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of working capital, suitable labour, systematic enterprise,
and thriftiness—the opening up of Siberia by new means
of communication does not at all mean the abolishment of
the Siberian system of plunder and pillage in all economic
departments.”
On the other hand, Yadrintseff owns that “there can
be no doubt that improved communications, even under
the most unfavorable conditions, will finally be of great
and lasting benefit to Siberia. These new communications
will arouse new life and competition, of which Siberia sadly
stands in need.”
“We know,” he continues, “the great struggle going on
between old and new Siberia. We know the typical old
Siberian, we know the friend of the old, effete formulas,
the enemy of all novelties and progress, the favourer of a
corrupt administration and of the scoundrels which the
exile-system sends to Siberia, the representative of
monopolism and of a system of pillage and plunder which has
flourished for centuries. But with ever-growing strength
a new force is rising against the old - Young Siberia,
representing the independent, youthful, and active generation,
capable of opposition and prepared to take up the work
of colonisation, and possessing a thorough knowledge of
the manifold wants of the country.”
It is not for a traveller and a stranger in the land to
contradict such an authority as Yadrintseff, and I will
consequently limit myself to the expression of a sincere
wish that his expectations may be fulfilled. But it will
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