Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-03

blamed him FOR not eydCuatlng N,r.
| churla, but, as "a natter of faot T.
evacuation wee far more complete t,..
anyone dreamed Of ~
HE REDUCED THE ARMY.
The Russians were not asked TO eycr.
unte Port Arthur They had treat,
right 70 maintain a garrison along tha
railway to defend II from attacks Bu
when the war broke out II was ds.
covered that the tsar had reduced tb.
gnrrison below the permitted minimum.
NCrestchagin found to his amazemept
when he arrived at the front that ths
Russians had only 5000 men IN Port
Arthur and not more than 1900 instead
Of the $1,000 needed for the railway In
the whole Of Manchuria. The tsar v.s
mlsed exactly as Lord Salisbury was
mlsod by the men on the spot.
Admiral AlexleH, like Mr. Rhode,
with regard to the Beers was certain
the japanese were only buinng The
tsar allowed the negotiations Co drag
on just as Lord Salisbury did, and lu
both cases the other side lost patience
and precipitated the war
once the war began no one blf
the Stop the war party in England
and the TolstOyans ln Russia. could
have been expected 10 advocate
policy of submission 10 The invader
That the tear took the course followed
By the whole front opposition bench .u
the case OF the South African won may
be dep.ored but Il can hardly o. won.
dered at And once they are embarked
upon war men naturally urge the.
own side 10 do It's best-peace apostles
though they be.
The tsar Is not a Hercules. either
physically or intellectually. Even
Hercules might sink appalled, from thd
task Of cleansing the Augcan stables
Of the Russian administration In ths
country the comparatively trivial task
OF reorganlzng the army In q time OF
profound peace seem 90 0yeIstraIn the
resources Of our ministry Yet that is
a childs play compared with the work
that needs TO he done In Russia. NOt
even Peter the Great could oycrclm.
the Wis inertia OF HIS MuscoyItes. and
Nicholas the Second Is not a Peter
FRIEND TO GREAT BRITAIN AND
AMERICA
Whatever may be said to the dlscrelIt
Of the tsar. Engllshmen have Mt lcas.
good cause to be grateful 10 him for
the uniform opposition which he has OF.
fered since his accession TO all the c.-
forts made TO embrol Russian in war
with this empire. During the South
African war, although the tsar person.
ally regarded the conquest Of the rc.
publcs Just as everyone else did out.
side our frontiers, he resolu;ely refused
10 allow any advantage 10 be taken 70,
our difficulties, A very angry feeling
prevailed among some influential Rus.
SLAMS az the refusal Of the tsar to
make trouble for England In those days
but he Loyalty stood by his pledged neu
trality
At the beginning OF this war with ia.
pan he had his work cut out for him
In restraining his Jingoes from precipi-
tating war with England During the
negotiations occasIoned by the seizure
OF British ships, ne was uniformly res.
sonable. peaceable and moderate. Ho
was devoted TO Queen Victoria he is
much attached to the Prince Of Wales,
and he has always used his personal
influence to maintain good relations
with Great Britain He Is indeed re.
garded as something Of an Anglo-phIl
He always speaks English with his
wife. The children are brought up 10
speak our language as their mother
tongue. The tsar IL a dlllgent reader
Of English newspapers and magazines.
And this may be said also 10 apply to
America.
In all the world there Is not at this
moment a more pathetic and tragic
figure than that Of the Russian tsar
driven by an apparent irresistible dcs.
tiny to sanction policies which he abb
hors and to wage wars which even
II successful will only Increase the we'll
nigh lntolerabe weight Of his imperial
burden.
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