The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-09

in which new Returns were ordered.
Il was suppressed atteI his death. To
the Princess the Emperor said: 81
have just signed a certain paper,
which l hope will make a good i'm
preston and demonstrate to Russia
that / grant everything that is pos.
sible." Then. crossing himself, he
continued: Tomorrow the papers
will publish the document. 1 have
already given orders to that effect"
| The nature of the reforms coDtem.
plated is not mentioned by the Prin.
cess, and will, perhaps, never be
known.
THE FATAL RIDE.
As the Emperor took bis leave the
Princess besought him not to cross
the Nevsky Prospect, but to drive
along the Catharine canal. Intent
only upon the security of her hus-
uand, she counseled him to take the
very road on which the RsssEsins were
awaiting their victim. Herein, per-
haps, is to be found reason for the
vehemence with which she accuses
the suite Of the Emperor of negli-
genoe and dereliction Ct duty. In
her remarks there is great deal
chat ia true It would have been the
mos: Datursl thing after the ex-
o.osion Of The first bomb to cleaE the
street and close it, and TO gather the
entire Escort around the Emperor.
Captain Koch, who was responsible
for the personal safety of the Car
held Rysakow instead OF turning him
over to the soldiers aud seeing for
himself that no suepicious-looking
character fingered in the neighbor-
hood. With a little circumspection
the Princess says Koch could not
have failed to notice the man who,
leaning against the railing of the
canal, awaited with defiant look the
approaching Gar. Colonel Dwor-
schitzki had busted himself around
the broken sleigh instead of keeping
back the crowd. though the Cossack
who drove the EmpeIor's sleigh drew
his attention to the.necessity of doing
so, We are not able to decide
whether these accusations are we'll
founded or not; one thing certainly
seems incredible, that no one thought
of bandsging the torn limbs of the
Emperor when struck by the second
bomb. The Princess seems to be
justified in saying that common
soldier, wounded on the battlefield,
never received less care than did the
Gear of Russia.
AT THE CARS DEATHBED.
The Princess describes in detail the
scenes around the deathbed, and the
funeral ceremonies, taking care at
the same time to point out that the
imperial family and the entire DO
bility never failed to express for her
the greatest sympathy for her afflic-
ton. After she Cars death there
vas found in his last will and tesla
ment sealed letter addressed TO his
wife,. OF the contents the Princess
only says that he thanked her for the
Happiness he had enjoyed at her side,
adding: "KDoW that above / shall
not cease to love you as / loved you
here on earth" She mentions also
that he frequently said to her: my
crown weighs heavily upon me, but
you help me bear it." The Princess
cannot be said to have Jared very
veil in the will of the Emperor. Ha
left her only 5000, coo roubles. This
will be considered very little, espe-
cially as ne are told that Alexander
II. saved during bis reign the enorm-
Gus sum of Sc 100000 roubles. In.
deed, better business than that OF
Emperor of all the Russias cannot
we'll be imagined. Only, the trade
is little dangerous. His sou and
successor has presented to the Prin-
cess the small marble palace. until
then the property of the Grand Duke
Constantine, and has given her q
yearly pension Of 100000 roubles.
THE AMBITION OF ALEXANDER.
"Alexander's policy" the Priu-
cess centuries to say, "Was not
prompted by love of conquest, but
it was his desire to give back to Rus
sia before his death its early posses
sions in their integrity, and secure to
it at the came time predominating
place in the European concert as q
} power of the first rank" This is,
/ indeed, a valuable statement, which
puts in Its true light the Cars much
tslked-of lows for peace. In the
} light OF this statement one easily IN
, derstands the declaration of war in
1877. It is true that the Princess re-
peatedly quotes letters from the seat
of war, in which the Gear expressed
his longing for speedy peace. Thus
he writes shortly before the outbreak
OF hostilities: Nobody knows what
passes within me ct the prospect OF a
war which I wished so much to
avoid" And after some heavy en-
counters, be says: 'My heart bleeds
at the losses which my troops have
sustained; it costs me an effort to
keep back my tears" But the GA.
seems altogether unable to under
stand that peace would be secured
through him alone. When, on
March q, 1877, the dispatch was re-
ceived from Count SohuwaloW, au-