Russia's Too=Great Empire.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 July 1910, Page 4

Russia's Too=Great Empire.

The following views of Prince kiiropatkin, the grea-t Russian writer .and economist, are injteresting in mlation to the of several countries to expaaid their- .borders. Jllie clnof work of tHw Baissian army," he states, "in tho "fast 200 years, tms coiisistod in itilio einkrpeiiient of Rus9ia's uoumlaries on tho uortlMvest nnd on the south. In tlie Inst two centuries but seventyt\vo years have been peaceful. • in the remaining 128 yeans thin%-throe toreiga and two internal wars havebeen .waged. Russia's outlets on tho Bailtae and Black sens required the . laibour of our armed forces ifoir 200 wars and cost us great sacrifices in killed mid wounded. We reached the Pacific in 1897 wfthout bloodsneti. But 50 easy a victory bore wrthim iteelf the perm of defeat. ihe enlaT,jr£nnenl of Russia's bounoanos in eJI directions lias brought into her possession divers peoples njen and even htastile to Ruiia. Jihe borders of the empire have be?un to be snrroiwitled by & popitk--1 "<* eufßcfientlyvvith tho Russian people. Russia, in lier frontiers of 11,000 mil«j; conl tiejunusto mn« different kittoSom needs, m mv opinion, no alt Nations in her boundary limes."