Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-08
ODESSA RIOTS, WHY?
DOG AT TOP AND DOG AT BOT
TOM IN RUSSIA.
Horrible Inhumanities of Upper Classes
Toward Lower Give Rise to Fierce
Hatred that Breaks Out Periodically
Here or There.

Men of the Kniaz Potemkin Of the
Black Sea fleet mutinied because of
the quality Of the food given them.
One, Omiltchuk, speaking to his supe-
rior officer of this food, was shot dead.
Russian officers are the heaviest
champagne and spirits drinkers of any
naval service of the world One need
not add that habits like this produce
In moments Of temporary alteration
quick use of the pistol or sword. One
Of two things marks a man drunk
he Is superlatlvely gentleman or
brute. His honor or his streak Of vel
low then shines conspicuously.
In the northern woods of Minnesota
many Russians live-pure Slavs and
the Jew type of whom Gautier wrote
none" When acting in that region as
a deputy revenue officer of the United
States government | met Joseph Han
son, native Russian, whose name had
been changed for convenience's sake
when he arrived In this country. His
original gitle bore at least sixteen syll-
ables and ten 'js," ''y's" and SIS"
Hanson recognized that this was a
country of action--tlme-saving. He cut
off syllables and unpronounceable
things.
On night we met In a cabin on the
shores of Mile Lac, writes II. l. Cleve-
land In the Chicago Post, and while
we talked he said to me some things
of what discipline in the Russian army
! and navy means-he had served in
| both-and why in both there is a dog
| at the bottom and a dog at the top.
| Hanson was intelligent and already in
| touch with American ways. He had
| even forgotten to touch his fingers to
| the rim Of his cap when he met, say,
State Senator or a Congressman, or
| a land surveyor.
| Thus he spoke of the change: in
! Russia we have two dogs-the man at
the bottom, who Is not allowed to
think even If he wishes to, and the
man at the top, who is master, with
out thinking.
Let me explain, for you are nm
| American and cannot understand One
third of Russia is born by the grace
of God and the blessing of the gov
eminent and the church; two-thirds
are born because they cannot help it,
without the grace of God or the bless
ing of government and church. That
iS ha Of oil In, hn
pire
For every one born two are created
to serve. blindly. Are you of the ditch
and you have daughter, young, clean
faced? One of the upper class sees
the light In her eyes She IS then no
longer yours. Some day she NAV
crawl home to die at her mothers
breast. You forgive, but you cannot
| forget.
II am not telling impossible things
i was put as a common soldier in
the ranks at Moscow. Food came to
me ana my comrades as they chose
to give 1t to us-what the dogs above
swept from their tables for the dogs
underneath. l stumbled one day In
the presence of an otficer-caught my
foot unfortunately. He kicked me full
In the face-the mark is yet there.
That night l was knouted for having
protested and given three months In
The prison on foul bread and wafer
See"
He held up three twisted and knot
ted fingers on his left hand.
The cold and misery Of that prison
bound those fingers that way. Still
loved my native land ana | respect.
ed the car. thought he could not
know such things were done. Yet |
could not show him what had suf-
fered
i was transferred to the navy for
duty In the mess of Black Sea battle
ship. My injured hand took me out
: Of the active list One day, being lone
: some. asked my superior for leave Of
absence to visit my family. He struck
! me full in the face before all about
him. and l was again sent TO prison
Six months l lay in that prison for
LAYING only asked for the right to see
ny wife ami child. When | came ont
was apparently no good to either
navy or arm. l was given qualified