Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-26

| threatened removal from amOng
reigning powers Of Alexander Ill
and his eldest son, tue n1tt'l wife,
] Empress Marie, wouli become the
ruling power, aud ultimately the sue.
ossslon would fail to her second son,
George, who is not looked upon favor.
ably by the chief administrators OF
Russian affairs today, ami who, II
what Il said Of him be true, would not
DO long la involving this nation in
trouble In eastern Asia; thus II Ia that
the consent Of Great Britain, Germany
anu Austria IL regarded as proper In
the event Of change.
The a1,uAl oolditi)ns 10 Rinii,
however, arc much worse than sfo
Given out IN this brief dispatches.
These would imply that the cEsr
Il at least able ~ atienl 70 some
u the alAirs Of government, thou gh
his death l. not far distant.
In reality, however, the tEir IL ihs
same ~ dead - far as hia rula lie con
cefned. HE mind Is affected, probably
hopulesily His physical condition
has been iulutlously operated upon b ,
his Inactivity, owing to his fear 10 20
about lest he should DO victim Of
nihilisls; his nervous strain from the
same cause has been intense during
the thirteen years Of hi. reign, and the
Peiefhoi plot Of August was ths last
incident Necessary 10 the complete
overthrow Of his reason. lilo Va nav
secluded In a castle under care Of a
physician, AMI tue Empress Maria ia
practically tue head o. the government.
There is rum It curfon, thst the
physicians formerly engaged by tho
cz,r nrn responsible Tor he mental con-
iition, they having prescribed certain
drugs TO produce the effect. Whether
Or not thu doctor. are guilty " this
crime cannot bu definitely asserted n,
present, and may ever remain secret,
as wa, the alleged poisoning In a SINH
lar manner Of Alexander (.
So far As tue czprowiiz Is concerned,
the Princess AK of Hts.s has much
more reason THAI he TO be appalled, at
tho prospect Of tho oomiug marriage.
Not only IL he physically weak, but he
IL imbsoile In his mental capacity. IL
may be that the honor Of being AN
empress and the orr,tiuly that the
ozirowilzcannoi live long are sufficient
10 1ycrru ms obisclon, wnicl tue pfin.
cess surely must have a. being welded
to a mentally dui1rmed husDaad. Hut
tue Russian people VI pj,iIion DO NJ,
relish the idea Of having a crazy ruler,
therefore they arc oss,i 2 about Tor au
acceptable successor IL Il pointed "a
that In the lac Of tho RIman0ii, there
have been several exceptions TO the
general rule Of succession.
1.-THE trouble whlon has arisen In
Russia were likely u be permanently
settled on / line whom has pre-
vailed tor several successive czifs, there
would be no particular Interest la the
esH' ehalNo W ANhHhAAs hNh ~ ~ hu's
rne probability IL that II will lead to
great constitutional change. In the
empire. It's known that the T. impress
Marie has IDEAS " government wild ly
divergent lrom those Of her husband,
and while the royal couple have been
devoted 10 each other, u she held the
rein- radical change. would DO made.
Ia this event Russia could proceed la
n, other direction than that OF mJrc
popular government aud II would
seem that events now are shaping
themselves to this end. The promise
Of the outcome Of the RjmanUl
troubles Is that Of greater political lryv.
dom Tor tho people,