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ideas, and is a threatening sign as evidence Of
their condition among workingmen in Europe.
The Emperorss Tour of Inspection-A Scandal
and . Reconciliation.


CoNsTANTINoPLE. April ga romantic story
is told to explain the presence of the Czarina of
Russia during the rough -and-ready military tour
of the Gear to the south of Russia. At first it
was thought that the attendance Of the Czarina
| and her court, and the Czarevitch, with her
suite, was intended only to cloak the real nature
of the journey and give it the appearance of a
pleasure iaunt This position is no longer tena-
BILE, for the Gar takes no pains to conceal the
fact that he is making rigid tour of inspection
| and final organization of his southern armies
From early morning until midnight he is in
his saddle or his council-room, minutely examin-
ing every detail of the soldiers physique morale
and commissariat, and shifting officers about as
he finds them worthy of promotion or tainted
with Nihilism Al Lividia, for instance, the
Czarina is embowered the Czar is bivouacked.
At one end of the palace there is a constant sue
cession OF balls. dinners and imperial receptions.
The other end looks like guard-room.
Here the Car sits far into the night
receiving reports from his generals and
rapidly issuing orders. These reports and the
results of the Cars personal inspections are
most favorable. 1t is certain that the Russian
armies massed in Bessarabia and on the shores
of the Black sea do not exist on paper, but that
every man and animal, every gun and saber, and
every pound of provisions named in the muster
rolls are on hand, and ready for immediate serv-
ice Strangely enough. the Czarina seems more
Interested In these warike preparations than in
all her balls and other pageantries. The rumored
reason is as follows:
1t is said that during the attendance of the
Car and Czarina upon the reunion of the latter's
family at Copenhagen last summer the gallant
ries of his Imperial Majesty among the Danish
court ladies were scandalously public and pro-
mlscuous AT last the butterfly character of his
attentions provoked some of the discarded beau
ties to make it a state matter, and without, of
course, referring to their own little lapses, they
pointed out to the King the fragrant breaches of
decorum of which the Russian monarch was
guilty every day with various ladies of the court.
Genrle King Christian undertook to demonstrate
with his august son-inl law, but he only could
stammer out half his speech. What he did say
had the effect of making the Czar furious with
anger, and he rushed from the room in search of
his WIFE, He found her in tears and inditing
letter. He savagely demanded to know for
whom that letter was intended
"For my father" she replied.
ABR he roared then have found the trait
ress who has denounced me to the King, and per-
haps made me the laughing stock of Europe"
ing with tears, and held out the letter to her
husband.
Sire" she said, ''read thar letter, and then if
am guilty, you have your sword to give me
justice of death"
The letter consisted Of tender and pathetic
but powerful appeal to the King not to say one
word to the Gar of the SANDERS that had lately
been floating about the court Two sentences in
the letter especially commanded the attention of
the Gar. The Czarina said she knew nothing
of the details of the scandals. which had only
reached her ears, because she had promptly
silenced all who sought to tell her, but she knew
that her husband, the great Gear of all the Rus
sias, was not and could not be guilty. The other
sentence that affected the Czar that if the
King gave his Endorsement to the ISLANDERS it
would inf1ict personal stigma upon her which
she would not voluntarily survive.
This blind. unquestioning faith and self-sacri-
fcing devotion completely disarmed the Gar.
who really loves his wife, and filled him with
contriton. He confessed that he had been
guilty. and humbly sued fer pardon. Of course,
this was granted, and a complete reconciliation
was quickly effected. Then tho Gear in
sisted upon having act of penance to
perform He besought his wife to make him
some extravagant request, such as buying fabu
lous laces or diamonds, doubling her suite of
ladies in waiting, or building new and splendid
palace and he solemnly swore that however
costly or apparently possible the request he
would fulfill it. @The Czarina replied: "Be al
ways friend, officially and personally to my
brother Wilhelm" The Czar was rather stag
gered at this request but he admired its self-de-
nying character, and he was bound by his oath.
So he swore on the cross of the sword the most
solemn and binding oath that he could formulate
that he would aid to the full extent of his abl-
ity, Prince Wilhelm, of Denmark, now called
King Georeius l of Greece in peace or war; in
prosperity or adversely, and in any mutations of
fortunes that might occur to him or to his peo-
Pile.
It certainly cannot be denied that the Car has
repeatedly during the last few months given aid
of an important nature to King Georgius, and
the story goes that the purpose of the Czarina's
presence in the Crmea is to see that he contin-
ues to fulfill his pledge.