Provincial Russia . ppa,does imply a certain colour pride, but this amountsto very little. It is an exaggeration to say thatRussia is half Asiatic. But she is a vast outlyingprovince of Europe, more in touch with andunderstanding more of Asia than any otherwestern country. The Russians fraternize withOrientals to a degree intolerable for the arroganceof colour and haughty instincts of the the other hand, they have not our energy andtireless enthusiasm for thrusting reforms on un-civilized races. Hence it comes about that, as anobservant Enghsh traveller has remarked : Englishadminis
Provincial Russia . ppa,does imply a certain colour pride, but this amountsto very little. It is an exaggeration to say thatRussia is half Asiatic. But she is a vast outlyingprovince of Europe, more in touch with andunderstanding more of Asia than any otherwestern country. The Russians fraternize withOrientals to a degree intolerable for the arroganceof colour and haughty instincts of the the other hand, they have not our energy andtireless enthusiasm for thrusting reforms on un-civilized races. Hence it comes about that, as anobservant Enghsh traveller has remarked : Englishadministration does a great deal for the native inAsia in a singularly unsympathetic manner, whilethe Russian does much less, but in a manner thenative understands and appreciates. In the historyof European dealings with the East, for whichmany thoughtful minds believe that Europe willeventually have to pay a heavy retribution, fewpages stand out so unsullied by prejudice andcruelty as the Russian annexation and government. > V-- /*-,-*. .?i;g-r^ -a]?.!: .-.• y^s- STAGE FOR POST-HORSES IN THE URALS AN EASTERN GOVERNMENT 81 of Central Asia. In the Far East the stams on theRussian record are largely the direct result ofsending to these distant provinces where controlover representatives was impossible the mostworthless civil officials and the scum of the is of profound importance that the two gi-eatEuropean powers in Asia should be in sympathy,as far, at least, as concerns Asiatic affairs. Thereis a statesmanlike passage in Vladimir SoloviofFs Three Conversations —the last work that greatthinker published—which is full of interest in thisconnection. If in Turkey, he writes, we are forthe moment powerless, we can already play a first-class role as civilizers in Central Asia, and especiallyin the Far East, whither it appears history isshifting its centre of gravity. By geographicalposition, and for other reasons, Russia can do inCentral Asia and the Far East more than all
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