The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-24
SOME HOPE
FOR RUSSIA
Baron de Rosen Speaks Of
ills Country's Peril.
UP TO WlTTE AND CAR
Ambassador Before Scientists al
Philadelphia Discusses Rus.
sis's Future.
UP TO wITTE AND CAR

PHILADELPHIA. Nov, :i.-iiTiefs
. distinguished andiehr u e,inrai"fs,
other pFouiinani m-n aud nom-n ~
Philadelphia and specially invited
guests iiaron DO ilosen, the Russian
ambassador o. ih- United fiai''s, 49,
la,arr,i go a pul,lir platform last nlshi
far the hrst time sine" ihr -sar sas"
FREEDOM 90 "a. Russians aud -Apfrss'
~ his great faith in N" new -fa "n
whirh his country has -nisFs-i,
The baron was the pfinripal si-'ak"r
~ ihr regular inviting II N" Am-fi'
eau Academy ~ i'oliilrai aud f'-'lai
sclsnc-. the general topic under die
cussion belns Americas Industrial
Opportunities Ia nussla." rraii-Fs-i
throush the audi-nc- were men prstni
neni In Jewish circi-s 81 the city.
ci-rgymsn. many PROFESSOR. u ih. ini
y-rsiiy ~ Pennsylvania aud several
japanese.
The Russian ambassador said in
part;
a great event has taken plac- Ia
Russian history an- II inset moin"n'
tous lmportnns,' not only O. Russia.
but ! might h. permitted TO say 10 al
mankind.
our gracious soyrr.lgn's manifesto
Opening e. N. Russian I'uplr a." gates
81 Freedom. mover a. b. cioss-i again.
h an event deeply affecting the fuinr.
~ = -ountry equal in size ~ uii' siAih
part ~ th. nhahiiabl. giol- and the
d-siinics ~ one tenth pari II N. hn.
man nae 49, Tho side ~ The liberation
81 the .-rfs this j. the greatest. ~"
nobl.-t. the most maRnanimous act
ever accomplished by Russian -ny.
.r-igu. II has assured a. Emperor
Nicholas ~. an Immortal name iu the
annals ~ hlsiary aud will hny. earned
him when tn. passions II ~" hour
shall have rnlms-i down "a. undying
gratitude ~ the Russian i'-pple.
III IL ~ 10 d't,lor'-l aud 10y no ou"
il IL mon, deeply dcplorcd than by the
mngnanlmous sovereign who has hail
ID. noble courag. e. take this mo.
mentions step aud 10y III" great states.
man In whose experienced hands his
majesty has placed tile helm of IN.
hip Of state that tile dawn of liberty
Ia Russia should have been marked 10y
IN o1tbrcnk 81 the widest passions
and of wholesale riOiing aud blood.
shed. Impartial history VIII pronounce
| Judgment on fh"~" events placing re-
sponSIbiliiles where they belong I'm.
partial history viii take into account
that In time Of great political up.
bcayal peoples minds are apt Ia lose
their balance aud that in the fever
beat Of political passions hong confined
and ~ last unloosened deeds viii bc
done that will iill some day with burn.
ing shame the hearts Of the very men
who committed them. But severe will
be- the verdict 81 history on all those
who. whether for selfish ends or blind.
ed by political fanatlcism. have been
| infinming the passions OF the easily
deludcd ignorant masses. thereby 10
Ing their best 10 defeat the noble en-
deavors Of the sovereign and his gov
eminent TO peacefully lead the country
on to the path OF constitutional liberty
based on the reign Of law and order.
| The sound sense OF the American
people realizes that the government OF
| Russia. whatever It's enemies may say
is straining every nerve TO put "a stop
to the disorders at which II Is no whit
less Mortified than the rest Of mankind
and to assure the security Of life and
property of every one of whatsoever
| nationality or race or creed. The out
| come of the present crisis cannot be
doubtful for n moment. The cause Of
anarchy has never yet and never will
triumph in any community Of civilized
men. The cause of true liberty based
On law and order il sure to triumph in
the end. and from that day will date u
new era Of prosperity for Russia based
on peaceful labor for the development
OF the country's unbounded resources.
and In such development the co-opera-
| ton of American capital and enter
prise will, | am sure. he most gladly
| welcome"
Charles Emory Smith. former minis
ter to Russia. paid a great compliment
| to Emperor Nicholas. Count White and
to Baron Rosen and expressed his firm
| belief that the commercial relations be-
tween the United States and Russia
will he far more intimate than they
have been in the past. He said there
| will be great opportunities for Ameri.
can merchants IN Russia after that
country settled down to the new order
of things.