Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-16
STARTLING RUM oRs.
The Inside situation In Russia Given by
 a German Officer.

The Inside Situation In Russia Given by
 a German Officer.
 MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 18.--Dr. George F. N. Schmidt, German traveller, now in Minneapolis, has just received secret dispatches from St. Petersburg which throw strong light on the crisis in Flu ropean politics, caused by the impending death of the ezar.
 These dispatches came written in sympathetic ink on apparently blank paper and by an application he brought out strange stenographic characters which the doctor readily translated.
 The most sensational matter in the dispatch is the intimation that the czar's illness has been caused by other than natural means. The doctor trans lated the dispatch for the Associated Press as followsi
 ''The czar is lying at the point of death and the excitement in the highest circles in Russia is tremendous. It Is understood in the wide circles in Russia that the czar's sickness was brought about by scientific means and his death will not be natural one. There is a party that wants to see the czarowitz on the throne. The czarowitz is of a cranky, melancholy nature, inclined to institute the most radical reforms throughout Russia, and has already made plans for such action.
 "He was much hated by the clergy, patriarch of Moscow, who is the head of tho Greek church, who has travelled about with the czar in order to persuade him to put his second son on the throne instead of the czarowitz. The Greek Catholic church of Russia is feverishly excited. Reichzrath, the council of the emperor, is daily holding secret coun- cils.
 "The Pan-Slavlsh party is with the church and against the czarowitZ, who ia a great friend of Germany. Should the czar decide to place his second son upon the throne this will be looked upon as an insult to Germany and will be at- tended with most serious results.
 "The second son of the czar Is very in- imical to Germans, frienly to the French, dreadfully despotic and in the highest degree headstrong and strong autocrat. It is feared at the deathbed of the czar the church influence will succeed in inducing him to call his sec ond son as his successor. As this second son is very hotheaded he is sure not to remain long on the throne without be- coming seriously involved in state troubles.
 "An 8s-year-old patriarch of Moscow had two hours conference with the czar, but no one knows the purport of this talk. The second son of the czar Is very despotic and opposed to the liberties of the people and of an envious nature. He is fine soldier and fond of fighting, q martial fellow and very ambitious. He is an enemy of England, Germany. and above all, America. He not only intends to increase the size of Asiatic Russia, but also will attempt the tre- mendous task of bringing Behring straits and extending the empire in the direction of America. This prince, by all odds, is one of the greatest generals in Russia, having been with Gourka and Timaschiff and having studied with the latter.
 "All of the cabinets of Europe are Europe are alarmed. It is rumored the entrance of England into the dreibund-- that is, the triple alliance-is about to take place. Already between Russia and France secret relations have been entered into"
 Dr. yon Schmidt is second lieutenant in the Prussian army aud travelling on leave. He is bound for Japan and the orient.