certain
conditions and tendencies in Russia itself.
These form the remainder of the book.
WORK is IMPARTIAL.
The chapter headings, which give an ade-
quate idea of the contents of the volume,
are as follows: Russia on the Pacific. -
Russian Empire-Building in Manchuria,'
Other Methods of the Russian Advance
Types of Civil Agents of the Russian Ad-
vance," "The Overlords of the Cars Ad-
vancing Power in the Far East Results
of Russian Railway Advance "Manchu-
rian Railway Results and Methods" "A
Diplomatic Game for an Empire" "How
Russia at Last Reached the Unfrozen Sea, y
Collision of Russian Advance with ia
pan" The Soldier OF the Russian Advance
and the Soldier of Japan 1.-The Russian
vance, "A Chapter of DEPRESSION" Amer
lean Needs In the Orient" "A Second Chap
ter of DEPRESSION" American Progress in
the Far East" siberia" 1.-THE Highway OF
Marks of Siberian Progress THE Red
Day OF Blagovestchensk." Russian Cap
ltal and Labor, The Russian Working
man." The Labor Laws of Russia" 1.-The
Independent Peasant Artisan" FEB. 10
1861, the Birthday Of Russian Industrial
Freedom" Holy Russia, the Orthodox Ma
ton" Priest, People and Church." Rus,
sian National Ideals" Russian Point OF
View" Russian Opinions of American In
stitutions," Things Casually Observed
1.-THE Russian Common School and Country
Hospital" Three Russians of World
Fame" A lengthy appendix follows.
In the authors own words he has made
an earnest endeavor to treat the subject
with impartiality. Indeed, nothing has beer
essayed except to give the reader a faithful
report of what any inquiring traveller may
see and hear for himself If he should take
the journey"
A hasty glance at the contents of the
book shows that ii is written in the unde.
niably masterful style that characterize
all of senator Beveridge's public speeches
and writings. All kinds of subjects, from
statecraft to the things of common life
and of literature, philosophy and religion
are treated with the same vigor and abil-
ity.