New-York tribune., 1900-08-25

destroyed by suffering. AS I asked him L ne ne
wanted anything. he answered win s ,san menn
It was impossible TO get amy other answer from
him. I cannot tell how that smile haunted me,
Misfortune had destroyed Id the poor
prisoners even the love Of life and the desire TO
live. In their abstraction they would hinale
fire on The floor. In the middle of room. ansS, si
sitting around IL, would LET themselves be slowly
consumed by the flames. It was In TINS way
that the military hospital at zakret was burned
down. ana similar accidents occurred seVera
times IN different villages,
The Cars remarks upon his flying enemy
We're carefully noted by his young friend. How
much t Is to be regretted" he said "that the
French sacrifice themselves thus for a man who
despises them from the bottom Of his heart at
the same time accomplishing suoh grand Things
through them and by them. In my interview
with Napoleon at Erfurt. in reference to some
remarks which had made upon the manner Oh
governing that nation he said to me; You do
not know the French. They must be driven as
do Il, with rod OF IRON Nine. De Choiseui
quotes the Czars statement to the possibill-
ties which might have followed the French In
vasion. Rather than accept the conol-
tons which Napoleon wished to impose on me-
had decided to make a sacrifice not only or
Moscow but Of st. Petersburg and to retire to
Kazan. in the depths Of Russia as far as the
frontiers Of Asia, If It were necessary. l should
still have nothing of the original territories
OF Russia for st. Petersburg is built on Swedish
territory, and Moscow is old conquest" But
he added with smile, "At all events should
have reserved the possibility of returning we
do not find recorded here any observations made
upon Alexander by Napoleon after the retreat
from Moscow; but while at Wilma on the way
thither he remarked patronizirgly: THE En-
peror Alexander is a good prince, philosopher
on the throne" Although little Poles rela-
tives had welcomed the Corsican with enthusi-
asm, she had remained true to her Russian
ruler to the point of finding nothing imposing
either in the face or the manners of the great
General. She thought him "only little, snort,
fat. waddling man, with sleek, plastered down
hair with good enough features, but little ex-
preston in his face, not even that Of hardness
which is found in all his portraits with the
ception Of that by David On the contrary
there was something pleasant in his smile, which
showed very handsome teeth. From distance
I confess, his salIow white face, without
tinge of color and his antique profile took on q
character of severity which disappeared as soon
as it was examined near"
In his dealings with France Alexander GER
tainly showed himself the good prince the
philosopher on the throne. His active interven-
ton preserved to her her boundaries, and 1t was
against his advice that the works of art ac-
and restored to their former owners. The Car
proposed that these masterpieces should remain
in the Louvre as the Museum of Europe. His
generosity to the nation and the city was no
less great than his kindness to individuals; he
was occupied through his sojourn in France
in relieving the sufferings of widows and or
phans Not that he had any special liking for
the country thus succored. Speaking OF France
and the French ''he did not spare the epithets
mean 'avaricious, filthy and frivolous
Paris he said, Is dirty. morally we'll as
physically "
From one of the Cars conversations 1t would
appear that his aspirations -esembled those of
the present occupant Of his throne. Why" he
said could not all the sovereigns and nations of
brothers, aiding each other IN their need and
comforting each other in their adversely? Com
merce would become the common property Of
this great society, whose several members
would, without doubt, differ in religious belief,
but spirit OF liberation would unite all
churches. It matters little to the All-Powerful,
I believe whether we pray to Him in Latin or
Him and toward our fellow men" These are
noble words. and there is nothing to show that
the Emperor was not absolutely sincere in ut
tering them. II Europe is nearer the mil
lennium now than in his day, it should not be
forgotten that in so far overnastering cir
cumstances allowed this Russian ruler strug-
gled toward his ideal