The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-28
HIGH POLITICS.


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snforced absence from his dominions or Whistler
n he Il he will rule alone OF With the assistance
eftvo cosdtusors Of his own family appointed
- divide with him the laborioas responsibility.
There Il no provision In the Russian Constitur
ton for the establishment Of . ree.ncy In the
sventusiity Of the Car being ont Of the coun-
III. while IN some other European countries the
evsof ths Gland make this measure imperative.
Russia has already been twice governed By
f,sents, and Zach time the power was vested In
svoman. Also the period Of their sway proved
ens Of prosperity and honor. Both the Cathe-
rines welded authority with infinite clevsrness
and tact; and the second, known IN history ~
sthe orest,- had . reign - favorable 10 Russia
- that Of Peter the Great. She brooked no In
vsffefsncs from Intriguing advisers, and suf-
fsred no alien suggestions 10 hamper her deci-
Sons. Yet shs knew how 10 turn on the pre-
sumption Of thoss foreign councillors with .
graceful Jest OF . pleasant laugh. Bsrnsndin
d g. Pierre. the gifted author Of " Paul ct
virginie.~ who was sent 10 St. Petersburg with
secret mission Of oonciiiation by the Govern
ment Of France, returned home baffed. but I'm
mensely gratihed by the courtesy Of his recep-
ton ct the hands Of the lliustrious Czarina.
There IL = plausible explanation Of the sdvan-
tages that seem TO have generally accrued 10
countries under q regency. making the latter
more effective in many ways than the reigns
Immediately following or preceding them: II Is
the jealousy Of rival influences neutralizing
each other; the necessity Of keeping q strict i'm
Partially between opposite factions: the pru-
dence that guards against compromising the fu-
ture Government or destroying the provisions OF
the last, and finally. the more human duty of
watching over = child and protecting It's inter
ests. These are - many factors that combine
20 insure the prosperity OF the epoch OF transi.
don which a regency is.
In France women have repeatedly been re-
rents during the present century. In 1914 the
Empre ss Marie Louise assumed the title when
abe convened the King OF Rome TO Blois: but Il
was only for A very short time. She FASTENED
to relinauIsh II after the departure Of Napoleon,
when che eagerly accepted the proposal Of the
Emperor OF Austria TO bring her son TO Vienna,
being. It was rumored. anxious to escape from
Louis Philippe had settled that in the event
of his demise the Duke de Nemours should
be regent; but In 1S4s, when . bloody revolu-
tlon threatened the throne, IL was represented
to the King that, II he retired. the regency OF
the Duchess Of Orleans. his daughter-ln claw.
would be more beneficial to monarchy and more
popular. Heconsented TO have the choice referred
TO the m We all know how the Duchess,
holding her sons by the hand, and accompanied
passive at the foot Of the tribune while her
future was noisily discussed. The Comte de
Paris. whose recent death has plunged the House
OF France In such deep mourning. was not yet 10
years old at that date Of the gath Of February.
when his mother. hearing the ere Of the insur-
gents and their voclferous imprecatIons in the
courtyard Of the Tuileries, hurried with her
children through the long galleries OF the palace
TO the saloon In which hung the portrait OF tho
Duke d'0rlsans. and. taking up her po-
sition beneath Il, exclaimed: 1T is here
that we muet die" She had all the