Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-23
Thursday, June %, 1904.
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was SO decidedly pro-Japanese. Hi
inquiries produced an avalanche o
answers, none Of which could hav,
been very agreeable to his patriotism
Among other things it was charged
that the Russian government did no
stand for popular enlightenment
while that of Japan did; that the
Russian government was given tc
misrepresentation and would not
stick at a lie when a lie was conven
lent, while the japanese government
had been found straightforward and
reliable in all its undertakings and
agreements. An illustration of the
sort of thing to which the Russian
bureaucracy lends itself has recently
been commented upon by the New
York Times. 1t appears that the
ministry of public instruction, of
the departments of the government
coordinate with that of foreign
affairs or of the interior, has issued
a circular to the direction of the sec
ondary schools setting forth the Off
cial doctrine of the wal to be taught
the children of the empire. This
circular lauds the policy pursued by
Russia toward conquered people, and
takes occasion to contrast Russia's
beneficent rule with that of other
colonizing nations. 1t is quoted as
saying that a more singular regard
for alien population has been dis
played by Russia and that these
people have been more benefited by
Russian government than other peo-
pies by any other colonial govern
meni. particularly the English, and
eTen By the Americans. e. e., the
Spanizrds IN North America, the
English in India. The ~exfirpzfion Of
the abcrIginals IN Australia, and Of
the Indians N North America: the
preseuf cnDaEfinn Sf the negroes IL
the T1i1sd Sssses- CT the native pop
ussfsuu Cs ttzr Ezs1zn- aaA-
African tribes &C the EErCF,aEz ro3o-
niss il Africa
Charity mEy set this dom so
iEnuraIlts and nlfHgnlas6 EH1triC1ism
rather imam * nntura1 manaos5rF-
Ia II 1agtnrfl ami txrusatle THAT fAs
Russians should isaliepe rflsar aDsah-
otis afe the BEST and no xnae rEn find
fault with them fm asafanIng af- but
sitifer tine ignnranns Gu deliberate
Misrepresentation mandesd in this
passage would BErffne i5 condemn
hussia IN the ewes OF the rest Of the
civilized wnrid. IL the ministry Of
public instruction doesnf know bet
Der than this il speaks volumes on
the stage of intellectual advancement
reached in Russia Ii sounds like
tine Of the DEGREES of a South sea
chieftian first brought into contact
with the white race, or of the
emperor Of China, Japan or Korea
thrse-quarters Of a century ago. If
the ministry Of public instruction
does know better than this, this par
agraph speaks volumes on the moral
condition Of the Russian government.
And 1t may be safely assumed that
il does know better. The Russian
aristocracy has seldom been accused
of ignorance, and the following
extract from the same circular which
must be a deliberate misrepresenta-
ton casts further doubt on the sim
certify Of the above paragraph. In
setting forth the causes of the war
the circular goes on to say:
THE United States and England
thrust forward as an opponent Of
Russia Japan, . nation hostile and
dangerous TO themselves, their com
petitor IL industry and il sea going
commerce. They calculated that the
war would weaken both Russia and
Japan, md would reader il easier
for themselves 70 further their own
interests
me Russian government knows
hetter lhan tbst; YET i is the gov
erppept that speaks IN these lines,
nQt aone c~yervrought and irrespon-
.;ile 1-nn.acvnonno. II IL the f14< that