The record-union., 1894-10-22

and earnest ruler; less commanding than
Nicholas, less liberal than Alexander H.,
ne mas been well balanced. His per-
sonalines have inspired confidence both
at nome and abroad. He has been stead
1ast, conscientious and straightforward.
he has shared the reactionary tendency
which followed the assassination of his
lather, and which has been unfortunate
IN some of its developments, but with
MS hrm policy he has united strong
sense OF justice.
During the famine of 1891 and 1892
some extreme socialistic articles imputed
10 Count Tolstoi found their way into
PRINT. Iolstoi was engaged in relief
work, and some of the Ministers of the
Empire thought it unwise To let him go
among the peasants, preaching his revo-
lulonary Ideas, and they advised that he
be placed under arrest. This action was
greatly denounced. An English friend
OF mine just at that time visited for some
days at Tolstoi's home. Whenever the
clatter OF hoofs was heard on the road it
was supposed to be the squadron of SOL
oiers To make the arrest. AS matter of
TACT, the Emperor refused to accept the
advice to place restrictions upon Tostoi,
saying that while his doctrines were
wrong. he was doing g1eat good and
humane work, and was not to be inter-
rupted in it.
mo one could see any thing of the
pure and beautiful domestic lie of the
emperor or OF his laborious devotion to
the responsibilities of the crown and his
manifest desire to promote the welfare of
ms people without great respect for him.
DE has been Russian of Russians in his
feellng, and has aimed to develop the ma
tlonal spirit of his people. But he has
Joined with this national sentiment a
deep personal sense of right and duty"
In an article, which appeared in to-
days Press, Mr.. Smith writes OF the Gar
as follows: The sudden and swift col
lapse OF the Gar IN the very prime of lite
seems strange and almost incredible. He
IS only 49 years old. He had the stalwart
tlgure and physicali prowess of the
RomanoH family. Standing six feet
two, well-proportioned, the very picture
OF robust health, about the strongest man
IN Russia, living a well-ordered life he
seemed the last of the living sovereigns
on whom dread disease would lay fatal
hand. his moral rectitude and his up
right purpose have matched his rugged
manhood.
"His character and impulses have in
splred loyalty and devotion at home and
respect and confidence abroad. For
years he has been the sheet anchor of
peace in Europe. AS Crown Prince. he
won soldierly laurels in the Russo
Turkish war. but as Emperor he has
been supremely devoted to continental
peace, and has been the surest and most
potent force in maintaining it. In one
hand he moderated the impulsive ardor
OF France and with the other he warned
and checked the aggressive tendency of
Germany. He restrained the hostile
spirit of others and reuounced warlike
purposes himself Had he been restless
and ambitious OF military glory and ag-
grandlzement, he might easily have ap-
Piled the torch which would have set
Europe afiame. But he had "a steady
hand over the great powers, and refused
to be disturbed and diverted by the
pltiful squabbles of the Balkan States
Calm, cool, firm and self-possessed, he
has conserved the equilibrium and peace
of Europe.
"Slow in coming to a conclusion,
plodder rather than a genius, when his
determination was reached he was firm
ana resolute in enforcing it. He has
strong will. He mas been his own mas
ter. Ready always to give counsel. he
has himself been Enthusiastically Emperor
Though rarely surprising the world with
any striking or daring policy, he has
quietly and steadily wrought out a change
IN the position of Russia which has lifted
her from the secondary place and made
her the arbiter of European peace.
'Curiously enough, with all the Rus
sian censorship and restriction. the most
active and potent agent in leading the
Gar away from the old foreign influence
was journalist, Kalkaoff, the chief OF
the Moscow Gazette, who was one of the
ablest and most powerful editors of any
country, Russian Horace Greeley, and
the alliance of the Gar and Kalkaotf
shook the universal structure and diplo-
matte dominion of Bismarck, and from
playing a subordinate part to the great
German Chancellor advanced Russia to
the position of holding the balance be-
tween adverse forces and debating the
peace of Europe. The Car pursued this
policy with steady and rational judg-
ment.
There were influences against him that
were bent on war. He firmly mastered
and controlled them. He had faith in
himself He was full of courage. There
is a prevailing idea that he has lived in
constant dread and anxiety; but he is a
tatalist, and he has moved calmly for
ward with the conviction that his DESTINY.
Whatever II might be, could not be
changed. Doubtless precautions have
constantly been taken for his safety, but
they have been the measures of those
about him rather than his own.
His great service to mankind has been
as the peacemaker of Europe. What will
follow his death no one can tell. The
heir to the throne is only 26. Until he
made his tour of the world, three wears
ago, he had never appeared in any indie
pendent public part. His opinions and
tendencies are largely matter of con-
lecture. He lacks the physical proper
tions of the Romanoffs, but within the
last three years he has materially ma
tured, and he possesses amiable and gra-
cious qualities. 1t is to be hoped that
when he comes to the throne the influ-
ences about him will be of wholesome
character. In that direction and in his
own blameless life the dying Car leaves
a worthy example"
With reference TO published statements
that the Czarowitz is unfriendly TO
America, Mr.. Smith says this is mistake
which should be corrected. As matter
of fact. before the heir of the throne
started on his tour of 1891, which took
him to China and Japan, his representa-
tives visited MIR. Smith at the Legation
and asked for information about this
country, stating that it was the desire of
the Czarowitz to visit the United States.
The idea was finally abandoned when it
was found the trip would consume too
much time.