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Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White Volume II
Appointment by President Harrison. My stay inLondon Lord Rothschild; his view of Russian treatment of theJews. Sir Julian Goldschmidt; impression made by him. Paris; theVicomte de Vogue; funeral of Renan; the Duke de la Rochefoucauld.Our Minister, William Walter Phelps, and others at Berlin; talkwith Count Shuvaloff. Arrival in St. Petersburg. Deadeninginfluences: paralysis of energy as seen on the railways; littleapparent change in externals since my former visit; changewrought by emancipation of the serfs. Improvement in thesurroundings of the Emperor. Visit to the Foreign Office.Presentation to Alexander III; his view of the Behring SeaQuestion; his acquiescence in the American view; his allusion tothe Chicago Exposition. My conversation with the Archbishop ofWarsaw. Conversation with the Empress; her reference to the Rev.Dr. Talmage. Impression made upon me by the Emperor. Mypresentation to the heir to the Throne, now the Emperor NicholasII; his evident limitations; main cause of these. Presentation tosundry Grand Dukes. A reminiscence of the Grand Duke Michael. TheGrand Dukes Vladimir and Alexis. The diplomatic corps. Generalvon Schweinitz. Sir Robert Morier; his victory over the UnitedStates at the Paris Arbitration Tribunal; its causes; itslessons.
Last days of Sir Robert Morier at St. Petersburg; his lastappearance at Court. Count de Montebello. Husny Pasha.Marochetti. Count Wolkenstein. Van Stoetwegen and his viewsregarding peace in Europe. Pasitch, the Servian Minister; his twocondemnations to death. Contrast between the Chinese and Japaneserepresentatives. Character of Russian statesmen; their goodqualities; their main defects. Rarity of first-class men amongthem; illustrations of this view from The Hague peace programmeand from Russian dealings with Finland and with the BalticProvinces. M. de Giers; his love of peace; strong impression madeby him on me. Weakness and worse of Russia in the Behring Seamatter. Finance Minister De Witte; his strength; his earlyhistory. Difference in view between De Witte and his predecessorWischniegradsky. Pobedonostzeff. Dournovo. My experience with thelatter. The shirking of responsibility by leading Russianofficials; their lack of enterprise. An exception; Plehve. Onegood example set us by Russia; value placed on Russian, comparedwith the cheapening and prostitution of American, citizenship.
The "Minister of Public Enlightenment," Delyanoff; his theory andsystem. 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. GalkinWraskoy and the prison system Orloff Davidoff, "the funniestthing he saw in America." Professor Demetrieff's account of themurder of Peter III and of the relation of Catherine II to it.Prince Serge Wolkonsky; his ability and versatility; his tour deforce at the farewell dinner given me at St. Petersburg; hislectures in the United States. Russian scientific men. Woeikoff.Admiral Makharoff. Senator Semenoff and Prince Gregory Galitzin.Mendeleieff. Two salons. Other