Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-21
AMERICAN VIEWS Of EMPIRE
Of THE WHITE CAR
Heroic Work Done BY Members Of The
Red Cross. Hopeless Educational
Conditions
E|GHTY-FIvE PERCENT Of Lu1ERATES
Unique Method Of Advancement by Chin. Alarm.
ing Spread Of The Doctrines Of Nihilism
Universities and High Places

Pcr many yeAfs. the people of nus
sia had contributed money to the Red
Cross society Of thar country. and for
brilding new battle ships. until the
amount given had reached the great
figures q twentyshree million ru-
bles- When the var with Japan com
menred, the astonishing fart vas dis.
closed fhat the treasury contained
only three million rubies. The az
fAir uas quickly hushed up. On &C
count Of distinguished personAges be-
Ing connected with the disgraceful cit.
ua4inn. These men lad borrowed
money from the Red Cross and had
failed 20 meet their Indebtedness
They are now ~ the seat Of wal In
the east, and can not be spared 20 be
lrought back 20 Russia. No the neces-
sary steps leading to the identifica.
tion Of those implicated cannot be
taken until the trouble with Japan
IL oyer. However. II Ia well known
that the guilty parties are ranked so
high In social and governmental life,
thai nothing viii be done which
woaid reveal their connection with
the deplorabie eyent--cne out.
rsge against the people viii pass un-
noticed. The Grand Duchess Eliza.
beth Ii the leading lady 81 Moscow,
and ID not only the most Influential
one, but the most popular. She IN a
sister Of the empress Of Russia and -
married 10 the Grand Duke Serge.
who Ii an uncle OF the z Under
her direction. n wcFk f1f liA sick and
wounded Russian soldiers has been
organized and II now In the strength
RI i'm activity. Although Il vas her
desire to have nothing 10 do With the
Red cross since II fell into ~dtsrcpnte,
vet she goods thar are being aent out
continually under her supervision
bear me significant emblem which
hiss made shat society a famous fac.
TOR In ,he worlds life Of heIpfuiness
THE magnificent royal palace III Mos
cos With its five hundred rooms, has
s,s~sn transformed into . workshop
There bales az material are deposited
aud made Into clothing and hospital
supplies The labor IN performed tn
women whose ssryiees are volunteer
ea and vhn r~sseslse no reward Az
many az eight hundred meet al the
palace every day 70 stitch, to hinf
lint and to pack the articles for ship
ueus, The apartments arr filied sith
sewing machines and tables for cut
ting The aumptuogs reception hall
which has formerly beeu used for
spgenala social functions 81 fhs ladies'
Of the court, II piled wsth bolts n
cloth and garments newly msas
Bending nyssY ihe machines ana stand
Ing at tho tables. are women of every
rank iii Rusata: side by side @lth ghe
Titled ladies u the nobility arc shf,
ffaaexwotBen and the plain peasants
A mutual aorrow has made eomraies
Of them all. In q room apart from
tbs rest sits the Tran0 duchess act
Ing as secretary. giving receipts for
all gifts and meeting the donors In
person Her strong eoadiutor Is 'be
Countess olsoufiefa. lady In waiting
To m. vland duchess. wh0 Is also
loved hy the people for her hcnefi
cence. Since the organization Of ibis
relief sofk for the Russian soldiers
over three million rahles have been
contributed Nurse IN the govern
ment hospitals a. st. Petersburg are
IN special training for service ON the
battiefieids. Many of them have gone
10 Japan and lately 70 Moscow. where
they narsad the Japanese prisoners Of
the highest rank xho were carried
Educational system Of the Empire.
Russia Is densely ignorant Eighty
i've per cent of the people can Meth
ar read nor write. The government ls
a dilemma II realizes that If t
f0e4 nof educate ia. masses II can
not hold its own With other nations
.ha, II II does. a revolution Is proha
lie TIE schools wAici preeaH a.