The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-15

astonishing. This country OF agile, swar-
thy 1.-THE little men has leaped In the
year TO position among the foremost
of the nations OF the world This war
with Russia has been a revelation OF the
adaptabilty of~, facile people on the one
side and on the other OF the weakness
Of Russia's power and OF the dry rot
which has sapped the strength and we'll
nigh made impotent n stupendous power
II has been a struggle OF keen intelligence
on the one side and sudden tainted force
on the other Although the war has been
one-sided the end is not yet I'm sight. for
no one who knows her will believe that
Russia will he ready for peace until she
las been able to retrieve her humiliation
somewhat
Russia expects 10 put two additional
armies I'm the field She counts on hav-
ing not less than 150pn In the field Of
operations and tho first OF these armies
Is To be ready TO move not later than
she hopes 10 move that force down on
the coast of Corea. thinking thus 10 com
pei the Japanese to swing around to pro-
tect that country. The second additional
army Is destined 10 aid Kuropatkin
Already Russia's plans on the sea
have largely collapsed. The Port Arthur
fleet has been demolished and who knows
whether the Baltic fleet will ever reach
the yellow sea? Three weeks ago while
the White House, / sat next To an ad-
miral OF the American navy and he ex
pressed to me his conviction that the Bal
tic fleet would never reach Its destina-
tton. SO much from the viewpoint OF the
present war.
INTERESTING PICTURE
Russia presents an interesting ques-
uon az this time
Napoleon Bonaparte. who was some
what OF tourist made an excursion 10
Moscow. and after the failure there the
meteortc CorsiCan propheSicd that Eu-
rope would become cvenually either Cos
sack or republican. IL may he from i'm
dications that this prediction is 10 be
realized much sooner than ANTICIPATED
aud that Europe Is 10 be In the near fu-
ture republican.
"Au the power Of Russia is nomlnally
swayed by one man. IL he he a Peter
The Great. of heroic build. what posi-
hilties Of conquest await him II he
be Paul. mad. what possibilities OF
trouble loom on his horizon, II he be an
Alexander the Second, the Abraham Lin
coin OF Russia. what opportunities for
enlightened statesmanship are before
him. Time Will tell unerringly.
"Russin is a country OF strong con
,rasts Side hy side stands imperial
splcndor and ahiect poverty. tho state
MOSCOW and the dun dreary. endless
uliteracy. highest education and most
dense popular Ignorance. the most scrtip-
ulous religious Observance and the nosi
d
ref!nemcne and the hasest degradation,
md as the country shows extremes of
onara tter. 80 10 has been described IL
has heer called the cougtry ~ despotisrn
tempered hy assaslnatio and again nor.
.rs.ed as government benign and pa
( irarchal
The diplomatic trust was laid aside
some years ago hy ma and the higher
/ dulles ~ American sovereignty resumed
| There arc proprletles however. that FOL
/ ov minister into retirement and some
things about the country must be left
unslid / did not hesitate. however. 10
FAY In the foreign office a. 81 Petersburg
ne ] looked out of the window and saw
/ Tho monument erected ln memory Of
| Alexander 7 thar there were some things
in Russia that We n the United states
could rot but vish to see otherwise
Now Russia docs not resent or reject
criticism. Her statesmen are not insen
sible 10 the spirit of me axe. and they
are aware Of their own shortcomings
fhey only ask that tho criticism be fair
The country has been pictured 10 the
world mainly through the mirror of Lon
don. and London has always shown no.
tnity 10 her Russia is disposed I re-
| peat 70 listen ~ tho voice ~ fair iuda
! ment. spoken In honest spirit. and Up "a