The herald., 1894-10-20
THE CAR SURELY DYING.
He Will Never Again Rise
From His Bed.
Unmistakable Evidence That
the End Is Near.
Absent Court Officials Making All
Haste to Russia.
All Europe in Fever OF Expectancy
Ovor His Approaching Dsath.
His Dsmiao Momentsriiy
Expected,
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 19.-The last red tape
Gordon that is always drawn around the
truth by diplomacy. was broken today
when M. de Stael, the Russian ambas-
sador to Great Britain, admitted to the
representative OF the Associated Press
that the kilograms received at the en-
bassy preclude any hope that the impe-
rial sufferer would ever again rise from
| his bed.
Baron .Nahrenheim, Russian ambassa-
dor to France. this morning furnished
the Paris Figaro the same UNIV elcoms
news.
If this is not sufficient, the flight of
court officials, the forced and hurried
journeys of members of the Russian inn
perial family across Europe, the alarm
of the various courts, the shiveriug
bourses and the prayers offered up in
the churches are irrefutable testimony
OF the fact the czAr is dying.
Throughout the day and evening a
rain of teegrams has fallen on this city.
Compiled and sifted they would show
the following facts:
NJ. Benkendorff, the Russian court
chamberlain, has countermanded every
order that has been issued in connection
with the proposed visit of the czar TO
Corfu. Many officials have started for
Lividia. Princess Alix, the czare witch's
betrothed, will arrive at Valta, where
the czar is sojourning, on Monday, and
che will precede by O few hours Grand
Duke Vladimir.
The Grand Duke Alex arrived in Paris
and left tonight on the Oriental express,
which is due at Valta on Tuesday
Around the palace there are placed
triple cordons of police and soldiers, in
order that no acceas can be had to the
palace from without and that nothing
| from within can escape 10 the world un-
less it first passed through the cruci BILE
| of censorship.
So grave are the issues depending up.
on the czar's life, that even ths people
OF Russia are obliged to be satisfied
with court bulletins so meagre as to
suggest in every carefully chosen word,
the theory OF the worst. This is the
reading by the bourses, to which the
London stock marke: furnished prompt
echo. Russian securities declined from
weakness, .but it seems the markets
everywhere were checked later by heavy
purchases, which it is reported were
made on account of the Russian treas.
urv in order to prevent panic. Thus
the uneasy feeling among fnanciers
found it's fate.
Dispatches received from st. Peters.
burg report that the city tonight wears
ite usual aspect, except that crowds OF
people are grouped about the places
where the bulletins are posted.
The keenness OF English eympathy
has been deepened by the news that o
nerve specialist has been called to the
side of the czarina, sister of the princess
of Wslee, who is herself threatened by
the strain OF nursing the dying en-
peror.
From Gettinge, the capital of Monte.
negro, Prince Nicolas this morning
telegraphed the czarewitch. saying:
In the deep anxiety and pain which
the news from Lividia causes me, can
only unite my prayers with yours for a
noble protector"
sia held special services for prayer for
the recovery of his majesty. At St.
Petersburg the highest officials Joined in
solemn petitions to God to save the
cZar.
In the Russian church in Paris ser.
vices were held and were attended by
Grand Duke Michael Nicolaivitch, the
staff OF the Russian embassy, President
Casimir-Perier, Prime Minister Dupuy
and number of other notables. The
services were marked with deep emo
tion. Tho thoughts of those present
must have flown ahead. asking, "When
the czar s dead, what then ?"
The Temps tonight answers the ques-
tion thus:
On the day when his majesty passed
away beyond dispute, the prestige OF
Russia will not be diminished neither
will the reasons which lave drawn her
to France be weakened, nor the senti-
meDts uniting the two peoples be all
tered, but Europe es moral entirety
will have Sustained an appreciabe loss.
She will lack portion of her con-
science. This is great praise for a
prince. Alexander alone has merited
it."
The question which tho French and
Germans. and even the Russians them
selves are asking hourly, and to which
the bourses today suggested the COM
mon answer, WAS not put in London
quite 80 sharply. London admits So
rious crisis is pending.
Sr. PETERSBURG, Oct. 19,-Professor
Merschejswski, the distinguished
specialize on nervous diseases, has been
summoned to Lividis to take part in the
treatment of the czar.
1t is announced here this afternoon
that the condition OF the czsr 10 des-
parete.
There seems to be no longer any
reasonable doubt that the czar is rapidly
approaching the end. dispatch from
Lividia today announces that hia con-
dition has changed for the worse einoe
yesterday, and the imperial family ia
alarmed
A special dispatch received subse-
quently from Lividia says that the czar