Excerpt from Songs of Russia, Rendered Into English VerseIn America, popular interest in Russia has been much increased by the russo-japanese war. The utter inefficiency, incapacity and corruption of the Russian government were made plain to the American people by the war, as the autocracy's lack of regard for all moral considerations had already been made plain by: its treatment of the Finns, Jews, Poles and Armenians, and by the persecution of Russia's most distinguished literary men. The inevita ble result has been increased sympathy with the irussian people, as opposed to the Rus sian government, and a growing interest in the great and gallant struggle for liberty which the best sons and daughters of Russia have been carrying on for years against tremendous odds.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.