The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-30
RUSSIA WILL SOON
ABSORB FINLAND
Final Taking Over of That Coun-
try Is Matter of Short
Time.
BY GEORGE FRASER.
Tribune.


ST, PETERSBURG. Oct. 29-Thc final
and organic absorption Of Finland into
the Russian empire is now u matter OF
only short time The continuancy of
the latest Finnish dict has convinced Off
cial Russia that there is 10 more use in
trying TO bring Finland as separate
entity into harmony with the balance
OF The empire, SO the semblancc Of scpa-
rate identity Will be wiped out. the grand
auchy , VII be divided into zemstvos and
made Russian province. Just when this
VIII be done is not known, but II Will
not he very long.
To Circle the Globe.
Russia has made 1t possible to circle
the globe in thirty-seVcn days, cutting
Jules Ferne's time in half. Owing to the
recent improvements in the Trans ST.
oerian railway service, the journey be-
twcen Fladivostok and Moscow has been
accelerated twenty -four hours. Suppos-
ing passenger leaves London on Il Mon
day, he would reach Yokohama Oh the
second Monday after his departure, and
by taking ono of the fast steamers Of
the Canadian Pacific line. Vancouver
could be reached In twenty-siy days from
London. and. OF course. IL Is easy enough
If tue steamers connect ut New York TO
reach London In eleven days afetr lcav-
ing Vancouver
Monk Thief.
The police OF Russia Austria and Ger
Il
monk. Father Damascus Macoch. who is
charged with the robbery of precious
stones, valued at So 600 600 and the mur-
der OF his brother, postman. The rob-
berry took place d year ago al CZcSlo-
chowa, in Russian Poland The church
there contains an image of the Virgin and
Child asCribed TO st. Luke The image
once belonged TO the mother OF Constan-
tine the Great. and has been at Czesio-
chowa since 1852. Miraculous powers are
ascribed 10 il. and myriads of pilgrims
have visited it during the past six CEN
turtles. Some 100000 Poles go there each
year The image had been decorated
with precious objects Of vast wcrth. pre-
sentcd by popes. emperors and kings.
The virgins crown. given by Pope Gle,
mcnt in 1913 was valued at. $50 coo. \
robe OF pearls, given by Queen llcdWig
Of Poland, was worth hundreds OF thou
sands OF dollars, There was a painful
news OF the robbery Of 100000 worth
of the treasure WAS made known.
Lived Rapid Life.
The missing monk, who was attached
10 a CZcStochowa MONASTERY Is said TO
have been living riotously With woman
said by some 90 be his brothers wife,
and by others 10 be telephone opera
tor-at Warsaw and other towns. The
discovery OF IL body In the river Warta
adds TO the mystery, Thc man. VINO ma.
evidently been murdered, was FOUND
sewn up in a sofa lie proved to be
Wcnzcl Macoch. a postmdn. and brolher
OF The monk. The public prosecutor has
meanwhile asccrtaIned that The monas-
terry authorities rnisled The police in th
attempts 10 trace the authors, both oil lht
robbery and the postman -dcath" Inc
monastery has now been officially scaled
and exhaustive Investigations are 'aHihS
place, Several moulis are uuocr arrest
\ papal delegate Is understood TO have
arrived with orders 10 cXpel the ianliNt
monks and TO transfer tho uonaStery 10
another order. Tic police believe tnnt it
lbr dead poslmau had knowledge OF MS
brothers guilt aud that the monk e'uSe'
him to be murdered in order that hc
might not dcnouncc tho authors cr th
robbery.
Drastic Measures Used.
Russiu's ways of dealing with SlilKt l,f.,
arc of the drastic kind which Wouldl
he tolerated In America. but Wnicn seen
10 be cfiicacious in down -trodden foianu
six hundred discontcntcd iramWaS lnct
in Warsaw .!came out the other day
and so did the police ano the inimtaIy
| These combined forces arrested All ,lt
| strikers lodged them in gaol. forced thcn
| next day 10 work tho cars. cach uilost
| the escort Of four soldiers. and tra''lt
was continued as usual. AT the close ol
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