The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-28
Fearful Arrangement Of the
Russian Army
AND ALSO NAVY OFFICERS
Many Drunken and Brutal Hinted at
That This Was Cause Of
the North Sea
Tragedy.

New York, Oct. 20. The sun, Lon
don correspondent sends the following
"A very noticeable feature Of the Eng
lish peoples reception Of the news Of
the Russian outrage in the North Sea Is
its ealmness. At the same time, il is
impossible not 70 recognize that the
deepest anger is burning beneath this
calmness, and Also stern resolve to
exact the utmost proper reparation.
The shameless untrustworthness Of
Rnssia's diplomacy and the utter cor
Eruption pervading her entire public SER
vice have been clearly and impaltially
pointed out from time to time in the
sun. There is yet third disgrace which
hitherto has not been 50 definitely in-
Dictated. namely, the conduct and char
actef Of Russian officers, military and
! naval
~The press 81 every capital Of Europe
has more than limited that drunkenness
was largely the contributing cause of
Russia's latest standardization in the
North sea The time has now come
when the drunken dissoluteness and
brutality OF large proportion OF the
Russian officers should be held up to
the apprehension of the civilized world
Its reults have become a matter Of in
ternational concern
mo one denies the highest honor to
such men as the brave Cen Stoessel.
the commander Of Port Arthur, one of
the few Russian officers who gained the
respect of officers of other nationalities
during the Pekin expedition, but Stoes-
sells. kuropatkins, and kellers are sadly
few in the Russian service, both branch
Is Of which are disgaeed BY the pres
ence Of too many officers Of the type Of
the Grand Duke Boris, who even at the
front surrounded himself with an en-
tourage OF painted women and drunken
boon companions.
Such were the men who on the Pekin
expedition rode reeling in their saddles,
with an orderly on either side 10 sup
port them when necessary. Such were
the men whe ordered Chinese prisoners
to be shot in order to avoid the trouble
Of transporting them. These are the
men who have been seen in sheer ex-
cess Of drunken brutality, to strike I'M
offending priyates standing az salute
with message, These are the men
for the nameless horrors Of
Blagovestschenk.
These are the men who were drink
ing in resorts Of shame during the
| fighting at Liaoyang. These are the
men whom responsible Russian CORE
spondents in Russian papers have de-
scribed as drinking champagne and eX.
changing obscene tests with abandoned
women within earshot of wounded and
dying fellow These arc
the men who, shameless with drink,
have prosecuted Sisters Of Mercy ac-
companying the army with their loath.
some attentions.
These are the men whose drink
ruined nerves succumbed To panic when
the Hull fishing fleet was sighted These
are the men whose competence is such
that a half hours heavy firing by their
fleet at close range enabled them to
sink one fishing boat and to kill two
and wound 30 fishermen out Of large
feet of mresisting trawlcrs busily en-
gagged III their peaceful trade, whose
humanity is such that when the mistake
was discovered they sailed off into the
might without offering the slightest as
sistance to their victims.
surely il can only be the duty of
the Car to purge his service Of such
officers as these, who at the present
moment make Russia's only fleet 4
disgrace to its country and danger to
levcry vessel atloat, save, perhaps its
Legitimate foes