New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-04
THE RUSSIAN REGiCIDE.
VARIOUS CoMMENrs upoN Ir IN PARIS.

LUuON-NICHoLAs AND DOLGOROuKL
lfRon THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE rRTBUNE
PARIS March IS.-There has been good deal Of
horror OF purely conventional nature expressed by
the newspapers and the Chamber here at the IerT-
bio end OF the late Car. But although 20 out
frequently and know great variety OF people.
have not within the week hoard so much rs word
which would Justify me in saying that the gaEettes
this occasion interpreted public feeling. NJ. de
Lafayette the Senator one Of the first persons
with whom exchanged impressions. lie said tho
event of last Sunday was no doubt n verv horrible
one, but that it did not SURPRISE him. hat would
have astonshed him would be to have heard Of Alex
auder dying natural death. N. de Lafayette is one
Of the kindest and least ferocous Of human beings.
He criticised the motion patronized by Gambetta,
for the ChambeI in sign Of mourning to suspend its
sitting There no reason why such Tribute
should be paid by "a Republic to the memory OF an
autocrat who a stupid, sensual man. and had
obtained reputation for generosity at the expense
Of the small nobility who were ruined by the serf
emancipation. NJ de Lafayette would not have
objected to the Chambers throwing little holy
water on the Cars coffin" but he did object to the
suspension of business for a whole day. particularly
when there was crowded order list and very little
time to get through il. " Holy water means IN
France soft words and compliments which have no
u
DIPLOMACY ~ MOURNING
~ Franck- Chauveau came up to me when was
speaking 10 the amiable and ectimable grandson of
the friend Of George Washington. He had voted for
the motion. although member of tho extreme Lett,
aud ne proceeded to explain to us why he had done
So Leon Renault had told him that the Car and
his wife amicaby disposed toward France, ana
almost inimcal toward Berlin In the present state
Of Europe II would be pity to let such good or
portnnity escape TOR bringing about an entente with
tho Court OF 1t. Petersburg. The ex-Prefect Of
Police had been 10 Zee Gamhetta who was greatly
alive 20 the military and diplomatic advantages
which coud not but accrue TO France through tine
amity of the now Car Cemenceau aud the Louis
Blanc group ~ oud not admit that "A Republic could
enter into any KIND Of solid alliance with an auto
crat. The entente proposed would be of the nature
OF "a friendly union between water and ire. How
ever M Franck Chauycau WAS not ,nre OF this.
The motion was hastily brought OF 10y VI. de Badau,
"a Eoyali,t when NJ. leon Rcnault was obliged by
the extreme Lett 10 draw back. and there was not
TIM, 90 concert OF reflect about H. Gambetta eTro-
uroi~iv a>,cn!ed there was precedent in favor OF
such "a mot on and that under the circumstances II
OUGHT 10 Dee carried unanimously. According TO NJ.
Iranch- Cau,cau. tho Republicans Yer" AFRAID to
appear cor ..rhrrd ~ the eyes of monarchcal
Europe. " tf.y hung back or protested. But they
really .rr so,y Indifferent to the fate Of the un-
Fortunate Gar. without whose conuI'once Bis
mack wonld not havo been ablo t. disnen5er
France ~ 1871.
had rr,rt-rr- or sErF-FMi NCfPATION.
NJ Molnar who is personally known TO the chi-
tors of tie Trading Ncw-York journals thought the
vote of the Chamber showed parvenu reverence
for kings and cmpcrors. He was sorry FOR the
Car. hut what else could hayo been expected I
Alexander had done nothing IN emancipatng the
,rfs T., indemnify the small nobility for the crush
INK los, thcy had sustained,
4 senior partner IN the great commercial house OF
Koechhn-Schwartl. the firm in Europe which has
the most extens dealings in Russia. has expressed
4, On, an oninion similar 20 that Of NJ MOlinari.
This gentleman Is a Protestant. and familiar with
English evangelical literature. IN which he found
ulu.tration- TO elucidate the views h" prop0unded
Alexander had bound Neavy burdens grieyous TO be
borne on the shoulders OF the minor nobility and
did not himself move them with one Of his fingers.
That class was the martyr, AMI the Car. who had
merely signed ukase which II was very easy 70 do,
coming after the systematically spotc Nicholas
had all the honor he had not cut at the root of the
OWL which be could have only done in sharing the
sacrifice hc imposed he only displaced it, The
n NOR nobility is a very numerous class. amounting
10 several millions IL was literally turned out To
starve. When exposed by extreme poverty TO the
rigora Of the most rigorous climate IN ia" civilized
parts OF the world its and brain were stimu-
lated by higher instruction when was practically
yiyen for nothing g. thousands ol young fellows IN
tho universities. The reasoning faculties were sud-
denly excited. Revolutionary ideas came with the
railway cars from thu west into the st"ppos OF
pu,s,a and her citics The Car got frightened at
the mess hc had made
A Trails OF ErROR'.
lion az ,,no crffua continued this
rcunn render, tho commission of a whole series of
crimes obligatory And 50 II is with start IN the
,i.ht direction There must be heroisn 10 20 for
v.,rl the moment one resolves upon great and
o,od action Unfortunate Alexander did not an
d,r,tand this II was the OH story 80 beautifully
toto los the Bcdlorishrc tinker IN " The Pilgrims
Progress" He WAS Pliable. and he went back TO
the tttv of Destruction. Reaction TOOK ia cOutse
upbindered The court was agog for maternal ENJOY
mrut and th,.wcaith OF the whole Empire h"W'd
into IT. Dissipation and pcculatlon went mana III
hand A more cruel tyranny than that oil Nl'Ho4as
,,.,,n,ed 10 repfc.s dscentent. and brought forth
Vera Sa.suhtch. The lEiigar IN atrocities M'io =
,,orcptarv hurricane. They were cruelty drunk
with bloodshcd aud rm ming a-muck. " nat went
nm in the prisons and penal settlements INTO whlch
democrats Socialist. and political malcontents IN
.,.,l were thrust and crowded, was cold.b!ooded.
i,.,.7,iul,d ingenious scientific aud internal. An
art,1,tc WAS sought ia war. The blood letting S)uth
~ the Danube. which was meant TO produce the
calm, of a,ncmia. gave rise 10 deHrohS ItrocltY.
~, w, I.'urn tnll me that he trcmbrd when lo
' "a. exhibition of Ncrschagens battlr-paniings
~ NoscoW. They were done on the held oil pa''ls
IND with uniaitrrlng truth ana IA ",Huuu' ~, ~.
,,,.l,,c no,yrr which has won Tor NcTsclAgcH Tue
,,,'. of the Homer of tie pencil students, maze
md female used to 90 10 see TINS rNhlnltl"n ~
o." Unn T., rrrarl crowned heads as monsters.
Wtat n car could order all that carnase! lie
coJ be- tnr author of all the misery EXPRESSED ~
th, no,ntinus and not be held nccountaDlc;
,I a,,a' y,u an account the winter belOie last
tI " snr.clggrn gallery from seeing which re-
.'..l "a onnressed and wTetched hs II struggling