104 RUSSIA THEN AND NOW 



CZAR ALEXANDER III. SENDS BEAUTIFUL GIFTS TO 

 THE PHILADELPHIA RUSSIAN FAMINE RELIEF 



COMMISSIONERS 



The 2Oth of May, 1893, I received the following 

 telegram from Prince Cantacuzen, Russian Am- 

 bassador to the United States: 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



MR. FRANCIS 3. REEVES, 



20 S. Front. 



I would be very pleased to see you on the 27th of 

 May, 1 1 o'clock, on board Russian Flagship, Dimitry 

 Donskoi, in Philadelphia, to tender to you in presence 

 of our brilliant sailors and on Russian soil a souvenir 

 his Majesty, the Emperor, ordered me to give in his 

 name to the American gentlemen who visited Russia 

 during the trying year 1892, with hearts and hands 

 full of loving help. Will you kindly pass same invita- 

 tion to Mr. Biddle and Mr. Blankenburg, as I don't 

 know their addresses. 



CANTACUZEN. 



The day named, May 27, 1893, was the tenth 

 anniversary of the coronation of the Czar, Alexan- 

 der III. 



The flagship, Dimitry Donskoi, was accom- 



