Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-11-21
THE CARS HOPE.
Is Particularly Anxious to Re-
gain His Health
Because He Soon Expects Birth Of
Heir to Throne.
WANTS TO LIVE TO SEE THAT
QUESTION SETTLED.

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practitioner OF high standing in this
city who is connected with the state
service. after analyZing the bulletin
from Livadia. told the correspondent Of
the Associated Press, today, that the
illness of the Car had taken an unus-
ually favorable course.
Apparently" he said, "there is more
anxiety. abroad than there is in Rus
sia. This may be due largely TO the
statistics of typhoid mortality in this
country. But these are misleading. The
mortality with US is due TO defective
care. Russia having only one physician
TO every 10000 inhabitants. Furnish
her With one to every 800 as in the
equal care. would be as favorable here
as anywhere else"
The st. Petersburg Eourse. which Is
chrOnically weak. was slightly affected
when the news of the Cars illness was
first made known, but. a prominent
banker asserted. today, that il had al
ready entirely recovered.
Death at this time would bc I,rcu-
liarly bitter Ia Emperor Nicholas. be
because he is again hoping for the
birth oil n son within a few months.
II is an open secret that the tzarc-
witch, Grand Duke Michael. now about
% years of age. is not a favorite III the
Emperor, whose supreme desire is 10
leave a son as heir To the throne.
\ ST. Petersburg jurist. who was
asked. today. whether q p0sthumous
son would inherit the throne. consulted
the works Of the best authorities
them Prof. korkvunoff Of the
| University of st. Petersburg. and Pro-
fcesors Gradovsky an.l .il"xicn Of the
University Of Moscow. and gave the
following reply:
Existing laws 90 not answer the
question. The manifesto of Aug. -.
1926 affords precedent in an affirm
atiye sense. but does not lay down q
general rule. continuing Itself TO rcgu
lating The concrete case then existing.
Nicholas !. in the manifesto. declared
that if he should die while the cZarina
was enceinte. the heir apparent. then
living, must wait until the birth before
assuming the powers and dignities Of
the car. and that if the child were
a son, the latter should inherit. The
present Car is equally competent TO
regulate the case if necessary.
THE present law OF succession. de-
creeing primogenituTe. with preference
to male lines and to males OF female
lines. before any woman could succeed,
was introduced by Paul !, whose moth
er. Catherine III, did not respect his
rights and prepared 4 will by which
he would have been 0isinherited had
il not been destroyed Immediately up
on her death.
Paul / attempted TO give this law
particularly holy character. decreeing
that all his successors at their corona
ton should swear to keep it inviolate.
his successors enjoy the
same unlimited powers as himself ana
several minor changes have been
If Emperor Nicholas should decree
the succession OF q daughter. his will
would be the law Of the land. although
ii is not believed that he would under
take This. The sole features Of the law
of succession which are considered alb
solutely binding antedat. Paul !. They
are the requirements that the car
shall be Of orthodox religion and that
he shall not occupy any foreign
throne
London. Nov. e9.-The Cars slight
relapse is attributed, says the Mos
COW correspondent Of the Daily Ey-
press. ITO an injudicious dietary"
DR.. Erbfuhrer. German specialist.
writing in The ST Petersburg Weldon
osti. says that the Cars temperature
is 50 abnormal that il might deceive
experts and he has soma misgivings
that The physicians attending may
hay. been misIead in diagnosing The
diseaS-.
The advices received at Copenhagen
from I.iyai1ia continue satisfa tory.