TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PART V IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE (Continued) 

 CHAPTER XXXIII. As MINISTER TO EUSSIA 1892-1894 



Appointment by President Harrison. My stay in London. Lord Rothschild ; 

 his view of Russian treatment of the Jews. Sir Julian Goldschmidt ; impres 

 sion made by him. Paris; the Vicomte de Vogu&amp;lt;; 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. Deaden 

 ing 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. Con 

 versation with the Empress; her reference to the Rev. Dr. Talmage. Im 

 pression 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 . , 3 



CHAPTER XXXIV. INTERCOURSE WITH EUSSIAN 

 STATESMEN 1892-1894 



Last days of Sir Robert Morier at St. Petersburg ; his last appearance at 

 Court. Count de Montebello. Husny Pasha. Marochetti. Count Wolken- 

 stein. 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 



