The sun., 1904-05-15


IL took only ATTY yssss to make . modern
civilization 10 Japan; II takss ages to make
. Christian out of . savaEs.
The Russians A. savssss; TIE peasants
ass not dviliSsd. ltiis culture that makes
. rusa civilised. not bis belise. In Russia,
though II h supposed dt6ersutly, culture
ID not eoncsntr.ted In tha hSgs towns. II
exists periodically. though vitality, Ia spits
Of obstrvctions. Ia spite Of The obscure
yiew Of che 0ovssnmsoe, ~ to tho Court,
10 oaly encourage - patrooisss that
which 10 formal, acadsasio
.rhs Nussisn 0ovsrasnsut kills every
frss man. 4 man ef geaius h not liked.
Thsrs ars 20 many pitiabls examples:
Pushkiu. Lsrmonto6. Dosteasvsky-poer
man, amer bio Siberian sxils broken down.
dying, b. became . conservative. Tur.
ssne6. stepuiak, Kropotltn stayed away.
Turgsned was rich; b could I've whers
hs would. Herr have thsGn al Gordin
waved . large gesture toward bic soDdly
composed library. and rather sadly ended.
Here they all stsad, and cannot go one.
not ono. that was not perssoutsd.
-Russis Is an obstruction foe The whole
civilized world. II she prove the stronger
Ia this war, an Europe oven America, will
b compelled to become rsaotionary. 6hs
would % shls to diotsts to the whole world
~ TO that scare the yellow peril. there 10
no such thing; 1t u . fiction. II this has
spread over Europe II ID but . hit Of ssnsa-
tionalism. That Httls country japan viii
bring Light and culture 10 the Aststic world.
Russia would bring the knout.
1T 10 too bad that We cannot hAlp japan.
for by 20 doing We should help the world.
Poland, Finland, many sunau nations. would
no longer b suppessssd BY Russia,
1T 10 not known TO any extent what
am about to tell, but Russis Is bare 10
America, too. Evsry city IN the United
Otstss 10 full Of Russian spies. We have
Thousands hsre IN New York. But the
most dangerous element 10 the Russian
Church.
ot the orthodox priests. This government
y managed from 1t. Petersburg, not here.
They have . Bishop, churches. priests,
which are supported by Russia, not by the
congregations.
"A struggle 10 n proeress In America be-
twean the Russian and the Roman churches.
About fifteen years ago the priests were
sent here to. follow up those who broke
loose 10 Poland formerly from the Church,
becoming Unitarians. 6o-ealled Little
Russians' they were. and an effort has been
going on by those who followed to make
than Russian subjects to retain them. IN
Russia the Government conpsls them TO
become orthodox, and would do the sa,ne
to those who escape. Russian papers are
published here by the Church. anti.semi-
tic. reactionary.
why 10 II that the Russians lose their
crsedi Bscsuse The country Is governed by
the bureaucracy; II b . p0tttiQre OF rob-
berry. The Emperor Of japan has power
through the interest that every Japanese
soldier and citizen has-the love for his
Government. Do you think that tile Rus
sian soldiers love their Government?
"Ths poor men have no chance to prsc-
tiss 10 b gunnsss. The money y stolen;
everything 10 stolsn-shoes. clothing, food,
powder. The soldier 10 starved, froxen,
helpless Q poor, doomed cur. The money
goss into the pockets Of officials. Whereas
the Japanese goes 10 The war for love Of
his country. the Russian soldier has no
country; nothing to hght for. no conscience,
no love.
THAT Is the weakness Of the Russian
Army; that Is the reason that see Its defeat;
that is tho reason Why It should lose, why
1t should b taught lesson, paradoxical,
logical, for its own good. Ths wretched
Russian soldier is but the pitsous instru-
nent by which the whole world may be
helped.
In Russia there are almost no schools.
New York oity has more schools than the
whole Russian land. was born In Mirerae.
but beca one a student and manager Of a
paper in Odessa. ! felt obliged. for nay
growth, to leave. to become free.
1T 10 . pity to be expstriaae. uprooted.
Though do not hslisve In zlonism. ] am
still not Americanized, can do my best
work In Yiddish, preserving the chagae-