New-York tribune., 1895-02-10

JUDGED WITH AN EYE To HIS SURROUNDINGS.
From The Scotsman
A long and atle article appeared few daS ago 10
one OF the daily papers Its writer; as Internal
life OF the Imperial Palace; and there Is no reason
to doubt thf accuracy Of the incidents ne cites
he falls in what is OF more Importance IN sleh an
% Ne nSi ~ 5yp-!ny T hy there can
be justice. | do not mean that ne need approve
OF tEe pocy pursued oy g ,1laiy in. in the
responsibities and it's Tremendous difficulties be-
fore he condemns the failure to reconcile ana 10
Let those who feel bitterness against the govern
on account OF the wrongs suffered BY many Of his
with the Asatic traditions OF thousand years
best but move very slowly away from mem
Where tD4e England VA. in the days cf the iIars and
Il has cost the latter country great depths OF sur
ferng ana hundreds Of years of time 20 reaen Us
present standpoint. D.,
TO be born to RUE Sohsesf h sac t methods is no
enviable inheritance: yet II was the one 10 wnier
placed Yes. BY the grace OF God; unless we are pre-
deny that every one OF us is created TO cope
which no other person is lifted entirely 10 enter;
Disadvantages not merely OF crcums iance, but o.
nature they may be. An that we are responsibls
c1msances % we are In be they favorable or umfavor-
able But this 1t be objected is what Alexander
the work his father had begun. instead OF in some
points reversing it, Perhaps he might IA am IN not
acted otherwise than as he did mad we been N MS
stead the very steps sna xs sa he Dfem nd n exene
had themselves led to new and unforeseen dineutes
upon the emancipation of the serfs, and wnieh ha1
sutlced for the generation living at me time. mas
lion ton and has opened up a new and complicated
problem to be solved-a new and increasing ground
parent result Of ali the liberty Alexander II had
granted after so prolonged an effort! His own
most cruel death and the many times repeated at
tempts on the life OF his successor. With such al
ternatives as pressed upon him. with the yawnns
gulf Of Nihilism the one hand and the Gins OF
arbitrary repression the other IL was very pos
sh.e that Alexander III should make mistakes IN
haps he even deserved the remark OF a forme.
British Ambassador to ms Gourt-anay v s he 81" bur
I for not able TO blame him. for ! cannot S'
which he was snrrounded and am forced 70
leave the criticism Of his policy TO the clever men
mistakes themselves. For my own part, ! wouli
rather deal with him as man than as an Emperor:
for l. TOO. am "A man, and can feel as he felt when
In the presence Of the awful sunerngs inflicted by
h the rsh war M ne @ ms md R f
after TO stave on as far as IN nm ay the nofrors
ohsrs OF ne oSer whom be had sacnt uence
ever mistakes he may have made where Is the nan ,
lasngly grateful TO Alexander Ill for the blessing
of long European peace IN the stead Of whs,
surely have been era of European war -.
No that is no hard heart which may soSn @ s,., beas
this and will certainly win the sympathy OF every
reader of THESE lines.
English nurse entered the service Of the Imperial
family | forget her full name. but in the palace
she always known as kitty. \ God-feaTlns
woman. she exercised a powerful innuence on ths
children under her care and they returned tha,
care With unboundsd love and respect In her o.d
age the Czar allotted her apartments In what an
In Russia to the English Hampton Court me
Winter Pslace-for since the death OF Alexander
III IL Is longer used an Imperial residencr'
though II still for some OF the state cere,
everything that thought could devise. made the oi
nurses declining days easy. The walls OF her
room were crowded with brthSay and 2,her prs sS.
had so faithfully served; ana In these surroundings.
ra less than two years ago the time came 10.
Kitty & to & M y sg hn1 a asan 10 ns read np hapc
out OF the English Bible that she had so often
read from 10 him when he a little child for 10
her early endeavors he had owed the s'rsns'nv"S "nS
he repaid her with almost the affection OF son 20
his mother The last time he came tn see her. the
give him her usual smile of recognition. Alexander
hent down the dying face and asked tendery
II she did not know him? But Kitty. never spoke
again Her lifes work was done.
rhe morning Of the funeral found the Emperor
and some other members Of the family In the roonin
with the British chaplain OF Petersburg ami ~
undertakers. AS the moment came for putting tne
body into the coffin. the men stepped forward TO 90
so. but the Car motoned them back. NO no one
shall touch her but ourselves he sail ana I''; men;
took the feet. and he lifted the head and they
gently laid the remains in the coffin. ..,.,
III followed that coffin for two miles from the
Winter Palace. through the streets OF Petersou,SS
to the cemetery beyond the Neva, TO see his ol9i
that such a man had n true and noble heart? and
who will refuse him now that 1t must SO soon w
The darkened heart that beats no more
tear OF sympathy?