New-York tribune., 1896-12-06
THE CAR AS CHIEF TCHIN.
NICHOLAS II AND HIS RECENT COUP
- D'ETAT.

copp,-pr,oS ARE EvEwYwHERE
THE RuIE-DETAILs OF oRGANlz"''
"A HOPELESS TASK FOR THE
YOUNG RULER.
~. ,hosa who have lived In Russia. VINO h@'e
..,,d,ed its history as we'll as the pecuhar c""'
...ar,st,cs Of the people and who have al he"'
tho welfare OF this great and az yet uhoe'eiop.'
rr,r;re there is something particularly sau ~
,h. rews lust received from Russia 10 the enc.
that the young Car has decided 10 ASSUME
rect control Of all the Ministerial oihces' "
reduce the members of his Cabinet iro'' "' :. -
and counsellors to mere head clerks iioe,
,, a,I,at hut one I'm the wrong drecUoh-
90. In fac. which Is calculated TO result IN mar
and injury TO the people and sorro" anu u''ap
no,ntnoent to the young ruler himself ro HIS
s.,.rm,ration to rule himself. to direct every
thing and exercise all the executive po".
Government even in their details, independently
of his Minister'S whom he now lihuS '""'
cannot trust. is after all hut return to the OLD
order of things His father MS graiiu'"'"''
and his great-grandfather each opened MS reign
with the same firm intention OF reforming Una.
bureaucracy which is the curse ana ohsn. VI
russia bv assuming personal direction OF uoV-
.r,roentaI affairs These men. though hercuiedh
IN physique were crushed beneath 'he "'"''''
task. all three embittered in the CLOSING se"
Of their lives by the knowledge that the! ""u
signay failed i'm their efforts, and that' lar 'o"'
doing any good they were leaving their country
in lust as much Of an administrative moia9S "'
ever and that corruption, dishonesty anu u"
efficiency had increased during thelr reisn''
And now Bmperor Nicholas. frail of health ana
diminutive of stature announces that lie
about TO follow Their example. and that af'er
ood ayam
ditions of his Empire. he has decided to shou'uer
tho burden that crushed them instead OF en-
deavoring 10 tighten it by the Inauguration Oh
more progressive and popular methods OF go'-
ernment During the two years that haNe
ELAPSED since he assembled the throne ne mas saiu
little but observed much. No one' save perhaps
his wife has been aware OF what was p"ea"e
I'm his mind or what were his intentiohs' ri'e"
with the consciousness of his youth and mex
ner,ence he determined to take no radical step
without due care and consideration, ana apoVe
all he made up his mind that he would permit
things to drift along much as MS lathe' ia" '
them until after his coronation Since u'''' .'''
ceremony takes place car Is ho' oo''
possessing either temporal or sp''i'uh'
o,,ey his neople. The coronation in May was foi-
lowed by his own illness, due IN erea' "'.a
,,rs 70 the shock which he suffered In connec''o"
.,,, tho terrible catastrophe that marred the
Nfoscow festivities and soon as he hao re-
,,or.a H., started off with the Empress on HIS
round of foreign visits
cpowru OF THE CZARS OPINION
=, ;s therefore only now in his opinion that the
;od has arrived for deciding dehnlteiy upo"
,,. coreic,, and domestic policy Of his reign his
,.onla had some inkling of this. and nave peeh
,oor,np forward to an announcement III 'ne u'
,.oo,;on of the adoption of progressive ana con-
s,;.u,ionaI methods Of government THESE ca
nactations were strengthened by tne ia'' '
during the last two years he has peri"''e" II"
Ministers to have their way 10 sie"'e' w
than any Of his predecessors. ne 's'e"eu "
their reports in silence ana perih''eu ."''
nursuc their course, the Only mum
,,hich he yentured 10 give them oeihs III iaNoi vi
l,rdier and more tolerant treatment oi '"e 0'
tho Firms and thu, Jews. while the management
of foreign affairs he left entre! u r'i''' ~
1900 t1oa tho latter lived matters might have
turned out very differently; FOR the C%ai iepo'eu
g.. ,ho prince a confidence complete that
nossblv he might have been content 10 co'i'iue
10 no guided by the old statesmans experience
! -. o,, in matters external. but also in domestc
e.;rs Iobanof'a tragicay sudden death at
,ho end of the impe rial visit to Vienna left the
,.orng Czsr without any one by his side to whom
ns fe,t that he cou id accord his entire trust
and this sentiment was enhanced py WHAT lie
learned while on his foreign trip
Judging by what has occurred al 81 re'e's-
burg since his return. he appears TO have come
to the conclusion that he had been either unin-
+entionally or purposely misinformed Dv hls
Minister'S. and that their policy and admin'stra-
tion had been exensed not for the weirare pu'
IN the detriment Of Russia. His discussions WIN
.ho leading financial authorities at Paris seem to
Ill. Airic Of
Count de Witte. was altogether wrong In seek
ing 10 introduce gold standard INTO huss'a
His talks with his grandmother ana Enghsh
re,atives AT Balmoral have served to alter MS
,,,ars with regard to Turkey and to Egypt. while
bis stav in Germany and Vienna has. in spite OF
all that may be said to the contrary exercised
a cooling effect upon his sympathes FOR France
His father read but little and was never per-
nlitted to see anything either in BOOK. pampnet
or newspaper form that was inimcal TO the I'M
perial administration. Nicholas and his wife
however are omnivorous readers. and 1t may be
taken for granted that not only do they man.
age to secure and diges1 almost everything that
is published abroad concerning Russa--es-
pecially the descriptions of the frightful dishon
estv and corruption that prevail among nearly
all classes of officials from the highest to the
lowest-but also that Muscovite ruler has
ever yet been 50 thoroughly well pos'eu on this
particular point
To this must be ascrbed the Cars determi-
nation TO take the direction OF the entire policy
Of his Empire foreign as we'll as domestic. In his
own hands, and to assume control Of the helm
Of the Russian ship of state himself. In foreign
affairs the policy will be an entirely different
one from that until pursued. while in do
nestle affairs II will be reversion to the old
policy OF Capitalization. The Emperor. like his
father. his grandfather and his great grand