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Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White Volume II
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW DICKSON WHITE
VOLUME II

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART V-IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE (Continued)
CHAPTER XXXIII
. AS MINISTER TO RUSSIA--1892-1894
Appointment by President Harrison. My stay in London Lord
Rothschild; his view of Russian treatment of the Jews. Sir Julian
Goldschmidt; impression made by him. Paris; the Vicomte de Vogue;
funeral of Renan; the Duke de la Rochefoucauld. Our Minister,
William Walter Phelps, and others at Berlin; talk with Count Shuvaloff.

Arrival in St. Petersburg. Deadening influences: paralysis of energy as
seen on the railways; little apparent change in externals since my
former visit; change wrought by emancipation of the serfs.
Improvement in the surroundings of the Emperor. Visit to the Foreign
Office. Presentation to Alexander III; his view of the Behring Sea
Question; his acquiescence in the American view; his allusion to the
Chicago Exposition. My conversation with the Archbishop of Warsaw.
Conversation with the Empress; her reference to the Rev. Dr. Talmage.
Impression made upon me by the Emperor. My presentation to the heir
to the Throne, now the Emperor Nicholas II; his evident limitations;
main cause of these. Presentation to sundry Grand Dukes. A
reminiscence of the Grand Duke Michael. The Grand Dukes Vladimir
and Alexis. The diplomatic corps. General von Schweinitz. Sir Robert
Morier; his victory over the United States at the Paris Arbitration
Tribunal; its causes; its lessons.
CHAPTER XXXIV
. INTERCOURSE WITH RUSSIAN STATESMEN--1892-1894
Last days of Sir Robert Morier at St. Petersburg; his last appearance at
Court. Count de Montebello. Husny Pasha. Marochetti. Count
Wolkenstein. Van Stoetwegen and his views regarding peace in Europe.
Pasitch, the Servian Minister; his two condemnations to death. Contrast
between the Chinese and Japanese representatives. Character of
Russian statesmen; their good qualities; their main defects. Rarity of
first-class men among them; illustrations of this view from The Hague
peace programme and from Russian dealings with Finland and with the
Baltic Provinces. M. de Giers; his love of peace; strong impression
made by him on me. Weakness and worse of Russia in the Behring Sea
matter. Finance Minister De Witte; his strength; his early history.
Difference in view between De Witte and his predecessor
Wischniegradsky. Pobedonostzeff. Dournovo. My experience with the
latter. The shirking of responsibility by leading Russian officials; their
lack of enterprise. An exception; Plehve. One good example set us by
Russia; value placed on Russian, compared with the cheapening and
prostitution of American, citizenship.
CHAPTER XXXV

. "ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS OF MEN" IN
RUSSIA--1892-1894
The "Minister of Public Enlightenment," Delyanoff; his theory and
system. Hostility of sundry Russians to the Russian-Germans; evident
folly of this. Woronzoff-Daschkoff and General Annenkoff. The
Caucasian railways and the annexation of Bokhara. Galkin Wraskoy
and the prison system Orloff Davidoff, "the funniest thing he saw in
America." Professor Demetrieff's account of the murder of Peter III and
of the relation of Catherine II to it. Prince Serge Wolkonsky; his ability
and versatility; his tour de force at the farewell dinner given me at St.
Petersburg; his lectures in the United States. Russian scientific men.
Woeikoff. Admiral Makharoff. Senator Semenoff and Prince Gregory
Galitzin. Mendeleieff. Two salons. Other attractions. General Ignatieff.
Princess Ourousoff and her answer to Alexander III. Princess Radzivill.
The copy-book used by Louis XIV when a child, preserved in the
Imperial Library; its historical importance. The American colony at St.
Petersburg. Mr. Prince; his reminiscences of sundry American
ministers. Mr. Buchanan's satire on spies, in the Embassy Archives.
Difficulties of the American Representative arising from his want of a
habitation. Diplomatic questions between the two countries The
Behring Sea Fisheries. My dealings with the Commandant of the
Russian Pacific Islands. Success of Sir Robert Morier; how gained.
Worldly wisdom of