The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-30

seven seals or hhlaknta.
Oddly enough all Of these constants
OF Siberian life are absent from the
latest study OF this wealthy and thriv-
ing community save one. and that one
only TO be denied The caravan tea is no
longer freight Of patiently plodding but
otherwise had tempered camels from
Rhfakhta: II goes now by rail and it's
only excellence Is that II yet remains
Tho tender pekoe buds and has not
been exposed to the deterioration which
sat water carriage produces. In all
elsp A. IL a wholly new Siberia which Is
eet forth by Or. Orro GoEBEL in Vom
Uru1 DIS sachdHn Berlin, Dietrich
Refinery.
L
EsAre wont 10 speak Of German in.
Wust1gafion as thorough. 1t may be
lacking in sympathy. It may not al.
ways grove facile IN its comprehension
Of a foreign social culture: hut com.
plete Il almost always js. This is
we'll snstnnced in this authors work
addressed 40 the present problems Of
Russ.a in Asia, DR.. Goebel has EARLIER
published a complete treatise upon the
mines. the agricultural md other eco.
rs another market for the products of
German factories. a market which up
70 the present moment Germany has
controlled In every line save that of
agricultural implements. in which
American genius has passed beyond all
possibility OF effective competition. This
examination was conducted ut the di.
rect,on OF the imperial Ministry of
Foreign Affairs at Berlin and Its re.
suits have been published as a public
document.
Certain other results OF his long eN-
vibrations have been cast into the form
OF guide book or itinerary and form an
instructive number in the well known
and highly valuable series "Hendschels
IuEinsland." The latter word ia far
below the literary level of German
speech. hut II will be readily compre-
hondod when divided into its elements
Lug ins-Land. when one recognizes that
IN IS English look" preserved in a
German dialect.
SUI a third crop from the same field
is the present volume, a very personal
record uf impressions in Siberia from
tuo mountains which are the eastern
vail nf Europe clear across the AsiatiC
continent TO the Pacific. There is nc
r,sort. !n this record. II manners and
custom. struck this active observer as
not quite the thing. as somewhat of
COLOR as I'm fact outlandsh In the sense
~ heing out .DeutsChlandish. he has NJ
ne. tatiun whatever in writing thai
down IN. fun with proofs annexed This
..it of thing is inherent in German
circumstances of investigation, yet some
how ", may surmise mat even Ger
man investigator might hesitate TO re
peat Trip concerning which he hat
once written book.
The pcrtinactty of such social ex
p.orers is without parallel II is re
called that IN period when the affair
uf Samoa were in their rmal STATE
Of turmoil. and relations with German,
were in consequence in a state which
may properly be described as tension
the American diplomatic representative
in that kingdom ch0nccd TO he trav
ellinG on the Pacific and met as
fellow voyager ono - these investigat
ing Germans from Berlin. In tho smolt
ing room ono evening the thorough In
vestiRator inquired bluntly what Nigh
be the course which the United State
intended 10 pursue in the matter q
Mata.afa, then an exile on .laluit. Tn
reply was given with no softening;
was TO the effect that the course Of tn
United States IN that critical matte
was distinctly not 10 disclose its plan
10 chance inquiry of any person no
entitled 10 the information. We I'm
DR. Goehel making thorough investiga
ton after the same direct method. A
ne approached a settlers house in IN
wilds his driver told him that the ma
who lived there was murderer. NotN
ing would do but that the Investigate
must break his journey TO ind out IN
detail. While the poor man in the r,
mote wilderness was heating the same
var for such poor entertainment n
alone lay within his power, the dis
OF tea and black bread, his inquisito
asked II really he were n murdere
whom he had murdered and why. an
what the sentence was and any Othe
details which might help out the stor!
Al the very beginning Of his journe
into Siberia he describes one II III
fellow travellers. In fact the only on
who accompanied him in the first elias
n Siberian gcncraless, "A barrel shape
middle aged woman" Thus taCtfull
introduced no r'yorts to the generates
when ne visits her home ut the othC
end Of Asia and tells how she ha
uuDd hcT mousse Tor little or HOthin
with Chinese treasures IN the loot Of Il
T. SCR troubles, 1t may be that ST
vou1 forgive tho reference 70 loot. III
MOI even a Siberian gcncraless Cou
'r'' frrl kindly 20 the man who ha
Dol" .'r .N'o print az barrel shape
N.rriLn insult sprctoe injur
tor u,
W. may cite another instance OF II
lt .srocaolc taste. Al the garrisc
tow of Werchne-Tdinsk the auth
was entertained at the officers mes
Tun colonel and several suhalterns G
SAVED ro drink the adiutant under Il
70 Co., tn" latter proved hard head,
- AFTER many potattons Il was ii
- mental commander who slipped
ta, nu.r Apparently military disc
I'." l.ur 'ho PARTY together until n
.. .0iJVdug officer might be in cone
fu ORDER the breaking up Of Il
.u Along toward dayhreak II
sG,uuu'. striker who had been hol
,u- his horse outside until both we
,.... than half Tr.znn par,n -, n or,