Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-02

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 NICHOLAS II. THE NEW CAR them at the frontier. It is believed that | the presence of the Princess of Wales will | afford great comfort to her sister. the | czarina, and 1t is expected that she will | make long stay in Russia.
 Aiexander's Career.
 AlexandS- III. emperor of all the Rus sias, was born at St. Petersburg on March 10, lS45. He was the second son of Emperor Alexander II. who was assassi- hated on March 15, 1881. Although a life, that of the CZarowitz Nicholas, stood between him and the throne, tho young Alexander shared in full the scheme of education laid out for his elder brother. His bringing up was under the direction of the celebrated Count Strogonoff, who chose as private preceptor for the princes De Grimm, the councillor of state who had previously occupied the same position toward their uncle. tho Grand Duke Con- stantine. De Grimm. in the teaching of the young men, made use almost exclu- sively of the then fashionable German methods
 But the man whose influence was to affect the life of the future cZar until the hour of his death was NJ. Pobiedonostseff, who, through his relations with the court. rose from professorship in the University of Moscow to be procurator general of the holy synod, one of the most powerful positions in the empire. Pobie- donostseff became one oF the teachers of Alexander and obtained a great hold upon the young giant.
 The elder brother of Alexander died at Nice on April I. 1863. Never was there greater contrast between two brothers. | Nicholas had beon a sickly weakling, who hnI Hras l-n,,f ala ht-r
 Reign of Terror.
 | Upon the assassination of his father | Alexander III mounted 0 throne which there were few to desire. The nihilists had struck their blow with such determi- nation that few thought that the new | ruler would ever live to be crowned. Ter TOT was in the air. It was only deepened by the knowledge that the army and the ! royal family itself wero infected by the | propaganda of the party which wanted to win a constitution by bomb and dagger. It was during this terrible period that the Grand Duke Vladimir stood by his brother. His advice was always at tho command of the ruler. who did not know whom he could trust. Alexander III came to the throne a believer in reform. but the times were so out of joint that every thing had to be put aside before the bare necessity of self preservation.
 There was no want of courage about
 his first political manifesto probably is- sued on tho advice of Vladimir. It is an earlier edition of the sort of speeches that the Emperor William addresses to his sol diers and recalcitrant nobles. In the teeth of opposition he flung the claim of abso- lute power. God has ordered me to hold the reins of government, was the text of state paper and proclamation The emper or of all the Russias was not shaken in ! | E- -s-sN- Il. the Almighty by the recollection of the
 fate of his father He believed 1t for him. self and that was enough.
 After the funeral of the dead czar the
 new one left St. Petersburg and shut him.
 self up in the fortress of Gatchina. Here
 ho remained, governing the empire for ) two years from behind tho thick walls, ' the most solitary ruler in Europe It was ? only at the end of this time that the cor
 onation took place. on May 27. 1SS3 It was the most dramatic event in the his tory of a family rich in tragedies. The threats of the nihilists had been kept up consistently. Letters were found time
 after time in the very bedchamber of the 5 emperor, though guards stood in every passage. Those of his own household were
 suspected, but there were no proofs any
 where. He was told that he would never
 be anointed with the holy oil and veal upon his brows the imperial crown. Aggressive, but Peaceful. : In Asiatic affairs Alexander III wal . aggressive. He followed a steady policy , of acquisition. In 1881 he concluded with
 China a treaty by which, in exchange fol
 a ccssion of land. Russia received a sun of money and the right to establish con sulates throughout Mongolia and adyanc, , her caravans to the great wall, with thu right of free trade throughout the region
 In central Asia the Russian empire wal
 extended to the limits of Afghanistan or
 the south and Tibet on the east. Her
 Great Britain became alarmed, although
 sure of the fidelity of the ameer. Aftei
 many intellectual negotiations a commis
 sion was appointed to agree on a frontier t the war scare subsided.
 - lexander III was no lover of war. H, 1 seen slaughter with his own eyes il + Turkish campaign. The impression
 written on the spot by the future cza have been published. They show tn r same sensitive hatred of human suffering J the samo human kindness in tho soldier y that have been his most oonspicuou r. marks as a man. as husband and as e fa n thor.
 @ With all the weight of the external rul s of tho huge empire upon his individua n shoulders Alexander III lived Q life O @ constant trouble at home. The first year 0 of his reign were marked by revolution O ary outDursts, attenued Dy frequent an D daring nihilistio enterprises. Between
 1881 and 1885 two generals, two chiefs c n police and a prefect of police were assas l. sinated in broad daylight at St. Peterr 0 burg, Odessa and Karkoff.
 n Censpiraci-s Azains, His Life. g Conspiracies having in view the deat ,. of the emperor were of constant occul d renee. Their discovery made necessar b the most vigorous repression, Little b
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