The sun., 1903-05-10


met by the Metropolitan OF Moscow, tho
father superior Of the monastery and the
monks. az well as the far-famed choir oi
that brotherhood. After receiving the
blessing Of the Metropolitan and greet In .
the assembled monks, the imperial vistors
proceeded to examine the church of the
monastery. built In the year l+04, The
father superior took the party In charge
showing them about and pointing out all
the memorable sanct,laries and relics
closely associated with the Russia history
of the Moscow period. After inspecting
the ancient church the Car and Czarina.
with their companions, descended into the
subterranean part Of the monastery. where
In ma rrow passages, not unlike catacombs,
rest the relics OF several canonized saints
as well as the remains OF some notables Of
ancient times. In front Of their Majesties
walked the monks, whose lighted tapers
cast dim uncertain light on the low, mar
row, passages. The subterranean part
Of that monastery Ia three stories deep.
Returning. to the surface Of the earth.
the imperial visitors insisted on visiting
another act OF catacombs, situated on the
northern eide Of the famous mon astery,
and here again they went below-deep into
tombs Of the early patr4archs Of the Church,
as well as the dungeon In which the Poles
in 1912 had incarcerated and tortured to
death Patriarch Hermogene
They drove In open carriages in the
neighboring parks. holding up their chill
dren to the admiring populaoe or else send
ing the four little Princeeses in open car
riages among the common people crowd
ing the rerbos, the open -air markets where
Easter toys and trinkets are sold, and
stns;n, whsre Srss, grsv, 0l'a'i0n and entire u"re
1t was April is that their Majesties came
into closest personal contact with great
masses of the Moscow populace. About
I o'clock in the afternoon the Czar and the
Czarina' were observed walking along the
The view from that elevation is superb, and
the imperial couple strolled well nigh an
hour on that lofty wall, in full view Of the
people ~ho stoodiwatching them from every
point OF vantage outside and inside Of the
kremlin enclosure. access to the Senate
Square-the Senatskaya ploschad-being
free TO all.
Whenever the Caar with the Czarina
emerged from behind battlements on the
wall the people below would burst into
would stop turn to the people bowing and
smiling-again with no shadow Of thought
about the danger they must be facing in
that exposed position, although they must
have known that any. crank could have
brought down either Of them easily with
shot. Both were evidently greatly amused.
entering fully into the fun Of their playing
hide and seek. as IL were, with their SUBJ
jects amid the battlements of the hoary
Kremln
perial couple descended the stairs that
lead down from the tower By the Ncholsky
gates Here below they found themselves
In the little garden adjoining the Court
OF Justice. The crowds within the Kremlin
made a rush at them, and the Gear and
surrounded by an immense wake Of hui
manity roaring and cheering them. Not
policcman-not detective--was within
reach. In fact. no police would have been
Of the slightest avail to protect the Car
in that great surging sea. They walked
true, yet, at every step they took the peas
ants and artisans nearest 10 them managed
to clear path for them toward the gates.
Within the Nicholsky gates. they met
in from the outside OF the Kremlin however
the people next to the imperial couple,
managed to keep clear space around them
so that. they were not jolted by the good
natured populace. and the way TO the stairs
up bsse ss sa na Tas and ss
resumed their walk alongside the wall up
to the Borovitzky gates whenc, they re-
turned to their apartments in the palace
of the Kremlin.
ants empire. The number of people of
other classes and pursuits is compare
lively so small that they are entirely lost
amid the hundred odd million beings
of the peasant and the artisan class, the
OF wsHm sb1sSd Though Wholly
tient, good natured. very conhding and
easily msled Outside the peasants there
is no strong class in Russia: the numbers
of the landed nobility are small, weakened
and demoralized by the emancipation Of
the serfs; there is no rich or enlightened
merchant class to speak of the merchants
are the peasant class, only richer. The
Government employees
of every grade-take part in nothing but
the days when their salary. falls due; the
with the people is infnitesimal, the Rus
sian, Of all GLASSES, taking his religion apart
from the clerGy-save attending the SER
vices and the sacraments
This absence OF any strong Leading class
is the reason why it is so difficult to find
inert mass OF peasants, No doubt the
time will come when they will govern
themselves-and govern Themselves we'll,
as they already do in the zemstvos OF the
where they are not interfered with by other
classes and races. But the time for that
has not come vet, for the empire Is honey
combed with elements wholly foreign to
the peasant in race. ideals and spirit.
The c zar Of Russia knows this fact we'll,
anu lOOhb W VIC pcdSdHtf ILdlUly III pldIHluR
the future OF the country. The peasants,
on their side. look up to the Car az the
God-apponted keeper Of the national ideals
as well as Of the Orthodox religion. The
young Consort Of the Gar. Empress Alex
andra Feodorovna, seems to have taken
all this in by intuition-for she has set her
self from the first to learn the Russian
language 30 that she speaks II quite we'll;
the example OF her sister. the
Grand Duchess Elizabeth. she has dill
gently studied the religion VIII ioh she en-
braced as matter OF form, as the afi1anced
bride OF the heir to the Russian throne.
she has fallen in with the Russian
people 3 conception Of the honor due the
wife who brings up well and piously large
family of children, and takes undsguised
pride in parading her brood OF sturdy
handsome little daughters and taking them
to church az often as possible.
The midnight church service ushering
In Easter Sunday Ia great gala occa-
sion all over Russia.
In the Kremlin this week it was a regular
court function. The Gar and his consort
appeared at the night service attended by
the entire court-the courtiers, military
and members Of the local nobility In brilliant
uniforms. the ladies In waiting and the
ladies' OF the Moscow nobility attired in the
Russian court costume with
be jewelled head dresses-the generally
becoming kokoshnik.
After that the Emperor and the Empress
had to attend to their other guests-the
landed nobility of the government Of Mos
COW: they had to attend gala breakfast
and concert in the great hall OF the nobility