The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-08-20

marble statue, his head bent forward
his right arm around the waist Of his
sobbing wife. His sister eiung to him
on the other side. Two tiny little gfrIs-
apparently twin sisters, held him by tbs
| legs Slightly aside stood his old
/ father and mother
Why go away to be killed." cried hin
/ wife Let them kill US both here to-
| gether.''
| The officer did not show by the move
ment Of a muscle that he heard 4
white-haired general came Up to him.
| He spoke to the younger man with q
| catch in his voice. as il with difficulty
he kept back the tears:
THE second bell has rung-remember,
I brother, We are soldiers. We must noe
forget ourselves"
Then the colonel muttered to his wife,
| without looking at her: You know {
don't want TO go, but I must. must"
Just then the station bell rang out
| three strokes. Two young women faint
ed. They were carried into the station.
The officer hurried blindly, with head
still lowered, into the car. and the train
started.
AS Soldiers Wives Take It.
Mr. Mandelkern walked over to the
troop train. which was 20 be the next %
GO. He saw a young woman running ex-
citedly along the open freight cars into
whtcn the soldiers were crowded SO
closely that they had barely room 10 sit
down Under her arm she carried. like
a bundle. a small child Suddenly shs
caught sight Of the man she was look
ing for, and stopped as near as she
could get 10 him.
Ivan, thou foolr' she cried. Don't
go; they'll just kill you. Much better
you stay here ard we may be killed to-
gether. WhoZ do you fear? May they
all perish. .Aose who have the power.
Come out IF there, Ivan. thou fool, or
take our child along
As she shrieked out the last words. she
threw the child into the open car, where
it was caught by the father. Standing
up. with the child raised above his head.
the young soldier shouted at his wife:
Thou beast. dost come to put salt into
my wounds! Take this and keep it-for
thou knowest I am forced TO GO"
Then to the horror of all who saw it.
Mr.. Mandelkern said. the soldier cast his
own child down on the platform as II It
had been some inanimate object. There
1t was left bleeding from d wound in the
head, till gendarne picked it up and
carried it into the station. where the
mother. raving and shouting, had been
led by two policemen.
A Hack Drivers Views.
Reaching Moscow, Mr. MandeIkern
took a drosky and ordered the dvorink
to drive him around the City of Forty
Times Forty Churches" as it is called
by its own inhabitants. Each time g
church was passed the dvorink had TO
stop and cross himself three times. At
last his passenger offered him five rubles
Ia large sum in Russia-if he would re-
fraln from crossing himself again during
the rest OF the trip. The driver succeed
ed in passing two churches without per-
forming the usual movements of the
right hand Then he forgot himself
Afterward he confessed that It would
be impossible for him TO abstain.
IT'S just q habit. BARN. he ez-
planned.
This started a conversation which
caused the dvorink to take Mr.. Mandel-
kern to the spot where Grand Duke Ser
gus was killed by bomb. Pointing ts
the place, the man said:
Look Barin-thats where that dog
was blown to pieces. A fine sight II
was. And all they found of him was
a few fingers. Where do you think they
found those. BARN? In Red Cross box.
They were accustomed to be in that
box He had 400. COG. geo rubies when ne
died. and he stole it from the poor sol
diers in ManchuTia."
How can you speak that way of your
waikiki kniaz?" grand duke asked Mr..
Mandeikern.
My waikiki kniaz," repeated the dvor-
mix Met BARN. (No. no, Lord). they
are not ours. They are thieves, and we
have nothing to do with them The
more Of them are killed, the better feE
Russia
That, Mr.. Mandelkern says, was the
spirit he heard expressed everywhere in
Russia. by high and low. by educated
and ignorant II was common. he said,
next TO the corruption, which was even
more perversive When he was about
TO buy his railroad ticket it happened
several times that conductors whispered
Don't be a fool with your money. III
sell you a ticket at half price on the
train. There are no controllers on THIS
road.
Baggage Is carried free up to a weight
of forty pounds Mr.. MandelkeTn had q
large overweight. Every time he wanted
TO check his baggage the man receiving
Give me a drink and I'll let it so
for one-half.'
Why Peace Is Unlikely
They are all corrupt-that is, all who
are in power said Mr. Mandelkern in
conclusion yesterday. Even Witte and
his assistants are charged with having
created Il monopoly out Of the vodka
trade for the purpose Of graft The
government is now IosiHs some 7o,ooo,o00
rubles en- the conduct OF that monopoly
a year And who is getting it?
Here you have the reason why there
will he no end TO the war just now I
win take any kind of a bet that this
peace conference comes to naught.
Peace means revolution-the deluge.
The bureaucracy win never permit The
war TO top 50 long as they can keep
it going And yet every ttae in Russia
from the day laborcr uD 10 the landed
princes and the great merchants and the
high army officers. know that men are
beiag sent to Manehuria not 10 win vic
tories bat 10 pe kilicd-to be killed in
order that the war may be kept I'D.
I'm that knowledge lies the salvation.
Tor, as they told me over there-ths
change has get to come at last