Milford chronicle., 1892-11-25

administration the emancipation of :
serfs. When it was found that he n
meditated the freedom Of the serfs ne
ceived the following letter Of threat fre
deputation Of noblemen: "Your I'm,
rial Majesty-We learn that the con
ell and senate Of the empirs ha
before them for delberation, with vo
sanction, the plan to abolish serfdo
throughout the Russian emDire Y
are perfectly willing to abide bv vol
maJesty's decision in this matter and
loyalty support your will, but there are
Russia large number Of small owners
serfs who are dependent for actual su
sistence on tie labor Of those serfs. an
| who consequently win be left wholly ne,
niiess and without any resource bv Il
/ operation Of emancipation. They will the
undoubtedly resort to desperate measure
ana IN the extremity Of their despair wi
| put the life Of your majesty in jeopardy. y
The emperor replied in words that wi
last as long as history, Gentlemen, If
should die because of my devotion to sue
cause, l am willing to meet my fate
When, undei an attack Of pneumoni
from exposure to severe weather IN tn
service Of his people, that emperor pu
down bis head on the pillow Of dust Rus
sia lost as good a monarch as was eve
crowned Then came Alexander the Second
father OF the present emperor. Amid tb,
mightiest opposition and innumerabl,
protests, he, with one stroke Of his pen
emancipated twenty million serfs practi
cally saying: go free Be your own mas
ters, and this is for you and your children
forever"
On the day he was basely assassinated
(and will parenthetically say that sa,g
mis- carriage in splinters, as it looked when
he stepped from it, not to save himself but
to look after some poor people OF the straet
who had been hurt, and / saw the bed on
which he died, the mattress vet crimson
with his life's bloOd)--On the dav he was
assassinated he had on his table, found
aIterMafq, 2 free constitution that pro-
posed TO give the right of suffrage to the
people OF Russia. If II had not been for
She assassination he would have soon
signed that constitution, but that horrible
violence put things back, as violence al
ways does.
What marvellous character of kind
ness was Alexander the Second. the father
OF the present emperor, so that the pres
ant emperor, Alexander the Third. in.
herits his benignity. Alexander the
second, hearing that a nobleman had
.ormed conspiracy against his life, had
lim arrested. Then the eyes Of the crini-
la were bandaged, gnd he was pnr IN a
'arrlage, and for SOME time Travelled on
'nly stopping for food After awhile the
'andage was removed, and supposing thar
le must by that time have been almost in
siberia he found thGt he was at the door OF
rs own home. But this punishment was
uficient.
The same emperor, having heard that n
oct had written poem Gefamatory Of his
IMPRESS, ordered the poet into his pres
nee. Expecting great severity. the poet
uttered the palace and found the emperor
nd empress and dukes and duchesses gath
red together. Good morning " said the
nperQF 70 the offender. Il hear Won bava
Tittea o mist beautiful poem, and I have
mt for You that you may read it to usald
g may haze the pleasure Of hearing H. y
he man cricf out, "Send me to Siberia or
} anything with me, but do not make me
al this poem in your presence" He was
mpelled to read the defanIatory poe-,
I'd then the empress, against whom iti IS
med, said: Il do not think he will WRITE
y more verses about us again. Let him
:" And so he was freed.
ANA now comes ia Alexander the Third.
ing tue best things possible for the ma !
N which be loves and which as ardently ,
res him, But what an undertaking 70 I !
le one hundred and twelve million neo- D.,
= made Up Of one hundred tribes and !
'es and speaking forty different Ian 1
ages! But, notwithstanding all this, q
ngs there move on marvelouslv we'll. :
1 do not believe that out OF Eve hun :
ID thousand Russians you would find =
re than one person who dislikes the EN- n
or, and so that calumny Of dread Of
assination drops so fat it can fall no e
ter. - Z
ESPIONAGE AND RELIGION. n 4
'alumy the Second-If you 20 70 Russia (,
are under severest espionage, stopped Z,
e and questioned there and in danger -
.rrest. But my opinion is that if man -
disturbed in Russia it is because he a.
'ht TO be disturbed. Russia is the only
ntry in Europe in which my baggage p'
not examined. / carried in my hand. "
together with cord so tha1 their titles IN
ID be seen, pile Of eight Or ten books, eN
1f them from lid to lid eursing Russia. er
had no trouble in taking with me the 10
Ks. There is ten times more difficulty ce
citing your luggage through the Amer 70
custom house than through the Rue va
speak not Of myself, for friends
rcece for me on American wharves. Pc
am not detained. was several days Jul
ussia before was asked if / had any en-
port at all irJ
pend upon it, II hereafter man be- by
s he is uncomfortably watched by the mi
e :. .ot i. st. Petersburg Or Moscoy, it is th'
use there Is Something suspicion Y, W
e him, and you yourself had better. sn'
he is around, look after your silver Aa
u.s. promise you, an honest man or SIX u,
onest woman, that when you 90 there. elt
any Of you will-for European travel ctl
stined to change its course from south sei
europe to those northern regions-you Il
have no more molestation or super any
than in Brooklyn or in New York or isil
uietest Long Island village. ols
Iumny the Third-Russia and its ruler q
D opposed to any other religion except Wol
ireek religion thai they will not allow Peaf
ther religion; that nothing but pcrse- ol
n and imprisonment and outrage in On
able await the disciples Of any other -
on. But what az he factss / had sne
g ride in St. Petersburg and It's sub u
with the l,,s',et~r brilliant, efficient per
oystiEp ss- lajs;4l re highest Official nv, nlz'
ibnSsoes a 49,. -. 'n n.'''q and
to him, ,slJ6uf religion is ioi'l
1f the Greek i F6rch2" NO. said hr: the
! a Lutheran{7 what is your reli- ioF
" said to 6pe Of the highest ana "
influential officials at St. Petersburg. Yasl
id, Il an Of the Church of England.D port
'elf, an American, Of still another de psss
nation Of ChFistians, aud never hav. ls ai
zen inside Greek church in my life ana
went TO Russia, could not have re- "A =
more consideration had been baD- mart
IN the Greek church and an my II ioef
iped Mt her aitars. had iC demon oghe
q TO me very plainly Chat mans le- ehoe
IN Russia has nothing to 10 with his
ment for either ofi,cc or social pnsi- -
The OILY question taken into con. IL
tion are honesty, fidelity, morality
GaptatiOn I had not lren a. 81