DISAFFECTION IN RUSSIA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2021, 20 June 1885, Page 4

DISAFFECTION IN RUSSIA.

Thi 1 Paris eouispondt nt of the ••Times" on Apnl (sth winte : — "Tin- piodpu-t <>\ ,\ conflict between England au»l Russia h.is awakened many dormant hopes among the oppie-hcd and heterogeneous peoples of the great Noithern Einpiic Tim echo of this dis nfleotion lus tiaxolk'il even to I'm is, and it h< ems as if the Russian Government injudiciously contiibutes to fan the flame. Religious persecution ha*, nt the instigation of the Czar's coiilidenti.il adviser, the IWuiem of the Holy Synod, Pohedo nosst7Ptr, been levhed throughout the countiy, so that Uuiates, Stundists, Pio testants and Jews are all oppressed and dissatisfied." AGeoigian, who has good opportunities of judging the feeling of his fellowcountrymen, writes from Tiflis a letter, beseeching me to place before the British public some expression of the sympathies which the Guoigians feel towauls Eng land That this may be better understood, my concspondeiit ico.ills the past history of Ins country. He showed how the Georgians, invaded alternately by the Turks and the Peisiaus, finally accepted the piotection of Russia, lint from the v.ismls they soon became the victims of the C/.ir. They received little or no prok< Mom, u hile they were compelled to oud'iie (MMy foim of e\toition. After icoipituUtuig various histoiieal events to show how Kussian functionaries, armed with Russian laws, ride longhshod over the conntiy, eiushing down e\cry national instinct, my eoncspondent ■ insists that the Georgians have now but one object in view— that of tin owing off the yoke of foreign domination. He adds-.— "This aspiration has been developed by the conduct of the Russian Government itself. It outrages the most sacred sentiments of the nation by abolishing the use of the Georgian language in the administration, the law courts, the schools, the religious ceremonies and public institutions The liberty of the Press is suppressed, and e\en the wcaiing of the national dress is looked upon with suspicion by the Russians. The Georgians cannot aspire to any post of importance under the Empire, and the Georgian Church is now administcicd by a Russian aichpiiest, who ignoies both our language and the history of our Church. " Acain, until last year the Georgians were exempt fiom compulsoiy militaiy service ; but dm mg the piesent ye,\r this last remaining pi i\ ilege w as sw rpt ,m,ij . Our sons are torn from thrir homes, and forced to sen c in the regular aimy of our oppressors. Thus to dly when our grievances engender thoughts of revenge, and the love of freedom makes us crj for justice, we welcome the news of this pro jected war between England and Russia Joyfully we look foiwaid to Biitish victories as the signal of our salvation and of our fiecdom, and all our sympathies are with England Those who arc not Russians ate henceforth our allies. "If English forces could only land in Georgia, all the Caucasus would li^c in rebellion against the Russians. Formerly we had great political aquations, but a harsh txpenence has i educed our ambition to a minimum. We do not seek for much, only a tolerable modus ntnifli; but as Russia refuse-) to make any concession, we are ready, if cnoouiaged, to take up arms in favour of England. We only desire autonomy such as that en joyed in Finland, and the right to use our own language. It is difficult to understand why Russia so systematically oppresses ii", and thus nurtures on her frontier a hostile element ever ready to take up arms against her. "An independent Caucasus might contribute \cry metenally to the solution of the Eastern question. It would constitute a barnei between Russia and Cential Asia. If, to invade Asia or turkey, the Russian troops were first obliged to fight their way thiotig'i an autonomous Caucasian country the difficulties of .such aggression would be iinmeasmably increased. Reattdtoa h.nd and pmlous life, inuicd to waif.ire, and leady to die for a newly-found freedom, the Georgians would pro\e a seiious stumbling- block, which Europe would do w ell not to neglect when the seeks to check the invasions the Nothern Colossus. ' Not only in the CaucaMU, in Pul.ind, and on the Baltic is a Separatist spiut thus manifest, but even the Cossacks aie Mined with feelings of resentment ag.iinst the Russian Government foi attempting to assimilate them to th ug ll.u aimy

RhJ-KRur\<. to a well known vocalist. She askcil. 'I»o >ou like lici singing? 'No.' ' Why not \ She is a vciy finibhcd artiste. ' That's jus>t the tiouble, bhe was finished ,il>out twenty years ago.' Ok the Fiench fScu.itois elected on J.»n. 25, ten aic Fiotcstant% which is tlirec times as many, in proportion to the population, as the I'.itholics have. Cinci>atti has under discussion the building of an elevated belt lailroad around the city, the length of which will be seventeen miles and the estimated cost £1,000,000. Worki\(. hours throughout France are rarely twelve pei day, while in Hoi many they range fiani thiiteen to sixteen, and this without deductions for Sundays and holidays. A recent French Government Commission leportccl against shot tening the hours of labour. Captain* Johv Ekicnsox. of New York, U.S A, known as the inventor of the monitor class of ironclad vessels, has been engaged for a number of years upon the design and construction of an ironclad with submarine armament, which vessel lie now offe-is to the United States Government for 120,000d01. The Dcs ( troyer is intended for coast service and harbour defence, add is 130 ft long, lift deep, and 17ffc 4in wide. The vessel lies low, and an intermediiito aiched deck, also of iron, extends fiom stem to stern, and covers crew nnd machinery during action. The gun is under the inclined portion of the bow, and therefoiebcncnth the water-line. The gun measures 30ft in length, and is l(»in bore; and canies a projectle 2.lft in length, weighing 14501b5, and containing 3001 bs of gun cotton, which is ( \plodcd by percussion. Opinions of naval oliicers differ widely in regaul to the merits of this last woik ol this eminent engineei, now well over four score years of age, but little risk can be run by the Government in opining negotiations, as he ofleis eveiy facility for examination and te&t. As an alternative proposition, ho orTeitt to build a steel vessel of slightly l.nger dimensions, guarantee the stipulated pcifoimancc of both vessel and nimaincnts by responsible sureties for lb'o,oo dols— EngineerIng. The Bad and Worthless

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Pki-mdknt Lincoin. — Mr James I'arton draws tin 1 following picture of Lincoln's ciuly home : -Imagine the uiughcst |>o-sil>le log hut in a «nnll clearing in the soutlicin p.nt of Indiana. Tlic house li.ul netthei door, flooi, 1101 window ; three leeged stools served foi chiirs; a bedstead was made of^ poles tliui'-t between ci.uks of the 101-s in one coinei of tho hovel, and these were Minportfd it the othei eiul by foiked -ticks stuck in the esirthcn floor. On the poles some boards weie laid, and on the board a rude mattiass staffed with leaves, and r-ovpied v\ith skins and old clothes. The table, made with huge slabs, at meal time-* was provided with a few pewter and tin dishes, but not a single knife or fork of the kind u->cd nt table. There was a loft under the roof in which Abiaham slept, to which .n default of ladder or staiicase, he ascended by the assistance ot pegs diiven in the logs. Theic was no town or village within seven miles ; no .school, no chinch, no post oflicc, no physician, no mill within seven milts, and onl\ a few neighbours, peihaps adn/.en families, within hulf-a day's ride. The master of tins hut was Thomas Lincoln, the fatlici of the President. Abraham Lincoln was siv feet four, but his father was short and stout, with hair dark and coaise, daik compl'jction, grey eyes, and a large piomiiient nose lie had the stiength of a giint, but he was as laxj, thnftless, easy going, worthless a man asjou could find in the West at Hiat day. Abiaham's inothet* was a fitting mite for his father, and until she died and Thomas Lincoln mairied his second wife, the young President knew nothing but hunger, dirt, and cruel neglect. His motherm law seemed to be an exception to the rule ; she clothed, cleaned, and sent him to school, and startcd,on his way Abraham Lincoln, President of America. The Spectator finds it difficult to believe that though the Russians would like to have Herat they v\ ish for Afghanistan. But suppose, after clutching Herat, and while bearing a long English siege there, the Russian chiite, tiuninjf aside from the stony hills and plains of Afghanistan, direct their whole unemployed strength on Persia— that is, invade at once trom Armenia, fiom the Khanates, from the Attiek, and acioss the Caspian Sea— what human power could prevent their conqueunc Persia as a whole, and either seating a dj nasty of their own at Teheran or a Russian Viceroy ? That Russian Statesman, if the warlv local isod in Asia, will look longingly towards Piraia as an easy lewaid for their efforts the Spectator ferls convinced, and the only doubt is whether Persia, if seriously attacked, will be defended by fJrent Britain. Englishmen will do well to r*> member when tin y think of Russia tint theie is hut one conquest which would relieve the treasuij ; that the idea of this conquest has never been absent from her military bunaux; and that European encunistancesattnis moment render this conquest more possible than it ever seemed befoie. She has on the theoi yto fight Knglandnn>how ; why not fight for soincthmgwoith her having ? A Great Business. The United States of Arnetic.i is the home of some very large enteipiws, but none peihaps gicatci than the business conducted by Mr G. G. Green, of Woodbury, New Jersey, U. S A. He is the piopnetor of the well known Itonchee's Gentian Syiup, which w.is unequalled as a remedy for Pulmonary and Bioneht.jl affections. He nianufactmesal^o (Jieen's August Eower for D}spep,ia and all disordeis of the Liver. These preparations arc used thioughout the civilised woild, and thousands testify to their valuable cmative piopeities. Both these preparations have reached an immense sale solely on their meiits. Sample bottles of each ate sold .it (id, or fullsi/ed bottles at 3a Gd All druggists keep them.