The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-24
Wife Stands Out Alone
As Greatest of Russians,
And VIII Control Again
Counts Marriage to Woman of Jewish Blood
Causes Him to Be Looked on With Suspicion
Although He Hates the Hebrews.
By LADY HENRY SOMERSET.

LONDON. Feb 22-EffectuaI means
have been used % make the entrance e
the Duma in Russia difficult TO all re-
formers. Prof Vovalevsl1y and Coun-
Heyden have been beaten in their cleo
tons The count is the man OF all 9TH
ers who stands for the peaceful evolu-
tion OF freedom, but he is probably con-
sidered all the more dangerous because
he is likely 10 bring about great results
by legitimate means. and bureaucracy
is determined 10 bar out all reform,
whether peaceful or revolutionary
Foster Frazer. who has recently been
moving about IN Russia, has given US a
most interesting account OF the different
men of mark. and tie 5ewildering diff
fereBcts Of the various parties are made
plain TO us by his pen: cne party that
desires constitutional government. End
ministers depend On the will OF re
people, represented In an elected parlia-
nent. constitutes one wing.
The Socialists, pure and simple, who
work for a republic, form another;
the Nationalist. who v.ant autonomy
and home rule for Poland and other
deDendcncies. are a third There IS a
movement also for the emancipation Of
I
and a score Of others.
The man who stands pre-eIulnently
above an others in Russia today is
/ Count Witte. He IS g great personality
and. although for the time lac has been
displaced from power. he has by no
/ means been eXtinguished. and some day
that dynamite force VIII be enectually
used. II IS a strange fact that Count
/ VE5tte married a lady OF Jewish blood
and this alliance has caused him 10 be
! looked upon with more suspicion than
] any other act in his career, as nothing
/ is. more deep-seated in the heart Of tbs
/ Russian than his hatred OF the Jew
/ StoIypln. the minister Of the interior
/ IS q man who has given his life % al
/ leviate the lot OF the Moujik. The
difficulty that be has 20 meet, now thai
! he Is ia Office IS that men no long
or believe in him. Ministers hav,
| broken faHh with the people 81
\ often that none are prepared to trust
! him. Nine. StoIypin has probably beer
/ q great fac=0r in the Russian minister
/ success She is q woman Of singular
! Intelligence and strong judgment
/ Unlike St0Iypin, Shipon is the man u
] whom Russians are looking. for all ac
/ Knowledge his integrity and his absolute
J nrmncss of purpose. He was the mar
I who made tile fight in the ZemstvC
/ congress. Few agree with him, but al
! admire him. and in the entanglement o
I Russian affairs the man who Keeps hi.
word IS the man who Will hold the PEG
Pies confidence.
Count Alexis Isnaten. who recently
met so tragic a death, was among thos'
who were suddenly pushed 10 promin
I euce .by the emperor without. apparent
ily, any adequate reason. His principa
characteristic appears to have been th'
/ vividness Of his imagination. wnicl
caused him 20 overlook facts so com
plstely that he never stayed 10 conside
whether his state nents were truth OF
. fiction.
Many ways have been evolved for col
lectinS money but probably the idea o
/ a girl ia her native province IN China i
I tie most original
! After doing all she could TO seek Tit
necessary support. she solemnly com
mittC1 suicide in order to obtain her end