The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-07

The Vigilance Of Russian Spies Permits No Criticism Of
Social or Political Conditions in Russanised Fin
hand-A Woanan's SYMPATHY MN the Poor and
Oppressed Ercites the finger Of the Northern Bear
Aryested and Banished but Not -Sile,eed

No reasonable alien can long breathe
the air Of America and share her liberal
culture, and return to his native land
still an alien. BY virtue of close touch
and openness-qualities derived from
liniitless spaces and grand heights and
inherent in the national characteristic
stranger becomes Americanized and
American he is to the end of the chap
ter, Perhaps there are some Sitting
in darkness or rock-ribbed and srun-
yielding as the worn soil Of the DID,. old
would have no impression; but the for
eigner Of moderate education and good
sense can never withstand the wiles of
our own particular goddess of America.
I ~ An Unfortunate Comparison.
It Was for this reason, od Rsrsineipa71yi
avenue, some time ago came to grief in
little difference Of opinion with the
Russian government and as result was
courteously forbidden the hospitality Of
the country. Her arrest and subsequent
Punishment came about, not because of
q misdemeanor or political offense; but
simply because in the two years she had
previously spent in Minneapolis her nat
ural woman1y endowment of curiosity
was whetted to a keen edge by compar:
ing "Uncle SAM with the 'sbear that
walks like a man, and she returned to
know the how and why Of things: That
is all right in Copenhagen, but in the
domains of the car of all the Russias
it is bad policy, to say the least. In Co.
Ipenhagen one may criticise Nicholas,
and even hate him, which, Miss Ander-
sen affirms, the Danes do right cordial
lly, even tho. he is the grandson OF their
never been to Copenhagen since his cor
onation, and that may be just as well
since Henrik Ibsen said Danes would
not be truly Danes if they ever permit
ted him to set foot within the kingdom.
A View of the Czar.:
This bitter dislike seems somewhat
unreasonable, in view Of the fact that
the ezar is not only "weak and yacillat-
Ing but according to the gossip of the
Danish capital an imbecile as WELL ever
since he WAS struck on the head by, a
Japanese assailant. At that time he
was 20 years old and was travelling in
Japan with his cousin, Prince George of
Greece. Many times he has been. seen
in Copenhagen, the rendezvous Of Eu-
ropean royalty, in company with bis
constant attendant, a duke, who it is
said even made. the responses for him
during his wedding service; and no tact
lace can disguise the, vacancy of his
eyes or droop of body. With this sort
Of fgurehead to cover the mechanism of
q despotic bureaucracy, it is small won:
and Miss Andersen considers herself
lucky that she escaped with no more So
!, we're penalty than a slight disgrace fo1
having enough wit to talk politics. =,
r = =. ,o,, Dangerous Literature. !
On Sept. 49,, 1903, Miss Andersen left
Copenhagen on the steamer Arcturus
for visit to Finland, landing at Hell
singfors. She was met by. q party Of
friends from the interior, and polite
customs official who was sorry to trou
BILE her, but it was his unpleasant duty
to confscate her observation-disclosures Z
. Looking Backward,n and Equal
: especially liberal, but forbidden by. 6
: crochety censor. Miss Andersen was la
= beled a Yankee newspaper woman II
q disguise, come over to Finland for thu
. purpose Of telling tales out Of school
and from that minute the Russian off
q Gals had eyes, perhaps not for her only
: but certainly for her, as later develop
= ments proved. Something else wal
! proved, too; that there is plenty. Of ex
: citement and yards Of "copy' for an,
> enterprising journalist who cares to in
!. vestigate Russian methods. From Hell
!. singfors to Jvvaskyla, Miss Andersen
( pursued the "even soprano: OF her W y;
v and no police SO much as said "Boo!'
Q Views of Finland.
o Jyvaskyla is a pretty little country
s town Of 5000 inhabitants, but of no par
:. ticular interest, except that it Is situat
e ed in beautiful wooded country. Sever
]. al hours drive from the town lies tin,
2, logging hamlet whose center Of life is 1
:. saWmill, and thither Miss Andersen wa
l. driven in long, low Russian sleigh on
: day in the early part Of October, whel
l. there were two feet Of snow already OF
J. tho ground and a temperature of a de
,, grees below. It was momentous 'driv
!: NOT that there was anything much t.
n think about in the story of Finland, a
IS the sleigh dashed down : one =. woode!
& slope and up another, for Finland is
q little country, with little story, tn
+ + that story is the chronicle i of bray ray,
f winds conducive to dreams of Finland
the enchanted, Of the summer-tha
feeting, but wonderful time when tn
4 semitropical vegetation Of her field
- and marshes bursts forth in such luz
uriance that moses and flowers seer
l. only to have been waiting under tn
: SHOWS to raise their heads; Of her will
stretches Of pines, shadowy and vivid
: green; of the splendor Of her 1000 lake
- with their 10000 islands lying away t
q the uttermost parts of the land, reflect
o der Finland is SO hopelessly in the tolls
"a ing the opaline tints Of her dawns,' tn
n golden glory Of her Moons, the riotin
.colors of her long sunsets, her twilight
l. witching and starless, lingering tt
dawn again. a.
% Yet had, it not been for the ride ther
- would have been no story. 49,, c 800:
a. seditious Talk in Finland.
# The mill was merely big, barnlik
IN structure, having waterway thru i
with which to bring the logs in, and
huge saw, the whole plant primitive an
le = - :.
er b. 1881 &: