The San Francisco call., 1904-02-18
RUSSIAN PRACTICES.


state their case merely enjoy social association
with Americans if they would have it The Russians
stayed away, giving asa that American public
sentiment Is unfriendly to them.
Why should it not be so? Their country repeatedly
broke its promise Manchuria at
tempted force China the treaty of last year
when Minister Peking detected the scheme
and notified his Government of it Russia denied the
transaction and openly mpeached the veracity of the
American Minister. Subsequently it disclosed be-
yond dispute that Minister exactly correct in
his report While Government has properly main
tanned digned attitude in the matter, opinion OF
the Russian sort of diplomacy has been expressed in
continued confidence in Minister. If Russias at
tack him had been truthful, he would have been
called for deceivng his Government the disadvantage
of friendly power.
The American people are free express themselves
and go beyond the passive attitude of their Govern
ment Their disposition to do has been enhanced by
the Russian position of Mr. Michael Davitt Amer
ica has its commercial rights in Eastern Asia and will
all the, of diplomacy prevent Russia
again closing the opposite Pacific America vi
tally interested for the Asian is trade what
Europe is to the Atlantic seaboard We won the Pa
cihc Ocean with navy in Manila Bay, and do not
propose to have it turned into Russian lake
This country of the ambition of Russia be
the ruler of all Asia. That ambition is shown by the
Cars tesy temper concerning the British expedition
the map, and drop the Russian frontier from Batoum
the Persian Gulf and thence around Cape Comorin to
include hher and farther India Burmah, and, excepting
French Indo-Chna, the whole Asian to Vladivo-
stok and what the Pacific Ocean us? Yet that is
the comprehensive plan of the Muscovite.
1t is venturing far say that with such a
Russia position will be exposed the same
peril that IS upon Japan, for the graspng ambition
that capable of such plan will stop with the con-
troll of of the Pacific 1t is the interest
of the human race of civilization permit the ag-
gregaton of such power. Therefore, diplomatic
to protect the integrity of China.
We have committed aggression upon Russia any
where yet her brutal Cossacks have respected our
flag and consulate. American sentiment is fully
alive what goes wherever the Russian foot is
planted Her soldiers have always been brutal wherever
Russian army has appeared. The word brutal is used
with full knowledge of its unftness and its affront
brethren that breathe the hesh the beasts that
perish for four-footed thing reptile crawls
crookedly, and bird OF prey that flies in the air.
guilty of the atrocities of Russian sodiery the
Rhine and in Asia.
The laws of war require safe conduct to non-comba-
tants of the territory of enemy. The Japanese
civilians escaping from the Russian in Manchuria
have been robbed beaten and subjected unspeakabe
outrage The neutral rights of Germans and Americans
have been violated and the Russian officers have failed
control their hendish subordnates Japanese prison
of war have been treated with the utmost cruelty
and inhumany, and while these things have been going
on, Russian in Japan has been demonstrated
against The Russian Minister and his countrymen in
Seoul have been given safe conduct and treated with
respect and wounded Russian prisoners of being
carefully treated in Japanese hospitals.
If Russia expect that these events will not impress
public sentiment in this country, then she has
cepon of the civilization of the United States. War is
not what was in the time of Rurik and things have
changed much since the days of Catherine H. Russia
play the part of Hyder Ali in the Carnatic nor
of Louis XIV in the Palatinate, and hold place
among the civilized nations. Japan is recognized her
superior in all the respects that make country an ac-
ceptable member of the family of nations. Two months
ago Russia appealed to Chrstendom for sympathy in
controversy with pagan nation. If her policy home
and her practices abroad illustrative of Christianity
then give pagandom in preference if Japan be its ex-
ponent. The Japanese persecute on account of
religion. They hospitable to the rights of con-
science and yield to every mans altar the respect
they desire to shown theirs They are frank and
Japan abstain from robbery and outrage and they OBJ
serve the laws of war laid down in the Geneva con-
vention.
The foregoing is, believe, fair statement of the
that exist in national policy the senti-
of people for lack of sympathy with Russia in
this country. 1t will be that we have not manu-
factured those They exist in the policy and
practices of Russia herself.
An explanation of the unprepared condition of the
Russian feet Port Arthur is given in the assertion that
the officers of the fighting ships were interested snec