THE PROJECTED VISIT OF REPRESENTATIVE ENGLISHWFIN TO RUSSIA.
[TO THZ EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.']
Siu,—The projected visit of representative Englishmen to Russia will not take place, as at first planned, during this spring. The invitation was conveyed in person by the Hon. Secretary of the Anglo-Russian Committee in Russia to the corresponding Committee in England as early as last November. The highest approval for the visit was secured on both sides, and in Russia there was formed a very repre- sentative Reception Committee, whose composition showed how widely is felt in that country the desire for strengthening the ties of friendship with England. A most attractive pro- gramme was sketched, including receptions in St. Petersburg and Moscow and a journey through the Caucasus and South Russia. But it was found that the accumulation of public business in England made it practically impossible for such a party to be formed as would have represented the general appreciation of such an invitation. The question was left undecided as long as possible in the hope that a suitable moment might yet present itself. This hope has not been realized, and by the interchange of the letters recently printed in the Times and elsewhere it has been arranged to defer the visit till next winter. At the same time the signa- tures to the English and Russian letters show clearly enough the growth of a cordial feeling of friendship between the two
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