The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-22
UnIucky Czarina
Failure Of the Western
Princess in Russia.

The ikOns. the Misunderstanding images.
the saints and deitieS OF the Russian
church have turned their faces from her
in divine applicability And the worship
pers Of the ikons Throughout al the Rus
sias. from potentate 10 serf. are now de-
dsvoutiy doing their best 20 make Alex
andra FeodOrovna. empress OF all the
Russias realize that she : under the
ban Of heaven. the church and her adopt
ed country: that she IS. IN word. hoo
doesd
This situation. saws the New York
/ World. has been developing ever since
rincess AK Of Hesse. fresh from TIE
baptismal rights Of the Greek church. be-
| came a bride and an eaaress witAiD a
week Of the late ears death and went u
/ take her place in court hung with
mourning and heavy With gloom AMI
/ the events Of her career - empress eS-
plain to some extent The iil-wiiI with
which an ignorant and supersti;ious peo-
pie has come 20 regard her.
There are. according to weil-in'oTmed
Russians. two conceivable remedies for
the unfortunate situation OF the unlovei
empress, One is the furallmeHt of the
recent rumor OF the cars ahdication.
which would insure a male heir for the
! throne and compel both the car ana
I czarina 20 apply their modern. radical
/ and there un-Russian uotoins O. private
/ life rather than % the AFFAIRS of
throne The other l. a birth of son %
/ the car. The latter would 80 Further
than outsiders can believe toward recon
Cling the Russians 20 iheir empress
As for the reason for 3he SUPERSTITION
and dislike of which the beautiful clever
the conscientious czarina &C. the victim.
any thoughtful person can easily call
them 70 MIND
The czsrina is decidedly westeru-far
more English than German--iu her train
ing and tendencies. She not only has NJ
sympathy with Russian traditions. bat q
a friend q all innovations and reforms.
She was an unwilling convert o. the
Greek church. She was. according 20 rg-
NOR an ualoved bride. and she was well
she has dared 90 give birth 20 three
daughters. And she IS openly dishked by
three powerful persons-the D1wnEer en-
press. the Grand Duke Vladimir heaa ~
the military party and the great cleric
I Pohiedonostzev the head - The church
For these reasons the czarina L. as
much an alien as on the arst day she en-
tered Russia
The dlsfavor Of three pers7nagss ante
dates the czarina's marriage az readers
accustomed 70 trace the Triangle ~ Euro
pean State marriages VIII remember. II
was no secret q Russia particularly o.
the head OF the Russian church that the
Princess Aux was an Intelligent woman
and a liberal Protestant This religion %
Russia involves the persecution 81 the
unorthodox
Naturally Pobiedonostzev feared Anx's
influence as sovereign. as she would par
ticulsriy favor the unorthodax More
over. he wished the czarevltch 90 marry
slavonic princess. The Grand Duke
Vladimir who hopes one day 20 be en-
peror. would perhaps dislike any wonssn
likely TO bear an heir 70 the throne The
Dowagers DISLIKE $ said 20 be founded
on jealousy.
Nevertheless. few women could be bet
ter qualified Tor an imperial position than
the czarina. Queen Victoria. whose "a
vorite grandchud AK was saw This. anB
f. was largely through her influence that
the marriage was brought about
There e. hardly an accomplishment that
AK does not possess. Her beauty ard
jfsrcd that uatu her marriage she was
always known by che pot name ~ "suu-
n.y. Her sympathy with Toe poor ara
with individual unfortunate g. rare and
her help prompt An movements and ace
soclaiious fsr tho god ~ women receivs
her hearty patronage Tier frtciiiFenc~.
say her enemies. r. TOO Keen FOR they ac-
cuse her % meddiiag vttb Affairs ~
"a.
not roo autncratlc husband
The first thing the Russians knew
about the 'czarins vas that she refused 20
aid On the persecution ~ Frote-fanss. or
70 condemn her foreign religion They
then suspected her - far toe greet Bbsr-
atty % View iH regard 60 politics an1 re-
forms
This having become generally under
stood thers was an example ~ her mar
row personal Breia8i,c in sac. famous el-
garette smoking iaaideut Al tbs ladies'
~ che Rus-iau court - ia EsanY ofBer
courts ~ Eargpv we're 1erustoraed 30
smoke freciy. The Do~aEer csariaa "a
yore5 the custom.
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that cigarette iu IS woman mouth wsE
more obnoxi5us fhsa s1 oath n fnan.s
and ihst tbe practice mnst ~ fiscpH ~
sie8 ThIs single ace won Era lncalr1lsbls
auHber ~ enemies f8r the .EnKisa-brrs
sarerslE1
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