which has been created by Russia's far-sighted rulers, and which must some day be reckoned with in the council of nations. Bureaucracy has many grave faults, but it has at least organized Russia's resources, and its future development must be left to wise and enlightened government tempered by growing public opinion.
I have to acknowledge my indebtedness to Professor Soboleff, of Tomsk University, to Tyan Shansky's "Rossya" (especially Vol. XVI. on the colonization of Western Siberia), to Mr L. P. Rastorguef, and to the various statistical publications and trade reports issued by the Russian Government, from which I have verified and supplemented the information obtained from my own observations. In the second part of the book I have, with the kind permission of the Editor, used material which has already been published during September and October 1911 in some articles of mine in The Economist. I have also received much valuable help in revising parts of my manuscript from the Rev. George Lewis and the Rev. Rudolf Davis. I take this opportunity of thanking them.
Tibberton Court
Gloucester
August 1912
