The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-21
his RECOVERY
ILLNESS OF THE CzAR Is TAKING
A VERY FAVORABLE
COURSE
NICHOLAS WATTS A MALE HElR
GRAND DUKE MICHAEL, THE CZAR-
EVITCH, Is PERSONA
NON GRATA
SUCCESSION TO THE THRONE
His Imperial Majesty, Under the Ex-
listing Russian Law, Has the
Matter Practically in His
Own Hands.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20-A medical
practitioner of high standing in the city
who is not connected with the state sery-
ice, after analyzing the bulletins from
Livadia, told the correspondent of the
! Associated press that the illness of the
car had taken an unusually favorable
course
Apparently" he said there is more
anxiety abroad than there is in Russia.
This may be due largely to the statls-
ticts of typhoid mortality in this country
But these are misleading The mortality
with us is due to defective care. Rus
sia has only one physician to every 3d.
coo inhabitants. Furnish her with one to
every 500 as in the United States and the
results, with equal care would be equally
as favorable as anywhere else
The ST. Petersburg bourse, which is
chronically weak was slightly affected
when the cars illness was first made
known but a few bankers asserted this
morning that it was fully recovered.
HOPES FOR A SON.
bitter to Emperor Nicholas, because he
is hoping for the birth of a son with
in few months. 1t is an open secret
that the czarevitch, Grand Duke
Michael now about twenty-five
years of age, is not favor
ite Of the emperor, whose supreme de-
sire is to leave a son an heir to the
throne.
st. Petersburg jurist, who was asked
today whether posthumous son would
inherit the throne, consulted the works
of the best authorities, among them Prof
Kourkomoff, of the University of st. Pc
tersburg, and Frofs. Glodosky and Alex
Jeff of the University of Moscow. and
gave the reply:
LAW OF SUCCESSION.
Existing laws do not answer the ones
! tlon. The manifest of Aug. %, 1926 af-
lords precedent in an affirmative sense,
put does not lay down a general rule
conhnlng itself to dealing with the par
tlcuIar case then existing Nicholas I
IN the manifest declared that if he should
| o3e before the czarina, who was en-
| cIente, the heir apparent then living must
| wait until the birth before assuming thu
| powers and dignities of czar and that if
| the chlid were son the latter should in
| herit. The present czar is equally CONNIE
| tent to regulate the case il necessary
Inc present law of succession decree
| ing prImogen1ture, with preference tt
! male lines and to males of female lines
| before any woman could succeed was in.
| troduced by Paul l., whose mother, Cath
crime H., who reigned from 1862 to 1898
did not respect his rights and prepared
| a Will by which he would have been dis
inherited had it not bsen destroyed i'm
mediately upon her death
Paul l, attempted to give this law 9
! particularly holy character, declarins
| that all his successors to the coronation
should swear to keep it inviolate. Never.
the!ess his successors enjoy the same
unlimited powers, as himself and severa
| minor changes have been introduced
IF Emperor Nicholas should decree the
succession of daughter his will would
| be the law of the land, although it is moi
| believed he would undertake it. The Ha.
cred features OF the law of succession
which are considered absolutely binding
antedate Paul 1. They are the require
ments that the czar shall be of the or
| thodoX religion and that he shall no
occupy any foreign throne"
THE CZAR'S CONDITION.
LIVADIA European Russia, Nov 20
| The bulletin issued by the cars physi
clans today is less favorable. 1t says:
The emperor passed a satisfactory day
! yesterday. At o'clock in the evening
! the patients temperature was 1922; pulse
SO. His majesty slept until o'clock in
! the morning. His rest was broken an6
| perspiration appeared. This morning hi:
condition was fairly satisfactory, temper
ature, 1904; pulse, TO-
| ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20.-The min
listers have been entrusted with the con-
duct of current business during the pres
ent phase of the cars illness, each OF
them carrying on his department accord
ing to his personal judgment, decisions
on important matters being postponed
for the time being.