| Description | He was glad to receive Schuster's letter. The Academy has received the letter from the Royal Society on the annoyance which Schuster has been subjected to. It has been in the Russian newspapers. No-one thought anything of the 'absurd rumours' and Galitzin denied them on the spot. The War is a great drawback for international scientific work and he was disappointed that the International Seismological Association could not meet, as he had prepared everything for the delegates. He hopes for better times but cannot see what conditions would allow an International Congress, with so much animosity and hatred being spread. There is hope in that after Russia's war with Japan, they are now not only allies but friends. The War also disturbed his work on the eclipse, when he had organised interesting wireless telegraphy observations, which could not be made. He did manage to facilitate other observations, however. He has been working on seismological problems and has written papers, which he will send to England in 'calmer times'. |