The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-21
THE ROYAL RUSSIANS.
Gar Alexander u Man Of IRE
proaeIable Life.
THE EMPRESS NOT VERY BRIGHT.
Immortality Of the Grand Dnkes-Ths
Eomasof Family Ali stropg Men
Ard wre.sfefs-

81 Petersburg Letter u Sew 9ogE IFsS1He.
As TO the imperial family. no comments
whatever on ia members are allowed 10 be
made IN the press; even items referring 20
the fnost Insignificant actions or move
Isrslts OF royalty have to be submitted TO
the censorship Of the minister 81 the court.
G0gnt Vo-0atxof- Dashkof, before be
ing allowed TO gladden. the eyes OF the Rus
sisn newspaper readers Yet in private
life, In general conversation. the member
OF the Remanof family and their actions
are quite freely commented upon and often
submitted "a the most scorching ridieule -
and sfili ne one il ever fnoiestesi for it.
Apart from the ear himself, whose effcien-
ey as tb. head OF the government il generally
conceded. the members of the imperial fam
fiy are mostly referred to a. highly decora-
tive. but most expensive Bonentifies The
emperor Is very ienient,y commented upon
yet this Is by no means due 10 any fear OF
bis power. Alexander III j. well known
% Be an honest. simple, courageous man OF
frugal tastes BY no me ans syaricioas. and
OF a rather limited inteilect-a man devoted
~ bis wife and children, and far from
happy in the lofty position 10 which he was
elevated By the sudden death successfully
OF his elder brother and his father About
the worst traits of Alexander HIS charac-
Ter sre reported TO he his heal rongnexs
and lis inability ever 10 forget treachery or
rleannsss; bat that is entirely due 10 the
frequent sights he has had 90 undergo at
the hands OF the couriiers when he was
s'lil duh, beayyset youth. and when as
Yet 10 one dreamed Of his ever ascending
the throne. As il Is. Russians are gene
rally agreed that we're things ordained diff
fefently. Alexander Alexandroyitch To-
resnoi would have made tigst-class landed
proprietor well deserving of the love and
respect Of his dependents and his neighhors.
and that IL Is hardly Just to find fault with
him because nature has no, provided him
with the lofty intellect necessary for the
successful management OF a vast country
having 100000 inhabitants, speaking
more than eighty different languages and
dialects
Likewise. the comments on the empress
are generally most riendly. She is not so
popular among her subjects as the Princess
al Wales is with the English. nor il she so
Tood.looking. The Russians besides resent
the fact that she brought such feeble. rIair-
looking children into the Romsnof family.
hitherto renowned for the splendid phys
none of the i'll nature so strongly developed
in her elder sister since the la.ser's iuereas-
ing deafness. She has devoted friends i'm
her "entougage, and the people esteem
her for her devotion 10 Russian customs.
The empress Is not considered very clever
and the public Is given 10 making fnn Of
her love Tor dancing which is certainty
ridiculous In a woman 81 -. though she
s{a.sS tnrE
sharper are tho criticisms on the car
brother and cousins. who are all extremely
well built and handsome. The Grand Duke
Vladimir, The eompander-in-chief Of the
Russian army, is generally spoken Of as an
hl-temneFed bully Who. III point OF temper
has perfect match IN his clever German
vile an intriguing woman of most hand
some preserve and exquisite tast in dress
Grand Duke Alexi> is much liked for his
easy-going ways and his strict adherence
IL his duties as chief OF the navy but beine
extremely handsome and still unmarried
Though nearly 90 years OF age, his morals
are none Of the best nor, tor the matter a;
that are those os hts younger married
brothers. The cxag, a. well as his brothers
Is possessed Of most extraordinary strength
which they dearly love "a display. Thus
they often indulge in the pasime of wresf
ling with one another in their private apart
ments. and, when in their family calls on.
ot them chances To find the master ol ths
raisce NOT e; home. he j. apt 10 leave :
twisted poker or some other proof oi
strength IN place Of card.
s;sA hsrsher are the comments on the
shapsros's uneles. The hheral.mindes! and
eleveress VI at the Remanofs, the Grand
nake Constantine, who now lies AZ death .
door. has for a long tame been suspected hy
the public N having been untrue to his
brother. Alexander IL and al having sbet.
tel The NihsIisss Nth view toward as.
sunifag The regency 81 the empire. yerv
persistent also Mere the yUaors ahoat brihss
received hy the Grand Duke Can<;sntin.
when he WAS president ot the council NJ The
stste. Grand Duke Nicholas. The former
commander ~ the RassiAn army. has A:
sil times heen considered rather harmless
simplsson. with asrtiallEy for ballet girls
somewhat shocking ia M tperJAl hiChnex,
WHO has teen a married nsan for the last
thirty wears. His eccsntsicity Assumes
very varied forms however, and vel 10 |
rss0gleci the time when this same Grand
nekc Nicholas used 10 startle st Peters
hgsg by driving about the city wtth coles
ssl Cochln.china sosls ehoerguily oacSline
and crawiuK IN bis carriage.
This present president az the council al
state. The cHSf's eneie. the Grand nake
Michael. Is declared 10 ae the most hanG.
sense nan II nsesiioerr capacities. waiie she
Young cousin Of the sovereign. Grand psske
Constantine CnBstznssnevsich, recently zf-
pointed president eg the ~. Pesersenr.
Academy ef ssseaee. IS considered the "a.
want al the family and literary light OF no
mean sasxnisate, asvsnx already published
q good number IL poems under a nom sle
planse~ ia Easslsn mAszE8aes. With the
exception of hiS usogahunt father. this
young mar i abe enly Isase member Of