Year: 1871

Luckily this rumor was consradjcted next day. or
from preparations which myself saw made believe
sassnates IN return. The peasants love their En-
per0r with chiidlike devotion wonderful 10 pc
them citizens Of the world and gave them what is
dearer to every man than than anything eise-Iree
the lower Glasses IN RUSSIA over the arstocrafs sup
posing out OF total population OF 80 000 900 some
eighty per cent belong 70 the former class fancy inc


gures, picture the difference OF an empire ground
down IN the depths OF serldom AM and % ignorance ny
raising It's head supported by 6400OoO0 Of civilized
citizens.


You will hear OF the libcraty OF most OF the pres
snt minister's you will hear OF the reforms that have
taken place in all the departments OF the COVER
ment you can with equal justice be told that the re-
form extends itself to the internal provinces OF the
corruption honesty is now the predomlnau'. virtue.
And while you are listening TO oil this do 't forget
Of she barriers which had to be broken down Secre
TINS other side Of the picture cou'A nave been
each kussian aristocrat was NOR arch In his wayl
each with some particular abuse 70 mold up ana pro.
tect, and all joining together II. one common pond
behold the picture that exist to-day and give credit
where credit Is due and In Che person or the young
which have been rendered TO all mankind py mis-
father, the Emperor Alexander.


THE LIBERAL PARTY IN RUSSIA.
The Grand Duke as member or that liberal party
which is fast Enropeanizng the Muscovitc Emperor
advantage OF the policy which his party are pars
ing ne Will see many institutions which viii now
own country ln your republic he win see as nearly
as possibly can be- the type OF MS village Com
never orger-tnat t is possioe Tor forty Millions OF
people 10 govern themselves and be happy without


AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN RESOURCES.
ne should take q journey to the Rocky Noun
tain tains he VIII he enabea % 10 Compare the wealth OF
that region with that nov hidden In the bowels OF
MS own country. lie Will there see before him what
man do IN overreacning the dlticultcs or mac.
to endeavor to uneartn those fortunes OF gold ana
silver winch now lie IN Siberia only waiting the adj
vent OF the explorer, and winch rlches are beeve
vastly greater Than anything you have or ever mad


in America. Should he pay visit 70 the oil regions
same riches which exist in Ills fathers empire and
which again are only waiting for the operator.
THE HOME OF ALEXIS


| He can point with pride TO the vastness OF those
| d0mIni0ns from which he comes, and can tell you
MOSCOW Of ali the neopes wSo n
| edged the sway OF his imperial father, and that
those races commenced with an Esquimaux and
| ended with q copper col0red fire worshlpper. He
WIZ possibly hold ont for your observation map OF
his falher's kingdom and, with his finger proudly
pointing 10 lIttle spot in the middle thereof, tell
you tnat on that spot exists an obesk with the word


Europe on one side and "Asia'' upon the other,
/, the other in ASIA, those domnons 40 not END Tor
some three thousand miles oa either side.


RUSSIAN CUSTOMS AND AMERICAN PRACTICES.
You VIII hear many things TO show you that ssve-
| raj similariues exist between the Russians ami
|
| arrangements are very similar IN the daily habits


OF the same classes the same similarity exists The


o AMERICAN aales more 70


certainly IN extravaganza Of dress there Is nothing


TO choose between the two But lest should be
supposed to be giving 100 glowing account OF
| what mas been such an abused people, 1t Is only


honest 70 remark tnat IN intelligence me


better class Of people with their compeers IN Amer
lea Here he will notice great falling Or and


Americans must not think tnat all Russians are ike
the Grand Duke Alexis. Naturally, as q naval man.


he can much better himself give you good account
OF what Russia doing, and Ia listening what
says upon that point you must REMEMBER that this
brancn or the service is presided over Dy his uncle,
the Grand Duke constantine one OF the most liberal


THE ARMY OF RUSSIA


thoroughly explained and particuIarizsd tnat It
would De only wasting your space TO dwell upon It.
Suice II TO say THAI the Guards, some 10000, are
whereas the fgniingor common regiments are as
ordinary soldiers rs can be met with.


UNITE THE TWO COUNTRIES WITH AN ELECTRIC
BOND.


1t great pity that the project OF the telegraph
to join the two cOuntres-Russa and America-fel
through. look upon IL as great misfortune III a
double point OF view. 1t would have done much to
tries, aud would have been OF great good to the
world as lasting means OF communication with
when only now exists through the suferance Of the
sea as Its bottom That


| THE VISIT OF THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS
must have an Immensely interesting bearing on
Dotn America and Russia there can be no doubt.
lie VIII see III AMerica--and seeing IL, he Is exactly
the man to profit by it-that very natural instinct or
'tgo-aneadativenessn which VIII be SO valuable to
his own cOuntrymen. II Is the clement most Of all
others tnat - wanied 10 push along Russia She
has been In stale Of backWardness for so many
years that naturally the ''gQaheado feeling comes
but slowly. lie will moreover, see Of what use s0od
citizens are where each man before inan Is efua
ana where the accident OF birth gives no adyan-
tagcs and finally lie VIII see the utter uselessness
81 his own arjstOcracy, people which, again re.
peal, are OF no use 10 anybody and only an awful
nuisance IN their own empire


AN IMPARTIAL GLANCE.


IN the above remarks have tried TO lay before
OF the great Russian empire as 1t now exists. am
well aware that many OF my remarks VIII occasion
surprise and that Tor most people this picture Of
Russia will be new, US l hope 1t Will
&c d pleasant one, Ie then, But Russia
and the Russians must be an Interesting
after reading my remarks, the reader will bear me
ont IN my opening assertion that this Is most Ia
vorabIe time Tor Russian Ambassador OF the type
OF the Grand Duke Alexis to go on a visit 70 the
great republic. lie Is not an aristocrat in his ideas,
and Am mUassad0rs with aristocratic tendencies arc
making themselves agreeable to the Powers to
whom they arc accredited In conclusion. must
observe that am neither sussian nor American but


thar have long pictured to myself the rising up OF
,wo ,n-snW na..ons, r.su may uc called the COM.
lny nations 0f the World, anu believe tnat When
Intelligence and free trade have entirely prevailed
over bigotry ana conservatism, and by these means
nattoDallties are destroyed and man Is simply man
before his fellow men, then Will rise up two cnOr-
nous kIDgdoms-lle great Northern State, whose
flag Will noaL over and thunder from continent TO
continent as the nag ol the United states OF
ocean.