| Show ANTI RUSSIAN SENTIMENT Count the Russian represent representative atle In n Washington has ho made malle tho the nn nil antl tl sentiment In III this country the subject of or a conference with Secre Score Secretary tary Lary Hay That proves proven the Importance attached by b the Russian Rusian Ru government to American public opinion Count seems Moms to be of ot the tiro opinion that the newspapers are aro to blame for the prevailing that a change chlIo could be affected It If both bolh countries were to take measures men ures to check tho the press before It Is too toolate toolate late latr It Is IB possible that the ambassador dor don Is 18 correct as riB far as ns Is In con concerned canned In his country the newspapers pers porn may bo be the tho lenders lender and creators o of if f public opinion as nil fur far as nH such luch opinion opinIon ion ton can be said to exist there But nut In ht Inthe InU the tiro U u United States Staten tho the press ns nil a n rule merely reflects that opinion The news newspapers papers have havo not created an nn antl elan sentiment here They The have hlo given glen the news an nn far as an II obtainable and their readers renders have formed their own OIl opinions This opinion has ban again been reflected In the editorial columns of ot some Rome papers Restrictions on tho the press would not change public opinion here There are several reasons why Amer American Amerlean Amerlean lean ican sentiment lately Intel has to coma omo ex ox extent 1 tent lent turned against One Ono Is la tho the diplomatic In Man Manchuria churla churia American diplomacy Is In straight forward honest and open The American people can cnn therefore not understand the hypocrisy that die tales fates promises which are made only to tobo tobe I Ibe be bo broken Another reason Is found round In Russia has treated her Hebrew population tion with medieval cruelty She Sho has Probably forgotten that the tho Jews Jewa play I Ian an Important part In the commerce of ot the world and anti that Hebrew voters otera are aro area aroa i ia a factor in In the politics of tho United States Slates Russia cannot persecute her Hebrew subjects and nOlI yet et retain tho the good will of an nn enlightened nation Every I ery Jew In this country has an nn In Influence fluence and this Is not exerted In be behalf behalf half of ot the tiro country In ht which his hl breth birth brethren brethren ren rep are aro massacred and proscribed Another reason Is III Finland It 11 Is III dif difficult difficult to sympathize with a n government that hat tae has broken the solemn pledges given to an enlightened with n a 1 view vi OW of ot crushing Its In Independence Independence dependence and reducing It to tl the tho stat Bint status is us of ot serfs Thousands Of or have found a refuge refugo In It this country and they too are exercising an nn Influence once ence against their oppressors oppressor The Tho effort to Tolstoi Is III also kept In ht remembrance by b the lire fact that that hat kind of persecution pors Is IA going on rot all nil tine the time lime Concerning Tolstoi J A 1 says In Mind He lie sought to follow Clod The ThO church respectable and old ohl Accustomed but to 10 follow form Was shocked nt at ono one fo so o bold To ro f follow folio Owl led was as blasphemous It Jl drove him hint trout from tho the fold told He Ile sought nought to help humanity Time Tho despots dc In command Had never hover heard of such uch a u thing They could not understand They thought It must mut bo be treason so They The drove him from tho tiro land That M Is I vety neatly nearly the tho low taken by b n a majority of ot American thinkers about that episode even Ien by b there who wire are iro far rill from agreeing with tho Iho Ilus Rus elan philosopher In n Russia n a statis statistician titian goon goes to Siberia for five years for 01 exploring Iris his of or peasant con call dillons at nt a 1 technical congress A lawyer Is III sent to tho the dungeon dunS oll at ut Arch Archangel M h angel for opinions expressed at nt the sumo A newspaper no writer Is Im Imprisoned for words word spoken at nt tho grave grno ot of f a tallow follow writer Another man who Is s simply known to 10 bo be a liberal Is ban bait hell thed How lIow ran can Itu statesmen ox IX hoot lJ Ct n f loudly i American sentiment notwithstanding nil all thee stories of or persecutions Jer The rho American people however will not be unfair Tho Thu good will of or Russia nUI h expressed toward tin us nt lit critical periods of our history hl lor will not bo ha forgotten tor This country countr tan has declared its neutral neutrality fly ity It In the tiro present and this de tie declaration will be made mado good It Jl Is to re reported 1 ported that merchants are aro al already n already ready reul countermanding orders for tor Amer loan lenn can goods That stray may be he a natural l con COli consequence cono sequence of at patriotism but Jut there thero Is no liD justification for tor It as long as us no of ot our government inn been guilty of or arty nn unfriendly act net In our little Ittle war nar with Spain tho the conduct of or orr certain r lerman commanders at al Ma Mailia ilia ulla caused some bad feelings but hut In Inthe Inthe the he present nothing parallel to that has hils occurred There Is la no cause for tor ill will It If were ero to step forth and open her portals to civilization to liberty to truth the United States Statts would be first to welcome her advancement In every tery direction |
