Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-12-21

morals of the Gar can be traced. not to
Petersburg, but to one or the other of these
places
The Director General of Police. dresser,
who is the de factO Car Of Russia to-day,
so far as the tyranny exercised is concerned.
is responsible for the safety of his SOW
ereign. and is allowed to use such means as
he chooses. he complains bitterly some
times that Alexander himself destroys the
barriers he has erected, and places himself
IN positions OF danger where even the ON
nipotent police are pOwerlass to shield his
life if an attempt were made upon it.
For example. stung by the taunts Of his
COW, the hOtbed of nihllism, the Car in
sisted upon walking alone through
a crowd OF twenty or thirty thousand peO-
pie without the slightest protection but
his own sword. The walls of the
city had two nights before been mysteri-
Ously decorated with posters announcing
that the end of AIeXander's reign had come;
that he had been tried and found wanting;
and that the committee" had decreed his
death for refusing to give the people a con-
sutuuOnal government. Many arrests had
been made by the police, who, with all heir
numbers and acumen. had not been able to
detect the mysterious bill-pOsters. and there
was great excitement throughout the entire
city.
When the morning of the day on which
the Cars death was to occur arrived he
announced his intention of hearing mass at
the Church of the AnnunciatiOn, within the
walls Of the kremlin and quarter of mile
or so from the palace. The Czarina and the
10 take no such risk; they begged him to
have mass sung in the chapel of the palace
instead. But he was GeIf to all entreaties.
ana even ordered that the palace guard
should be withdrawn. He said that if his
time to die had come he was ready but he
would not die like a coward in secIusiOn.
but like "A soldier, with his uniform on and
his sword in his hand. in the presence Of
his people; and so he left the palace alone.
clad in the uniform of a Field Marshal re-
splendent with gold lace, and walked across
the parade ground to the church.
The news of his rashness spread quickly
among the people, who were naturally on
/ the qui viye. owing to the mysterious proc
/ lamatiOn Of the Nihilists. and before the
mass was over the area within the Kremlin
| walls was crowded with all sorts and cOndi-
/ lions OF men. twenty or thirty thousand in
number. After mass was said. and he had
committed his soul to God, the Car, with
/ his gloves in his hand. left the church and
1 entered the thrOng. which opened to make a
/ passage for him. but one so narrow that he
! could touch the bodies Of those who stood
\ on either hand. No bomb was required on
! such an occasion, pistol or even a knife
! would have done the business. but with his
! head erect, and bowling to those who salut-
! ed him. the Emperor walked the entire dis
I lance. The crowd was silent and almost
/ GREATNESS; every man present expected
something would occur. but the only break
/ in the Cars walk that morning was when
/ he reached the steps of the palace, stopped
turned his face to his people, and spoke to
[ them.
He said that he had been told that he
I should have trouble if he came to Moscow.
that since he had arrived he had bee6
warned by mysterious enemies. whose mot
i've he could not understand. that the pres
ent day was TO be his last, He had there
fore done as ali men should do who eznact-
ed dsnger. gone to church to ask forgive
ness for MS sins, and protection from on
high. That protection was not denied him
/ His body, like his soul. was in the hands ~
/ God. and man had no power TO fniure him
without the divine decree. He therefore
I feared nothing. and believed that as lone
as he governed the empire with wisdom he
should be allowed to live Then. thanking
the people with hearty words for their low
E atty, he bowed and entered the palace.
There had been silence till then, but as the
Gar disappeared the crowd broke into =
cheer that almost reached the SKY.
Alexander earned distinction as a soldier
during the last war between Russia and
Turkey. and any one who is familiar with
his military career need not be told that he
has plenty Of personal courage. I saw him
: several tines once at a station Of the rail
: / way where he had driven from the palace
5 to meet the Crown Prince Of Greece He
= had driven pair of horses through q pub
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