The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-11-14

morals of the Gar can be traced. not &c
Petersburg, but TO one or the other OF these
/ places.
The Director General Of Police. Gresser
who is the de facto Gar of Russia to-day
! so FAR as the tyranny exercised is concerned
! is responsible for the safety of his SOW
/ crcign and j. 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 pOwerless TO shield his
/ lie ii an attempt were made upon it.
For example. stung by the taunts OF his
/ coWurdIce, when be made a visit 10 Mos
COW, the hotbed of nihiism. the Gar in
sisted upon walking alone through
Il 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 AleXander's reign had come
| that he had been tried and found wanting;
| and that the committee" had decreed his
/ death for refusing 70 give the people "a con-
| stitutional government. Many arrests had
| been made by the police. who, with all their
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 10 occur arrived he
! announced his intention OF hearing mass at
| the Church of the Annunciation, within tho
/ walls of the Kremlin and "A quarter OF a mile
| or so from the palace. The CZarina and the
! other members OF his family impiorcd him
! TO take no such risk; they begged him TO
have mass sung in the chapel of the palace
/ instead. But he was deaf 10 all entreaties.
| and even ordered that the palace guard
should be withdrawn. He said that if his
! time 10 die had come he was ready. but he
would not die like coward in seclusion,
| but like 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 Field Marshal. re-
/ splendent with gold lace. and walked across
/ the parade ground 10 the church.
The news of his rashness spread quickly
! among the people, who were naturally on
| the qui vve owing to the mysterious proc
! lamation OF the Nihilists, and before the
mass was over the area within the Krcmlin
walls was crowded with all sorts and condi-
lions OF men. twenty or thirty thousand i'm
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
entered the throng. which opened 10 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, a pistol. or even "A knife
| would have done the business, but with his
head erect. and bowling 10 those who salut-
ed him, the Emperor walked the entire dis
| lance. The crowd was silent and almost
| 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 10 his people. and spoke to
them.
He said that no had been told that he
! should have trouble if he came 20 Moscow:
that since he had arrived he had been
warned by mysterious enemies. whose mot
i've he could not understand. that the pres
ent day was 10 be his last. He had there
fore done as all men should do who expect
ed danger. gone TO church TO ask forgive
ness for his sins, and protection from or
high. That protection was not denied him
His body. like his soul, was in the hands oil
God. and man had no power to injure him
without the divine decree. He therefor,
feared nothing. and believed that as Ions
as he governed tho empire with wisdom he
should be allowed TO live. Then, thanking
the people with hearty words for their 10y
atty. he bowed and entered the palace.
There had been silence till then. but rs the
Gear disappeared the crowd broke into 1
cheer that almost reached the sky.
Alexander earned distinction as n soldier
during the last war between Russia AN,
Turkey. and any one who is familiar will
his military career need not be told that h,
has plenty OF personal courage. / saw hin
several times: once at n station OF the rail
way where he had driven from the palac'
20 meet the Crown Prince OF Greece. III,
had driven pair OF horses through pub
lie highway four miles or more, sitting OF