The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-16
4nx Hkrn or TIE RUSSIAN rnsoxs.
Trs,sire ana surroursire- &C the Grand
Duke Ntchoi.s-The Question or uts wiz.

Buke Ntchotns-The Quertton OF Hts WIZ.
LONDON. March 20.-The exceedingly cor
dial and 1atterine reception which the heir
to the throne of All the ~1'ussins received lately
at the hands OF the German Emperor at Bcr-
lin. has revived ntfully the general interest In
everything that concerns the young Grand
Duke Nicholas. As n rule. Hereditary Princes
have u difficult and yet an efTnoed part to
play TIL they come into their owp. They must
not discount the fu%ture-op which ai6no they
should reckon-by allowing themselves to I've
made too prominent In the present. They
should entertain and keep alive the expecta-
lions Of all parties without giving guarantees
to any one In Particular: their popularity when
they assume authority is all tho greater for
the diplomatic mystery which has shroudcd
their ambitions. aspirations. and inclinn,ions
Tho Prince Of Wales has given n splendid ex-
ample Of whit. politically speaking. nm heir
nrracent s;,onlh lie, he has carried out the
programme Of abstention. and therefore wor.
.he unanimous suffrage NJ Conservatives and
Liberals alike. who are equally snnsuine rs
regards the coming reign. III" late irchdut,
Iud1lrh had IKE wise. either from instinct or
deliberate purpose. practiscd the doctrine 81
imrcraonality. and won the confidence OF the
various and divergent portions OF the multiple
Austro-H Hungarian empire Had not n cntas-
tropio cut short u promising life. the Arch
duke would in all probability have developed
into II remarkable ruler.
On tho othar hand, every Prince who has
broken the golden rule Of responsibility
has had cause to regret II: mono more than
the unfortunate Frederick ILL.,. who when
Crown Prince had to meet the storms raised
by his imprudently avowod partially for pro-
Gressist and parliamentary Institutions par.
tiality absolutely distasteful to his rrcdeccs-
sors and to the numerous partisans OF the all.
powerful Prince bismarck.
In Russia tho position OF the Czarswitrh is
perhaps not so pcriious. rs he il hcdget in by
more stringent barriers. The system adopted
for his education is nearly the same as the ono
In use nt the Court OF Franco under LoulsXIN.
In I'M absolute monarchy. where tho sovereign
Is answcrahle for his actions only to God and
his conscience. in II country where the monarch
rules over doninions extending TO moro thnn a
sixth portion OF the hubitable globe and reigns
over ono hundred millions OF people. the heir
to the crown is necessarily. from the hour OF
his birth. an object OF incessant care and
watchiulness his childhood and boyhood Is
intrusted to the most eminent professors and
tutors: his intellect is developed: his mind
trained to the great future before him. while.
till his fathers death. he remains merely the
first SUBJECT Of the Gar.
The masters and teachers Of the Hereditary
Grand Dukes have moro than once achieved n
StSes iSluta'ioh III ClcuC ILL liteI'tluIe.
Gen. dc Ia Harpe. n distinguished Swiss.
who for many years was attached to
the person Of Alexander l.. had been rec
commended to Catherine III. by Grimm and
Holbach. and he materially helpeh to re-
establish the European equilibrium In 1914
and 1915 His functions at the Muscovite
court were not solely to impart to his pupil
the comprehensive instruction decided upon
by his omnipotent grandm other, according to
u programme to which In her own hand she
had added botany ana philosophy. but he had
to penetrate his mind with the humanitarian
doctrines so dear to the nGed Cznrina.
Nicholas. born IL Younger son nineteen years
after the first born. ascended tho throne only
after the unexpected abdication OF the second
brother. Although carefully brought up. he
had not been submitted to the strict and Sc
we're training which was doomed necessary to
one destined to govern. which,. however. did
not prevent him when the time came to
show extraordinary faculties and remarkable
energy in craftsmanship. He In his turn left
nothing to accident as regarded his son Alex
ander. who. when his studies were completed.
was sent to explore Russia and Siberia accom-
panied by the famous poet Shokowsky. and 1t
is probable that those travels. undertaken
when the future Emperor was only ID. were
tho primary cause Of and suggested the de-
cree Of 1861. which emancipated fifty millions
OF Russian peasants.
Setting aside the collateral members. the I'M
perial family OF Russia Is composed to-day Of
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