New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-11

ever. OF showing any signs Of being impressed
thereby, the young Grand-duke seemed to De
t!ckled by the comic aspect OF the afrair. ana
simply threw himself down on the deck anu
rolled over and over. screa ming with laughter III
which the Gar III and sleepy as he was. was
ultimately forced to Join. There Is one charac-
teristic which the present Car shares with MS
young brother Michael, namely. tendency 10
make fun OF everything. to see in all Things tiae
come under his notice above all the humorous
feature and disposition TO rdcule and sarcasm
1t is this trait which is responsible for the totay
unmerted reputation which he enjoys OF being
averse to Germans and to Germany. There IL.
in truth. something distinctly Teutonc about
the dreamy metaphysical. studious disposition
Of the young Emperor who. notwithstanding ms
satirical tendencies, Is imbued with much OF the
same mysticism. with the same generous I'M
pulses and Oft Utopian and impracticable theo.
ries for the amelioration Of the condition OF
mankind. as his brother monarch, Emperor VIII
lam
What little part the present Emperor was per-
mtted to take In the government or the EMPIRE
Of his father during the lifetime or the latter
gives bright promise for the future. when called
upon az a member of the Council OF the EMPIRE
of which body he was president. to give express
sion to his views on the subject OF the uIihCuIt
agrarian problem, he cast very DECIDED vote
in favor not only OF the maintenance, but even
of the increase of the autonomy and privileges
of self government possessed by the village com
munes or Mrs. President of the committee "
ganiZed for the relief of the starving MouJiks
during the recent famine. ii was mainly due 10
his energy and untirng industry IN the matt,
that help reached the sufferer" In time, insteau
of the money as usual. sticking in the pockets
OF the greedy and dishonest officials through
whose hands 1t had to pass The anonymous
subscription of 5000 rubles which reached the
Socialist author Count Leo Tolstoi at that tme
for the furnishing Moujiks came from the CZare-
witch and If the construction OF the trans-Siper-
ian railroad has been pushed forward win SO
much haste and activity since his return from
The far Orient, II is because he was shocked pc
vond all expression by the sunerings that ne
witnessed on the part Of those endless cnaih
gangs OF political and criminal prisoners whoni
he met tramping across the wild steppes Oh 81
IBERIA while on his way home from the fachc
Coast. -,
II would be idle TO deny that there nave peeh
unsavory stories circulated about the young Fiji
peror while still Czarewitch. Bat there ~ no
prince or royal parsonage, net even II ne Weie
An angel from heaven who would not, by virtue
OF his conspicuous position. be made the opJec'
of caumnv. and though Nicholas Is probapiy no
more saint than any other young RUSSIAN IL II
proba bic that most Of the tales current ABOUT MN
have been invented by people who were 100 is-
norant Of his personal history to be able 10 relate
ANYTHING else about him. Al any rate ne mas
come 10 the throne with infinitely brighter prom
Ises OF a great. glorious and progressive reign
than any European monarch in existence
'''" ''' EX-ATTACUE.