Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-05-05

isolated they are para.
lyzzed." The instructions closed with
the statement that the Russian repre-.
sentative should on every occasion ex.
press to Government officials and In.
fluential persons "the assurance that
In every event the American nation
may count upon the most cordial sym
pathy on the part OF our august master
during the important crisis which 1t is
passing through at present.
In the fall of 1862, which was one Of !,
the darkest periods for the Union,
the United States Charge d'Affaires !
reported a conversation with the
Russian Foreign Minister when he
said, Proposals will be made to Rus.
sia to Join in some plan of interior.
ence. She will refuse any invitation
Of the kind. You may rely upon It,
she will not change. The prediction
was fulfilled in November Of 1862,
when proposition was made by
France to England and Russia to joint.
ly apply to the Federal and Confeder.
ate Governments to agree to an armis.
tice of six months. Russia responded
that its action would be guided entire.
, ly by the most friendly feeling toward
the United States. The interference
plan failed.
| In the summer and fall of 1868, our
Government was on the verge Of war
with Great Britain because Of the At.
ting out of the Alabama and other
ships in British shipyards. It was
during this period that the incident Of
the arrival Of the Russian fleets at
New York and San Francisco occur,
red. Colonel Cooper has compiled
strong evidence that the commander
of the feet calling at New York had
orders to offer the service of his squad.
ron to President Lincoln in event Of
war with England. One Of the most
interesting assertions is that contain.
ed in letter from Don NJ. Dickinson,
in which he says:
"In 1887. Mr.. Justice Field told me
In his own house. on Capitol Hill In
Washington, that on some former
trip abroad he visited st. Petersburg
and was received by the Gear - OF
course, a predecessor OF the present
Emperor. His reception was quite IN.
formal, the Emperor treating him in
the pleasant, genial and informal way
much as any private gentleman would
treat another visiting his home. He
told me much of this visit and of the
conversation. OF the Car regarding
public affairs and the relations of Rus.
STA with the rest OF the world. The
conversation turning upon our Civil
War, and the Justice referring crate
fully to the attitude of Russia at that
time. the Emperor sent out for and
caused to be brought In the original ot
the sealed orders given the admiral oil
the Russian fleet before its departure
on that now famous visit to our
shores. The Justice held the manu-
q script In his hands. and afterward the
Emperor himself translated the order
into English. The substance OF II, az
related to me by Justice Field, was
that on arrival on this side the admir-
B al should report from New York to his
q master, and should thence proceed tc
Washington with his STAFF by rail, ant
Q call upon the President, with direc
j tions to state to the President that, b,
= order OF the Emperor. he and his fee
were placed at the disposition and un
: der the orders of the President of the
; United States"
Much has been said of Russia's
double dealing with the Powers In hei
Manchurian expansion campaign
Many have loudly protested that
Americans are being shut out Of the
markets. but evidence accLmulates
2 that this desire for markets Is more
d theoretical than practical. At no time
5 in history has the attitude Of Russia
J. been such that the American people
g can AFFORD to forget her friendly offices
}. In time of need. The United States
e has a big Job on its hands II It seeks
n to reform the Russian Government
e and when the question Of active com
I petition is considered the United
3 States with its Oriental possessions
]. has more to fear from victorious
r Asiatic alliance than the advance Of
;. the Cossack