The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-21

yestigation of that patronizing claim Of
Russia.
The Times OF June >. 1893. gave ex-
tracts from a leading article i'm the No
voc Nrrmya headed Russia i'm Amer
lea which read. THE United States
from time TO time enters the arena Of
anCi-Russian propaganda which finds
favorable soil in its politically unripe
population without government tradi-
tons, ana carried away by the sue
cesses of its new imperialstic policy.
The Siberian prisons. the ManchuTian
open door, the KishineG disorders-au
Of these serve as a preteNt for the anti
Russian meetings 50 advantageous To
kussia's enemies, while Secretary Hays
stubborn Anglophilism lends govern
mental Importance 10 the claims Of the
various groups of American traders and
missionaries in the far east" and con-
cludes. THE Russian foreign office
should publish in English a sketch o.
The relations between the Russian and
American governments. beginning with
the tine of Catharine and ending with
the SpdnIsn-AmeriC2r war
Facts For Russian Foreign Office.
Perhaps I can assist the Russian for
eign Office in this investigation.
FiTst-Cnder CathGTiIe II q scheme
u
tine most trying period of our revolu-
tiOnary war for giving George III eff
feCtiye assistance against us on cOndi-
ton that the English aid Russia in re-
neWed attacks upon the Turks. a part
of this programme was that the island
of MinorCa was TO be ceded by Eng
land 10 Russia as a station for the Russ
sian fleet in the Mediterranean and as
a rendezvous for the insurgent Greeks.
H. F~~s@ =,
aTines chief adviser Count POtemkIn,
for presentation to the British ambas-
sador at st. Petersburg, but through
the adroitness Of Count Paniu, Cathar-
ines minister Of foreign affairs, VINO
favored the French interest against the
English. the scheme fell through, there
by causing the empress TO adopt the
anti British pOlicy-armed neutrality.
The nature of Russia 5 friendship for
us at tins period. when we were most
in need Of the friendly offices of foreign
nations. IS disclosed by Benjamin
Franklin. who was then in Paris as one
of cur commissioners to negotiate peace
with Great Britain. He describes with
what friendly satisfaction Russia had
! learned of the recognition Of our indie
/ pendence by the states general Of Hoi-
land.
I quote from his journal FrankIn's
works. edited by BigeloW, Vol. $, page
! SO. This day" (June 9. 1872 says
Franklin. Il received a letter from Nj.
Dana dated at St. Petersburg zpril %.
I in which is the following passage: We
/ yesterday received the news that the
I states general on the nintee2th CT this
month acknowledged the independence
/ of the United States. This event gave
{ q shock here. and Is not well received,
as thev at least professed 70 have Hat
7 tered themselves that mediation would
/ have prevented it and otherwise
I brought on a partial peace between
! Britain ana Holland.
Opposed to American Independence.
I Mr. Francis Dana. afterward chief
! Justice of Massachusetts. was at this
4 time our accredited minister to Russia
/ He remained there about two years
asking TO be recognized. but Russia re-
/ fused 10 receive him or recognize the
I Independence Of our country and this.
4 TOO, although nine months before the
/ preliminaries Of peace had been signed.
! Wharton in his Diplomatic Core