Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-25
Gar MAY ABDlCATE.
Sensational Reports That Are Filter.
ing 0u From Russia.
UNCLE POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR
His Majesty Snid to be In Genuine
Fear That Abdication May he,
Demanded-Rum0rs About
His Mental Condition.

learned that the recent summOninr of
DR.. Merzhievsky, one of the foremost
specialists IN nervous diseases, to the
south OF Russia. which gave rise to the
report that lie was going to attend the
car or the czarina, Or both. their mai.
esties having in turn been alleged to
be suffering from melancholia, was to
visit Balaklava. where thu Grand Duke
Nicholai KOnstantinovich is detained
as insane.
Some observers of the situation do
not believe that the accession of the
Grand Duke Vladimir. uncle of the
car, to the throne, in the event of the
cars abdication and the death of his
brother, the Grand Duke Michael, the
heir presumptive, would be unpopular,
ana they do not credit the reports that
the advent to supreme power of the
Vladimir family would materially al
ter the existing state of affairs, as the
masses are ignorant in regard to every
cars true character and the educated
people attach merely subordinate i'm
portance thereto, and the possible eff
feet Of the DracOnian system under a
sterner ruler on the prospects OF pos
sible revolutionary movement is nat
urally regarded as idle speculation.
Mesmerist Reported Ousted.
The latest reports about Philip, the
mesmerist, who is said to have the
czar completely under his influence,
are that be is former French ply
sician, q naturalized American and that
he has been in Russia for about year,
living In the homes of two Montene.
grin princesses who married Russians.
1t Is added that the car granted Phil
ipp the right to practice medicine In
Russia and to wear the epaulets of a
military surgeon of the rank of a coun-
cil0r Of state which equals that of a
general.
Finally it is.asserted that the court
physician. DR.. OFT, went to Livadia and
succeeded in persuading the car to for
bid Philip to practice on the czarina,
and the departure of the ministers of
war, Of the interior and of finance from
Livadia was interpreted as sign that
Philips influence was broken. 1t Is
also said that these ministers Jointly
presented report to his majesty dis.
crediting Philip, that the car defend
ed Philip and that he resented what
he classed as interference with his per
sonal affairs, but finally yielded.
Csar Very Moody.
This is looked upon in some quarters
as evidence that the optimistic state
ments Oh the subject of the cars men,
tai condition require limitation. Nu-
merous persons who have returned from
Livadia within the past three days as
sert that the car has been moody and
disguised because his early hopes of in
Producing happier regime in Russia
were frustrated by the reactionists.
whose intimidation imposed distaste-
full role upon him.
His majesty was also said to be In
genuine fear that his abdication would
be demanded. which was strengthened
by the sudden return of the Grand
Duke Michael and the latter's demon
strative public appearances. Persons
knowing the car assert that II he was
forced to choose between the throne
and domestic happiness he would abdi-
cate.
The acceptance Of the lucrative but
unimportant Enthusiastically Of Apa-
.nages by the cars bosom friend, Prince
Obolensky, is interpreted as "going to
cover before possible changes which
might destroy the value Of his personal
ina