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Show Criticism of the Tartar. An opponent of Russia writes to a foreign nowspnper: "Thero wero at least four great Tartar thrones, each standing on tho ruins of other civilizations. civiliza-tions. Thoso four wcro tho thrones of Morcow, Constantinople, Delhi and l'ekln. At Moscow tho Tartar calls hlniFOlf Christian, at Constantinople Mussulman nnd nt l'ekln Buddhist; but his spirit Is always tho same, nnd wo know what It Is. East and south and west tho Tartar roamed and tho only country that Hung him back Into his nntlvo barbarism was Japan." Then ho goes on to arguo that Russia Rus-sia Is Itself a yellow peril. |