The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-17

Ruier OF scores OF FeopIes-Repressntn-
dive, OF All These Tribes WIN March ~
,he Coronntion Procession OF Niehoissit-
Z. Mo.cov-The Great Russisus, the Lit
n. Russians. sns the white Russians
Tn. Poles, the Germars, and the Let's
Direrenees or appearances and Character
ny Mrs. u. M%AcoAHAS.
TIL. title Of the ruler Of all the Russias. rs
Il IN 20 be proclaimed aolemnly In the 'htheur"i
Of tho Assumption on May 90. at the time OF
tho Gro wing Of the Gar. reads as follows'
"Sicholas H., by the grace Of God Emperor
aud Autocrat Of nil the Russias. Car of Mos
cow. of Kief, Vladimir, Novgorod, kazan,
car of Astrakhan. Car OF Poland, Gar Oh
Siberia. Car Of Khersonls or the Taurus,
Gar Of Georgia, Lord of Pskov, GRAND
Duke OF Smolensk, of Lithuanin. or Nolhynia'
of podolsk, and Of Finland; Prince of Esthohia'
NJ Livonia. of Kourland, Of Semigalla, OF Samo-
cit, of Bielostok, OF Korelia. of Tver. OF i ugor'
OF Perm, Of the Bulgarians and others; tne MON
arch and Grand Duke OF Novgorod. the Low
lands. Tchernieov, Riazan, Polotsk' hostoV'
yaroslay. BieloscrIk, Oodorsk. obdorsk, kon-
avst yvtobsk. Mstlsiavsk, and Commnn-
s.r of nil tho northern lands, and he
Rulor of the lands Of Iversk, hartn'
l,nsk. the Xabardians, and the Armenian
proyinces; Hereditary Sovereign and possesSor
of the Mountaineer Principalities and that Oh
the Tcherkesses; the Monarch of Turkestan'
Heir TO the Throne of Norway. Dukoo OF schieh-
wig. Holstein, Of Stornmarn, OF Ditmarsen, OF
Oldenbure, &C., &C.. &c"
Tho &c" in the case seems to stand for
anything on the face Of the globe that a Car
of Russia may subsequently claim as his law
full possession. In case such o claim DO us
puted on the strength Of the fact that the Cars
have never yet styled themselves the possossors
or heirs 10 the land in question in this official
title, Russian diplom atists could always point
70 the convenient &c" in the official title or
the Car. claiming that the mention Of that
possessorship had been for conven'ence's sake
merged in that cxtensible &C."
As it is, formidable even now are the num-
bers represented by the subjects of the Car.
According to the last official returns. as pub.
lished in 1906. there are no less than 1884,
III, 900 mon, women. and children living
within the confines of the Russian empire.
subdiyided az to their nationality. the subjects
of the Car are grouped as follows: There arc
among them 80, 900. 900 Russian Slavs. s.00O,-
900 Poles. 1000. 900, Films. 100000 Lithu-
mans, 1000. 900 Hebrews. 1000, 900 Germans.
1000, 600 Tartars, 1000. 900 Caucasian noun
taineers, and 1000, 900 people OF various other
races and tribes.
On May 81 takes place the triumphant entry
of the Gear into the ancient capital Of Russia,
Moscow. There will DO many splendid fea-
lures in the procession that is to welcome and
omp Nicholas II. on this occasion. AS
rumor has It, the Russian Government alone
has expended no less than a million dollars In
preparations to make that function q success.
not to speak of the ex penses OF foreign Govern
ments whose special ENJOYS are to figure In
that procession together with their numerous
suites, gotten I'D In most gorgeous style. And
there will be one feature in that procession
which. unique in itself, ought to give food for
reflection even 70 the superficial observer and
convoy to the shallowest mind some sus-
piclon as to the fact that 1t is not such an easy
task to provide government to the Russian
nation, and that really the imperial crown to
be bestowed on May the Goth on the as-year-
old Gear is q symbol OF q Titanic burden for his
shoulders to carry. 49,.
In this procession there will figure delegations
from. all the peoples and tribes. ,inha6it-
ing tho Russian empire, some OF which had to
leaving their Arctic tundras or their torrid
deserts. As the case may be, IN order to como
to the capital to witness and to figure IN The
BY side VIII march samoyeds and Moldavians,
CLANS, Persians and zyrianes. sarts and Litha.
proximity to the dalntily elegant Gurlan, the
kabardinian rub shoulders with a Kirghiz. and
aiitios inhabitins Russia fIe by. in the person
of their representatives. attired in their Pc
epliar national costumes in skins: .u.bans.
geous SILK robes. a formidable array OF murder
bus-looking weapons at the belt.
peoples, as DIVERGENT as their racial tendencies,
The level Of their civilization. and their past
In ones minds eye, in reading about them,
pne Is necessarily struck by the Thought Of the
ruler or legislative council that would attempt
to devise rules best calculated to govern. each
sw1s He Of e SsuiitSss and yet tr Without StcS SrsatrriimseeDDt' ito to
fhe combined strength Of the nation and the
For u fair. minded person there can hardly
DO any question of the utter imposs!bility o.
treating tn. The many many. he It n,,Si, and nd pomaGlo
the Government; the lands Of the most warlike
security, constantly p~atrolled by strong bodies
Of troops. preferably. Cossacks-Ihese %unfail-
lug .ustd niSne sni t Gr R ks..ian ln anaSas.. yH Hg 3
all Russian soldiers. whenever sent to the out
lying eastern and southern provinces Of tho
empire. through their very easy going disposi-
tinn. serve the purposes Of the empires CONSOLE
iation for the reason that they In invariably mako
Ter to Russian rule. unless they Be thwsTtsd in
this unconscious missionary work, OF theirs
about Russian lands settled entirely by Great
Or about the Baltic provinces Of Poiand2 Sure
ly. civilization Ia firmly enough implanted there
to make these parts of the empire ready for
steady representation at the higher councils
OF the empire, and the task OF governing them
should by no means be as dincult as the task
of governing the afore-described parts of the
empire where the old established laws, Gus
toms, religions, and hereditary feuds OF the
aDoriVines had to he considered and humored
at every step, Il line OF policy necessarily DIFF
fering In different provinces and hardly capa-
BILE OF being upheld otherwise than when sup
ported by q strong military force.
II being not, within tho province OF tho
writer 70 speculate on the merits OF different
forms OF government, oven In any putatlve
application 70 Russia, but rather to present
facts In such a way AS best to put tho reader
in u position 10 draw conclusions for himself,
may still facilitate the latter process by ad-
wishing any amateur American arbiter OF Rus
sian affairs To try and never lose sight of the
primary fact, that, whatever n Cars per-
sonal tendencies TO liberalism or ahsOlutlsm,
these must necessarily adapt themselves to
the vital exisencies Of the State. which are,
trst OF all, to avoid all that could possibly
weaken the empire ms O whole. endanger the
prestige 81 Russia abroad, or in any way In.
RdverLently. tend To the future disintegration
OF the mlghty empire built mn by tha fnrca Of