Show A ROBBERY A1 THE K nEJlLI The besot buildings in Moscow are the innumerable churches and monasteries many of which contain great wealth in jewels and money It is sad to see all this wealth wasted lying in the churches while the wretched peasants in many parts of Russia are dying of starvation In June last there was a great robbery from a monastery in the Kremlin Dur ing a review of troops by the emperor when the place was unguarded jewels and money to the value of 1230000 rubles were stolen This robbery was for some time the talk of the town eventually it was discovered that some of the monks had stolen money and jewels and w ti dan d-an opportunity to convey them out of the Kremlin The government could not expose the corruption of the church that would have been against its interest Sothe mat ter was kept dark and the stolen prop erty declared to have been discovered packed away under the altar Tills corruption cor-ruption of the monks may be astonishing to people who do not know of the iniqui ties perpetrated by the priests and monks hi Russia However It Is best to leave this subject alone as ifwould ne Impossi ble to keep ones temper when dilatme or ltThe Westxntaaterfivfew L |