The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-17
GERMANS IN RUSSIA
IMPORTANT PART
OF POPULATION
Number in Cars Domain Is
Larger Than in Any Other
Alien Nation, Says Geo.
graphic Society Report.

Washington, u. G., Hundreds OF
thousands Of Germans were living
under the sccptcr of the Tsar when
tho Horld-war broke out, the Toutonic
subjects OF Russia being greater
many times Boo number than the COM
hlncd German s~oiourners Of all the
other allied nations" according TO a
bulletin just issued by the National
Geographic society. Until very re-
cent years. the condition OF these
German coloulsts in Russia was that
Of favored citizens of citizens special
ly entrusted with tho work of dcycl-
uplnE the empire. with the strong re-
viyai of the great RUSSIAN policy. that
OF the justification Of the whole
monster land. however. German
schools were suppressed n other
measures were adopted toward max
luE the Tcutonic citizens good Slavs
The Tsar's German subjects form
"a 1 much more important element
boz Russia than De- generally consid-
cred From their ranks were recruit
90 tho model artisans and peasant
proprictors. whilc thty furnished q
significant quota % the RANKS OF Rus
sia's professional men. business men
and technical Norkors. Descendants
Of 'hc German c~olonlst who were
bro ghi into the empire Dos Catherine
th" trent, herself 70 German princess.
v,rt prominent LAWYERS. university
teachers. scientists. ngiucrs. army
LADDERS. captains of industry and of
commerce. and members Of tho Rus
a,au bureaucracy 1000 diplomatic
corps.
"ror generation these German
|.olou..fs and their S'Hr ucighhors
have soften along amlcuhiy with one
another THOR attitude. uU both
lD.. hos beer one of tolerance and
good nature The German language
s,r.d as t medium of communication
,s,rNwhorc. Hhcthcr ut potrograd or
NI9dIE usfot. 90 ArchJur,l ur khor-
.u1 Tho DulUuistr mostly persisted
Iu t.r Iau of their mother tongue;
sent their uhildrCu Go German schools.
celebrated their religion IN Lutheran
churches. presided over hy the old
typo German Lutheran pastors, and
N,ui iu co." customs which they had
brought with them from SlNony, from
Bavaria and from Wosiphulia.
"Uunlup Germans were divided iu-
foo -four classes. Tho coluuists, the
business glasses. the intolicctuals, and
the nobility. The German nobility
, owners uf vust estates. wcrc most
o. confined tu tho Baltic provinces.
Tho history of their services to the
land uf their adoption forms no UNI
important part BOO Russian annals. ON
fn. ofFpr hand. Russia Eus been Law
i.h With hDr nyore Co hcr German
citizens CuurlIud LIyu9ll and Es-
thuuiu worp tho provincial seats of
tu" powerful T,utuuic Russian nobil-
ity. odd German families with onocs-
iiul lines clear through centuries,
They have HIlrd the hish places In
tho Russian state h~u1uTtoly uud ably.
and tnorc has never been any Iucs-
tIou of thrig loyalty. Practically the,
we're Luthcrina.
Tho utcllcetuals-l lawyers. doc
tors artists engineers. scientists.
uI. fleets. u|ns'urs and $50 on-lud th,
business classes uf Germans Doe Gus,
sian duminIurs formed the Tsar's
most important division of Teutoni,
subjects I'm many ol ,hc towns. M,
G,ruIu intellectual furnished occu.
pants for an the best posts, while
from the ranks OF the same people
Dlmo 20 prrpordoratirg number oi
millionaire. TcutOuic trJdcsmcn
manufacture and commercial tray.
o',rs have been busted iu the de.
NcIupmput of every corner of the en-.
ptrc. Before tho war, they We're t'
Pr, found Boo aIl parts of the land do.
Inc a thriving business.
'rhc German gulonists were agri
rulturI.ls rhry vcr" Hrs, urouuh.
into Russia by Catherine tuc Great
Boz inp hope that they would -rr.r ai
teachers of fffor AND wurr sHI"n'iG'
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