Through Russian Central Asia

by Stephen Graham

(1) Russia has at least double the white population in her Empire that we have in ours. Why should we not take steps to transplant from over-crowded Britain to the less crowded parts of the Empire, and so get better families?

(2) The Russian Empire is all on land, and is easily strung together by railways, whereas our Empire is across seas. Fares within the Russian Empire are cheap. Why should we not popularise our ocean travel and have cheap fares on the seas?

(3) Russia, through certain natural advantages, keeps her race pure, even on the outskirts of Empire. Why should we let our own people go to the United States, and try to fill up our Colonies with aliens who, in time of war, are ready to blow up Parliament buildings, powder factories, plot assassinations, and what not?

(4) Russia is self-supporting in food, fuel, and clothing. Why should not we be?

(5) The Duma is elected by the people not only of Russia in Europe, but by the people of the whole Russian Empire. Why should not we have Imperial representatives in the House of Commons—one man one vote for all white British citizens.

(6) The Russian Empire is a large unity with a growing consciousness of its own power. Why should not the British Empire realise similar possibilities of unity and self-expression?

RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA.
Map shewing Traveller’s Route.

Index

A
Abakum, Pass and Gorge of, [185], [186]-[7];
advertisements in, [187]
Africa taken by Attila, [48]
Agriculturists, emigration of, [138]
Alabaster Mosque, Cairo, [40]
Alai Tau Mountains, [90]
Alakul, Lake, [149]
Alani, the, [47]
Alexander of Macedon, [56]
Alexander the Great, [44]
Alexandrovsky Mountains, [90]
Altai, Central, [218] et seq.
Altai, flora of, [229]
Altai Mountains, the, [8]
Altaiskaya, [220], [228], [229]
Altin-Emel, Government aid to emigrants, [150];
the cross-roads for China, [173], [174]
America—after the war, [265]
Amu-Darya, [24]
Anderson, Wm. C., an open letter to Lord Milner, [253]-[7]
Anglo-Russian friendship, prospects of, [237] et seq.
Antonovka, [94]
Ants, ravages of, [129]-[130]
Apples, the City of. (See Verney)
Arabs and Semitic tribes, conquests of, [49]
Arazan, dinner at, [184]
Arbitration courts, [261]
Arizona, [255]
Artisans, emigration of, [140]
Asbestos, the question of supply of, [246]
Ascension Day, the Russian, [99]
Asia, a former frontier of, [6];
the deserts of, [17], [18]
Askhabad, the railway station, [22];
fall of, [65];
extension of Central Asian Railway to, [68]
Astrakhan, fall of, [64]
Attila, Huns of, [48];
conquests of, [48]
Aulie Ata, captured by Russians, [64];
a mysterious city, [101];
a former Moslem shrine, [104];
the native orchestra, [106];
its cathedral, [113];
sheep as payment, [114];
frequency of earthquakes in, [114];
population of, [123]
Australia, irrigation possibilities in, [255];
railway system of, [259];
military service compulsory in, [259], [261];
federation of, [261];
the Press of, [261]
B
Bactrain labourers, [19]
Baku, [10];
the bazaar, [11];
the harbour, [12]
Balkan war: the St. James’s Conference, [213]
Balkans, the, [18]
Balkhash, Lake, [149], [203]
Balta, [3]
Baltic, islands of, conquered by Attila, [48]
Barber, a Sart, [181]
Barber-photographer, a, [97]
Baskau, River, [189]
Beaconsfield, Lord, and the “keys of India,” [237]
Belukha, Mount, [228]
Bibi Khanum, wife of Tamerlane the Great, [51]
Bielovodsk, [122]
Blagoveshtchensk, Siberians versus Chinese, [171]
Bobrovo, [229]
Bokhara, Ancient and New, [27]
Bokhara, Russian Protectorate of, [25], [66];
absence of hotels in, [27];
scenes in, [27];
a Mohammedan settlement in, [27];
houses, shops, and bazaars of, [28];
its silver coinage, [29];
the sacred stork of, [31];
Russia’s hold on, [32];
power of Mohammedanism in, [35] et seq.;
Uzbeks in, [63];
the Central Asian Railway and, [69]
Bokharese, the, [31]-[2];
and the battle of Irdzhar, [65]
Bokharese delight, [29]
Boxer insurrection, the, [171]
Bozhe-Narimsky, [218], [220]
Brisbane, the, a poem on launch of, [262]-[3]
British Empire, the, necessity for consolidation of, [245]-[6];
white population in, [249], [269];
after-the-war problems, [249] et seq.;
and the Russian Empire, [249]-[270];
expert development of resources necessary, [256];
a Tasmanian view of future problems of, [258]-[262]
British Isles, the, after the war, [265]
Buddhism, attempted introduction of, into Central Asia, [49]
Bulgaria, alienation of, by Britain, [213]
Burnaby’s “Ride to Khiva,” [239]
C
Cabbage pies, [8]
Cairo, [40]
California, [255]
Camel-breeding, Kirghiz women and, [219]
Canada, comparison with Siberia, [208]-[9];
suggested after-the-war measures for, [254];
aliens in, [264]
Carlyle, Thomas: “Heroes and Hero-Worship,” [37]-[9];
his pro-Russian proclivities, [239]
Carpet-making in Transcaspia, [33]
Caspian Sea, the, [10]
Caucasians, author’s impression of, [5]
Caucasus, the, future development of, [5]
Central Asia, ethnology and, [44];
races of, [44] et seq.;
Chinese attempt the introduction of Buddhism, [49]
Central Asian Railway, building of, [66], [68], [69];
consecration of, [69]
Cervus canadensis asiaticus. (See Maral)
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Joseph, [251]
Charchafs, [26], [28]
Chardzhui, [25];
extension of Central Asian Railway to, [69]
Cheesecakes, sweet, [8]
Cherkask, [197]
Chimkent, Russian capture of, [64];
the cinema at, [86];
the bazaar, [87];
population of, [123]
China attacked by the Huns, [45]-[6];
the Great Wall of, [46];
Russians in, [70];
the Boxer insurrection, [171];
land proportional to population in, [268]
Chinatown, New York, [26]
Chinawomen and maral horn, [220]
Chinese, altruistic, [176], [182];
a native circus, [176] et seq.
Chinese Tartary, [8];
Mohammedans, [36], [164]
Chingildinsky, [165]
Chingiz Khan, [49]-[50]
Christianity versus Mohammedanism, [37] et seq.
Chugachak, [182]
Churek-cakes, [29]
Cinema theatres, popularity of, [61], [86], [104], [159], [211]
Colonial preference, question of, [245]
Colonials, British admiration for, [267]
“Commonwealth, Prospect of a,” [249] (note)
Confederation of the Round Table, the, [249]
Constantinople, Germany and, [242];
Dostoieffsky on, [242];
and the Great War, [243]
Constantinovka, [132]
Cornucula, [95]
Cotton goods, [206]-[7]
Crooke, William, letter to author, [258]-[262]
Curzon, Earl, [237]
D
Danchenko, Namirovitch, on Russian conquest of India, [238]
Dariel, Gorge of, [5];
the “Kremlin” of, [7]
De Vesselitsky, M., [208]
Deer-farming, [219] et seq.
Dengil-Tepe taken by Kuropatkin, [65]
Denmark, conquest of, by Attila, [48]
Derevnyi, [122]
Desert, the, railways in, [17];
wheatfields in, [19], [20];
antiquity of, [20];
its flora, [20]
Dockers, Persian, [12]
Dolinadalin, [3]
Dostoieffsky, Fedor, [210];
on Russia’s demand for Constantinople, [242]
Dukhobors in Canada, [264]
Duncani, the, [36]
Dunkan, a, [120]
E
Earthquakes, frequency of, [57], [114], [156]
Egypt, the shepherd dynasty of, [44]
Electricity, a Caucasian contract for, [4]
Emigrants, house-building by, [153]-[4];
a suggested export tax on, [259]
Emigration, compulsory, [260]
Emigration, Russian, [138] et seq.;
inducements for, [141];
restrictions concerning, [142];
concessions on rail and steamer, [144] et seq.
England and India, [241]
England and Russia: the question of India, [241]-[4];
rivalry of empire, [244]-[6];
the trade treaty, [246]-[7];
the basis of friendship, [247]-[8]
English, uneasiness of, at Russian progress, [66], [245]
Ethnology and Central Asia, [44]
Europe, after-the-war prospects of, [249] et seq.
F
Factory hands, emigration of, [140]
Falanga, hairy-legged, [116]
Falconry, the Kirghiz knowledge of, [200]
Falcons in Bokhara, [29]
Fatalism, Mohammedanism and, [42]
Ferghan, grants in aid of emigration to, [152]
Flint-hunting in the Caucasus, [5], [6]
Fortoug, [3]
Froude as pro-Russian, [239]
G
Gavrilovka, [175]
Geok-Tepe, [21];
the railway station of, [21];
storming of, [68]
Georgians, [4], [16]
Germany, conquered by Attila, [48];
preparations for Great War in, [214];
an enemy of Anglo-Russian friendship, [239];
and Constantinople, [242];
white population in, [249]
Gimnasistki, [214]
Gladstone, Right Hon, W. E., a pro-Russian, [239]
Goths, the, [47], [48]
Great War, the, Germany’s ambitions, [67];
reception of news of declaration of war at Semipalatinsk, [213];
Germany’s preparations for, [214];
England’s unpreparedness for, [231]
Gregoriefsky, [197]
Grosnoe, [99]
Grozdny, [10]
Gusinaya Pristan, [216]
H
Hassan, Sultan, Mosque of, [40]
Havana cigars in Kopal, [182]
Huns, the, [45], [46] et seq.;
of Attila, [48];
Mongolian, [49]
Hydrotechnics, Russian, [190], [193] et seq.
I
Ikons, Russian, [10]
Ili, River, [149], [164]
Ili, valley of the, [162]
Iliisk, [163]
Imperial commission for after-the-war problems, an, [266]
Ince-Agatch, [204]
India and Russia, [237] et seq.;
Namirovitch Danchenko on Russian conquest of, [238];
fear of Russian designs on, by British politicians, [241]-[2];
the overland route to, [243];
overcrowding in, [268]
Indian frontier, the, [8]
Indians, the, [44]
Irdzhar, battle of, [65]
Irrigation, artificial, in the desert, [20];
engineering students, [190], [193] et seq.
Irtish River, [211] et seq.
Issik-Kul, Lake, [149]
J
Jaiman Terekti, [189]
Jangiz-Agatch, [175]
Jarasai, [160]
Jarkent, a jurisdiction of Seven Rivers Province, [148];
rice-growing in, [149];
Government aid to emigrants to, [150]
Jerakhof, Gorge of, [3]
“Jericho, trumpets of,” [106]
K
Kabul Sai, [74]
Kalmeeks, the, [46], [221]
Karabulak, [175]
Karachok, [168]
Karakirghiz, the, [63]
Kara-Kum, desert of, [24]
Karakurt, the, [116], [162]
Karasbi, [160]
Katun-Karagai, [220]
Kaufmann, General von, [62]
Kazan, fall of, [64]
Kazanskaya Bogoroditsa, [132]
Kazbek mountain and Prometheus, [7]
Khalati, [19]
Khodoki, [124], [136], [137], [142], [143], [144], [152]
Khodzkent captured by Russians, [65]
Khosaïn Tereka, [4]
Khiva, [44];
Uzbeks in, [63];
under Russian protection, [66]
Kief, University of, student life at, [125]
Kinglake: his pro-Russian sympathies, [239]
Kirghiz, the, [19], [45], [46], [74] et seq., [116], [221];
become Russian subjects, [65];
their system of pecunia, [114];
skill at falconry, [200];
relieved of military service, [208]
Kirghiz Cossacks, the, [63]-[4];
women, description of, [83]-[4];
wedding, [168];
banquet, [191], [192];
women and camel-breeding, [219]
Kizil Arvat, [68]
Kok-sa River, [175]
Kokand, [63];
Uzbeks of, defeated by Russians, [64]
Kopal, population of, [123];
a jurisdiction of Seven Rivers Province, [148];
a walk to, [173];
author’s arrival at, [175];
a quaint clock at, [176];
visit to a Chinese circus, [176]-[181];
altruistic Chinamen, [182];
boundary of, [182];
facilities to sportsmen, [182]
Koran, the, Carlyle and, [41]
Kosh Agatch, [218]
Kosuli, [116]
Koumis, [80], [81], [86], [199]
Krasnovodsk, [10], [15] et seq.;
a Georgian host in, [16];
siege of, [65]
Kruglenkoe, [174]
Kuan-Kuza, [172], [173]
Kugalinskaya, [174]
Kugalinskaya Stanitsa, [174]
Kurdai, [132]
Kuropatkin, Colonel, [65]
Kursistki, [214]
L
Labour question in England, the, [268]
Larse, a night at an inn, [4]-[5]
Lava-Khedei, mosque of, [34]
Law, Mr. Bonar, [251]-[3], [266], [267], [268]
Lepers, [129]
Lepeshki, [19], [29], [130]
Lepsa, the, [203]
Lepsinsk, [148], [186], [188], [192];
“removal” of, [193];
the information bureau, [194];
a Cossack settlement, [196]
Lermontof’s “Demon”: scene of story of, [6]
Lessovaya zemlya, the, [20]
Liamin, M., [165]-[172]
Lignitz, battle of, [50]
Linbovinskaya, [132], [133]
Lodz: its production of shoddy cotton, [206]
“Lodzinsky,” definition of, [206]
Ludzon, [225]
M
Mahomet, birth of, [49]
Malo-Krasnoyarsk, [218]
Maly Narimsky, [220]
Mankent, [92]
Maral, the country of the,