Arizona republican., 1899-05-03
Mines and MininQ

to understand and to estimate at their correct value the frequent inconsist- encies of Russian policy
 
 1 hear from St. Petersburg that the . scene which resulted in the dismissal Of M. Goremkin from the post of min ister of the interior the other day was of quite sensational character, aston i ishing those who have only known the young emperor until new as a gentle hammered. quiet spoken young man. It took place when. five days after the riots in connection with the students of the university of St. Petersburg, Goremkin, the minister of the interior, and his colleague, Bogolepow, minis ter of public instruction, went 60 the palace to present their report to the emperor about the matter The em- peror, who resented strongly the neg lect rn the part of the two ministers to report the matter to him earlier rounded on them, and overwhelmed them both with virulent abuse for their concealment in a number of other in stances, winding up by denouncing them as thoroughly dishonest and in competent. He thereupcn turned his back on them. and, beckortng to one of his aides ds camp, commanded him to intimate to the two ministers that their audience was at an end and that he had no further use for their ser vices.
 While on this subject let me draw attention to the very common mistake made in describing Nicholas as the czar of Russia. His principal title is emperor and autocrat Of all the Rus sias," and the title of ''cZar," borne in conjunction with the names of the cities of Moscow, Kieff, Novgorod, Po- land etc., has always been regarded in Russia as equivalent to the word king" although in reality it is cor ruption of the Roman word Caesar. l.. must be reme embered that prior to the reign of Peter the Great Russia was divided into several independent king doms. At the head of each there was a czar. It was Peter the Great who first assumed the title of emperor Of all the Russias on becoming master of the whole of MuscOvy.
 An extraordinary case has just come before the courts in Engiand which the newspapers, from motives of re- spect toward the queen, refrain from publishing. Briefly speaking, 1t Is this An old lady of "A, occupying a dwell ing house and small plot of land ad joining the queens residence at Os borne, has been taken from her home and placed under restraint, first in a private lunatice asylum at Salisbury, and subsequently, in the White Croft lunatic asylum in the Isle of Wight, not by her relatives, but by the' queens solicitor and lawyer, Sir Henry White. The old lady is possessed of consider able wealth. and has daughter mar ried to well known landscape painter. The old iady's name is Mrs. Mallard, and both her daughter and her son-in- law have been moving heaven and earth to obtain her release, insisting that she is perfectly sane.(
 According to the son-in-law and to the daughter of Mrs. Mallard, the ob- ject of the old lady's incarceration is to secure a surrender from her of the house and grounds which she has oc- cupied ever since the year 1859 adjoin- ing the queens estate at Osborne. She holds this property under a lease granted in parpetuity by tine late prince consort, and confirmed the year . payment of a ground rent of $25 a year 1 This has besn regularly paid. Mrs. | Mallard's daughter and son-in-law | have appealed in vain to Sir Richard | the law officers of the crown and like | wise to the magistrates but have been l unable to obtain any kind of redress, | 10 one wisf ng to court unpopularity | by even insinuating that the sovereign | was even unconsciously party to <, | conspiracy of such a character, and re- | calling in so many points the story of | NabCth's vineyard. .. l
 1 understand that the matter is to | be brought up in parliament by one of | the radical members unless Mrs. Nal | lard is set at liberty an1 redress given 1 for the outrage to which she has been subjected. In England nothing is more easy than to secure the commit ment of a person to a lunatic asylum, and every year a large number of | cranks of both sexes, some of them | rich and we'll born, others mere trampss are committed to lunatic asy- lums solely because Ghey have pestered | the queen or members of the royal | family with their attentions.-Mar- quise de Fcntenoy in Washington Post.