Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-20
Conflicting Reports in Regard to His
Condition.
n. DUPUY HEARS THAT BE Is BETTER
General Sympathy Felt Through
out France.
REG THE MALADY

ST. PETERSBURG, October 20.-The
| latest reports received here from Livadia
indicate that though the car is alive he
is rapidly weakening.
PARIS, October 2O-A council of min
| listers was held at the Elysee palace to-
day. Premier Dupuy notified the council
that he was in receipt of telegraphic ad
vices stating that there was a slight i'm
provement in the cars condition.
There Is no doubt that outside of Russia
the greatest concern for the health Of the
cxar is felt in France.
The Temps In an article which may be
regarded as an expression of the general
feeling of sympathy Of the French people,
says that there is not corner of france
where prayers have not been offerd up for
the recovery Of the car, and not a house
hold In France where his Illness Is not
the chief topic Of conversation.
Dispatches received from various parts of
France quite bear out the truth of the
statements made by the Temps. The czar,
since the fetes ut Toulon, following the ar
rival there of the Russian squadron under
ADMIRAL Avellan, has everywhere in the
french republic been considered as the
hte any or France. and one could hardly
enter PEASANTS cottage or q farm house
without finding that the central picture
therein displayed on the walls is the colored
print which was distributed broadcast at
the time of the Russian festivities This
print represents the car as Offering his
nand TO the late President Carnot with
squadrons In the background. The print
referred to is to be found even In the most
out-of-the-way spots of France
The Feeling fn London.
LONDON, October 2O.-When the con-
tents or the bulletin, issued in St Peters
burg at 10 o'clock last night, became gen.
orally known today, there was a certain
feeling Of relief in knowing that the car
still lives. as the official Intelligence of the
previous twenty-four hours created intense
anxiety.
The bulletin referred to was a dispatch
from Livadia saying that the czar had
less. 1t was added that his majesty rose
In the morning, as usual. although he was
suffering from general weakness and the
action OF the heart had not changed. The
general condition of the patient was un-
changed. This bulletin was signed by the
five doctors in attendance upon the czar.
Private advices from Livadia state that
toward midnight the graver symptoms con-
tinued. These advices add that his majesty
was terribly depressed throughout the day.
St. Petersburg adviees of this morning
throughout the Russian empire for the
covery OF the car, and 1t is also stated
that great impatience is manifested at the
scantiness Of the official news sent out in
AS6oiu " tHC SOhoitiOi VI DAdJcSty.
Interest i'm Berlin.
BERLIN. October 2O-In Berlin interest
In the dying car Is ENLARGED by the anx-
iety felt respecting the possible political
consequences of hts death, and especially
In regard to the marriage OF the czaro-
witch to a German princess, Alix of Hesse-
Darmstadt.
The yossische Zeitung learns that the
aAA linz Will la
cars bedside, as it is impossible that he
can be removed elsewhere the ocdema
which is concomitant of the disease of the
kidneys, quite preventing his standing. His
legs are greatly swollen with water
According to well-informed parsonage
a friend of the Grand Duke Peter, Princess
Alix of Hesse. to whom the religious Ques-
tion constituted the great stumbling block
to her marriage YVES the first to declare
that all her hesitation over the formalities
Of submission to the Russo-Greek synod had
been abandoned now that the father of her
betrothed was at deaths door, 1t is under
stood that her scruples chiefly referred to
saying the extra ecclessiam nulla salus
which contains a condemnation Of the re-
lgion of her native country.
Princess Alix, by the way, was educated
upon strict Lutheran lines, with a slight
mixture Of free thought. derived from the
teachings Of the French liberal Protestant
Pastor Coquerel, and she may be considered
as a broad church woman.
Princess Alix, 1t is understood, immediate
ly upon her arrival at Livadia will go
through the ceremony of formally entering
the orthodox church, which ceremony will
soon afterwards be followed by her mar
riage to the CZarowitch.
This hurry, of course, Is contrary to all
custom and precedent. but I'm view of the
unique circumstances of the case, the neces-
sary dispensatiOns will be granted.
According to a dispatch from ST Peters
burg, published by the National Zeitung
this evening, and according to special in
tnrl frafV
at Livadia, the cZar, during the last forty
elgpt hours, has been seized with a series
OF conVulsive attacks accompanied for sew
eral hours by temporary unconsciousness
1t Is added that his death cannot be long
delayed.
Nature of the Cars Illness.
LONDON, October 2O.-A striking fact in
connection with the cars illness is the
difference of opinion regarding the exact
nature Of the maiady from which ne is
suffering.
The Paris Figaro, for instance today. de-
clares that the symptoms disagree with the
usual symptoms of kidney disease and
states that there is a conflicting side 10 the
cars illness which has perpIexed his nhv
sicians. The Figaro adds tnat one of the |
czarfna's sisters fortnight ago received
an Official communication, stating that the |
car was suffering from a tunor below the
left kidney, respecting which the doctors
disagreed. Prof. Zacharin was convinced |
that 1t was cancerous, and that 1t was i'm |
possible to operate upon 1t. This was Els |
ground for recently informing the czar that |
he could not possibly live, as the disease
was incurable.
Prof. Leyden. however, was more opti- |
mistic, and, after a careful study of the |
symptoms of the cars trouble expressed |
the pehef that 1t was true that tumor
existed, but, he added, IL was of a benign |
nature and durable. The Figaro then pro- |
ceeds to make the startling and almost \
Incredible statement that the car has been
badly nursed, and that the arrangements |
for his care were quite of a primitive ma |
ture. The Figaro does not give its au- |
thority for making the latter assertion.
The statement Is somewhat unkind. as n /
nurse has been the czarina, who. accoriine
to rumor. has been breaking down under
the strain of attending conffnnaif,, ,nr,r, -.