Among Russians in the Far East there was no one belter known than Gen. Horvath. Bora in St. Peters. burg in the Imperial Palace "Zimni"
1861, he was a descendant of the ancient' Slavonic family of Hor~ vathians, and graduated from the JAtilitary' Engineering Academy at St. Petersburg, "At the close of the last century he was sent by the Imperial Govern ment from" Russian" Turkestan to Manchuria to build the Chinese Eastern Railway; and when that work was completed he was appointed the first General Manager of the Railway, which post he held for two decades, until the revolution of 1917. During the Russo Japanese War, when everything seemed lo go wrong, the. Chinese Eastern Railway, "Russia's main artery for her armies, alone worked with clock-like precision. This was noted by a special Imperial edict to General Horvath from Emperor Nicholas Harbin, to-day the flourishing centre of North Manchuria, was planned and built under his' supervision, The duties of General-Manager of the CER. however, did not limit his activities, He was the actual, Ie'not the offelal, viceroy of the Russian part of Manchuria, and his exceptional influence was recognized not only by the Russian ministers Ju Peking, but aho by St. Peters~ rg. How great his popularity was in Harbin is illustrated by the fact that 25 years ago the Chinese population of that city erected a" monument for him, on which the follow-Jing lines were inscribed: "In his days life was good not only to us, Dut to our Tittle kittens and puy He was well liked by all classes, including the large Jewish community in Manchuria, by whom he was Jokingly called "ihe little father of the Jews." Manchuria before the Fevolution was, in fact, called by Russian newspapers. "Happy Horvvathia."
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