The sun., 1890-04-20
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
THE TAJNT OF NIHILISM SPREADS TO
THE CZAR'S OWN EAMILY.

tionnrY PoetrT-Emperor william Hob.
nobs with his Army-A Crazy BerIinsr
Makes Love TO tho Empress Frederick
Two Stories In n breach OF Promise
suit-CrOwned ueads Troubled by tho
ConIHE Labor Demonstration-A New
Volume Printed by CRHtOn Found-AH
Outery Against Mrs. Burnetrs PIay.
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LONDON April 19.-The Car and his fam
lily have taken up their residence at Gatchina,
DESPITE the forebodlngs OF tho police, and
nothing has happened there since their ar
rival on Tuesday. But st. Petersburg is con-
vulsed by the announcement OF the discovery
OF plot to secure secret plans OF the fortresses
and by the suicide OF nn artillery stRff officer.
Money for the former business was found by
Baron Plessen, a German naval attach", who
has In consequence left Russia, having re-
ceived not over polite hint that the climate
might not continue suitable for his health
The artillery officer. there Is no reason to
doubt. was member OF the recently unearthed
military conspiracy against the Cars life and
killed himself to avoid arrest
But the most startling thing OF all is that tho
revolutionary taint has actually spread to the
imperial family itself The young Grand Duke
Constantine has acquired dangerous and
unprincely hatit OF writing verso. and this
week his perverse muse has induced him to
write q poem addressed to the young mon OF
Russia. Hero is a prose- translation, oblig-
inRly telegraphed by n correspondent OF the
Daily Ne,cs:
My friend and my brother. whose trials aro
40 many, whose Griofs are 30 sore whoever
thou art. do not despair. for God knows all
both all the wrong and all the misery Our
sacred ideal Is desecrated and shattered and
the blood OF innocence is flowing everywhere
Yet give not up All obstacles must fall. Holy
freedom shall tear the crown OF thorns from
off her brow. She shall burst her chains
asunder shake the cross from off her shoul-
ders and reign at last triumphant.
This, my friend is no poets dream. no vain
hope. Look about you. Evil Is rampant every
where. Deepest night surrounds US. Father
land Is weakened by suffering. and stepped in
blood, and turns its fearful eyes to heaven and
beRs for mercy. ! am the tempter OF fate.
Capricious destiny has given mo wealth and
honor and power What are they to mo? The
cold, dark grave will swallow all. But natures
gifts are dearer to me. She has given song.
will cheer you to tho battle against evil. l
ask you not to receive mo for the blood which
courses through my veins but because |. too.
am prepared to give my life for the good and
the glory OF our common mother Russia"
The Cars position is painful one. There
are of course, rrecedents for imprisoninG and
even numbering n Russian duke but modern
ideas are not without influence in Russia and
II Constaniines folly is to be noticed at all, he
will probably suffer no worse fate than tempo
rary confinement in n lunatic asylum or a short
term Of seclusion in some distant province.
Whether tho humber prince who owns the
Grashdanin. tho most fearless of Russian
newspapers, will escape severe punishment is
an open question. Ho has committed the grave
offence In imperia! Russian eyes Of publishing
Lee laatt hat rI,n
letter Is from superior officer who ut his
own request. was recently transferred to a post
at Nertchinsk in Siberia. and has since been
bewailing his faulty. Among other unpleas-
ant things be says:
The people are wicked and depraved given
to gossipng, slnndering. spying. and secret
denunciations. Everything which Is good and
honest is mercessly prosecuted, and baseness
is triumphant. Every official. whatever his
powers may be. Ill treats his subordinates. in
terferes with their private affairs. and iufctS
every humiliation on them. The small OFF,
cials who receive daily wages are recruited
from criminals awaiting judgment or already
condemned They arc oil thieves and drunk
ards The high cost OF living and Inadequate
salaries make 1t almost impossible to find an
honest man here.
Il shall thank Providence II l am not thrown
into prison during the three years which now
must remain here"
Kaiser Wilhelm has devoted the week
most entirely TO his soldiers. visiting the bar
rack rooms, inspecting recruits. and lecturinG
the officers with the confidence OF n veteran
campaigner On three evenings he has been a
guest at military dinners, at each OF which 1t is
known that he made a speech, but, as report
ers were not admitted. the imperial oloquence
was lost TO tho world at large. Still further to
emphasize his war lordship. the Kaiser person.
ally congratulated Gen. Won Pape upon
the sixtieth anniversary OF the old warriors
entry into the army and presented him with the
imperial portrait in the uniform OF tho Garde
du Corps. Tho moment therefore, seems
scarcely opportuno for preaching to the young
soldier King Of the beauties OF peace.
But the simple, good-natured folk who form
the International Arbitration and Peace Asso-
citation think otherwise. They have drafted n
memorial PRAYING his Majesty to set a glorious
example by disarmlng his military hosts. or at
least to convene a conference OF tho powers to
consider the question Of settling International |
disputes by peaceable means. The Kaiser's |
reply will be worth reading, but 1t Is not likely
to be soothing to the Peace Society
This evening William is entertaining the |
diplomatic body. Next week he will bo away |
from Berlin. On Monday he will lay the foun- |
dacion stone OF the monument to his grand |
Afterward he will proceed to Bremerhaven, |
sleep aboard his yncht Hohenzollern. and en-
bark on Tuesday morning on the Lloyd steam
criLahn to meet his brother Henry and the |
German squadron. Wednesday and Thursday
wllhbe spent in woodcock shooting In Rechs-
land. and on Friday he will meet his grand
mother. Queen Victoria AT Darmstadt This |
unpleasant duty performed. William Will go
shooting with the Grand Duke OF Weimar In |
the Thuringian forest.
Queen Victoria who has been having abom-
Unable weather at AK ix-les-Bains. will return |
TO Windsor Castle Aftor an interview with her
grandson she has agreed to hold two drawing |
rooms In London next month. on the 9th and |
18th, so that the season will open merriy. |
London is already filing up. and II royalties |
will be good enough TO refrain from dying. the |
season will in all probability be the Gayest and |
most prosperous since 1887. tho jubilee year.
On Tuesday evening Empress Frederick and