Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-27

beasts of anarchists have perpetrated
a dark and dastardly deed.
(Grand Duke Sergius, uncle Of the
car, was assassinated at Moscow
February II, 1909 Poor Ella, what
a fearful blow it must have been
for her-may God grant her strength
and devotion to bear it! 1t is very
hard for the fine old capital of Rus
STA, that her walls should have been
soiled by so foul crime but surely
she harbors no true citizen drawing
a breath who can approve of it. I
cannot believe that these demons
have risen from the ranks of your
Muskovite subjects-they were prob
ably foreigners from Geneva. For
the great bulk of your people still
place their, faith in their "Vaterchen"
Little Father the car and worship
his hallowed person. I have gained
this conviction fr bm my close OBJ
servation of the different phases of
the movement in Russia as far as
L was able from the news coming di-
rectly from there and by the opin-
ions expressed by observers, or some
times Russians, in the European
press.
khh4G0I ~2bS6 &AuGOpSdA VIC"
1.-The Russian movement is, as you
may well imagine, uppermost in all
conversations and correspondence not
only in Russia but also without. The
whole European press is flooded with
articles about Russia, their opinions
depending On the Standpoint of the
party they belong to.
I'm this manner-so to say-Euro-
pean point Of view has emanated,
which seems fairly correct render
ing Of the public opinion of our Con-
tinent. Now 1 thought that it might
perhaps be Of some interest to you
in your solitude at Tsarskoe-to have
an idea of this European opinion. and
to hear how the events in your coun-
try are judged by what one some
times calls the civilized WORLDS in
general. I shall therefore in the fol-
lowing lines try to draw a little
sketch for you of the reflected Rus
sian picture as seen from outside
OF course as the people outside your
country are not initiated to the de-
tails of the intricate questions at
issue in Russia they often combine
or infer from an effect they see
without know its cause-and there
fore often a wrong combination will
lead to wrong conclusion, because
their ignorance Of the true facts have
left a breach. The foreign spectators
are often forced to Jump to con-
clusions,' but we must add: 'Wo
die Begriffe fehlen, stellt oft Elm
Wort Zu rechter Zeit SIGH ein.' (Where
judgments are lacking the right word
often comes at the right time)
Therefore L must avant tout
(frst of al,) beg your pardon for
writing to you things that you will
probably since long have learned
from your diplomats reports and
crave your kind forbearance and for
giveneSs if las a loyal, firm. and
devoted friend Of your am obliged
to do-also must record opinions
which may seem to you harsh, I'M
generous, false or even hurt your
feelings. But Russia is in the act
of turning over a new leaf in her
history, and the development shows
| a tendency to prepare the beginning
for certain modernization.
/ Gives what Russians Think.
+ Such process you will agree, in
mighty nation like yours is bound
to command the most widespread in
terest in Europe, and CONNIE de
raison' before all in the neighboring
| country. The methods to be adopted,
the means which are to be used, and
the men who are to do the work have
direct influence across your from
tiers, upon the other nations. If
said that the opinion was a Euro
pean' one I must not omit the fact
! that many Russians who have passed
through here in the last months, and
all those living all over Europe, es-