Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
WON RUSSIAN VICTORY.
How John Paul Jones Helped Musco
 vite Empire.

How many Americans are familiar with the fact that John Paul Jones, the father of the American navy. once won a sea victory for the Russians? How many realize that the victorious Am erican navy at Santiago, and the de- feated Russian navy at Port Arthur, both owe their origin to brilliant vic tories won by an extraordinary man Singular. indeed, that the naval great ness of the most advanced republic and the most medieval autocracy on earth should have both been the work Of one man.
 After the revolution and the famous victory which he won over the Serapis, Jones. after a short sojourn in this country. returned to Paris where he fell in with Prince Potemkin, the fla vorite of Catherine II. of Russia, who presented him at the court of his mis- tress in St. Petersburg. This was in 17S7. Some time before this Katherine had made tour of her realm Potem- kin acting as q sort of advance agent and fixing up agreeable surprises for her, among other things posting over the gates of the city of Emerson the legend, This is the way to Byzantine" At the same time Catherine had been meddling in the affairs of Poland, and many other things had occurred which gave the Turks such an alarm that they lost no time in declaring war against the Muscovite empire. Since the days of Peter the Great the Russians had been employing foreign officers as com manders of their navy, and there hap pened at this time to be a particularly strong demand for such in the war against the Turks.
 Consequently John Paul Jones, hav- ing the most brilliant naval record in the world, vas placed in command of the Russian fleet in the Black sea, 10 the great disgust of the English, French, German and Swedish mercen- aries and the Russian officers as we'll many of whom resigned rather than serve under "a vulgar adventurer." Rear Armiral Paul Jones was not long in command of the Black sea squadron before he fell in with the Turkish fleet off SebastoDol. A terrific battle follow ed, resulting in glorious victory for Admiral Jones, who, on that occasion displayed the same undaunted coura ge that he had shown in 'the battle off F'lamborough Head, when in reply to the question put by the commander of the Serapis. Have you struck?" Jones replied, T have not begun to fight" The glorious victory won by Jones restroyed the Turkish naval pow CT in the Black sea, added the Crimea and Bessarabia to Russia, and was productive of d greater crop of hate.
 Jones received a handsome present from the Empress Catherine, but it was a mere nothing compared with the estate and other presents given to one Of the German princes who served un- der Jones in the engagement and who had contributed little if anything 70 the engagement
 A general row followed, in which all might have gone well enough with Jones, who would undoubtedly have come out the victor had it not been for one thing. Jones was as ready with his tongue as he was with the sword. Moreover he was a stranger 10 Russian customs. and his habit of saying what he saw it and not as his superiorS di- rected. did not set well with the Rus sian nobility. Had he cultivated the good graces of Prince Potemkin he might have obtained hIs just reward. but the facts are that the victory over the Turks was won in direct violation of Potemkin's advice and Jones made no bones of setting at naught the ideas of the Russian grandee. This offended Potemkin. who was not accustomed to such independence. As a result of this falling at loggerheads with the favorite of the empress, Jones lost influence and was removed from the command of the Black sea squadron, and placed in command a few old tubs which con stituted the Russian fleet in the storm