Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-21
with ana was supposed to have been

with and WIS supposed to have beer
murder ed.
| This is he family history of the car
1t IS Impossible that u r.. ord Of Sd
much bluudshCI. violence and disaste!
, can be without influence upon his
character. If this be 50. the melancholy
! Of the car is accounted for
In personal conversation with the
ear one is struck immediately with the
shrinking shyncss ana softly apprehen-
Sive. almost feminine sweetness of the
Russian emperor The contrast between
the melancholy and reflective car and
the eXubcrantly vital kaiser bubbiing
and boiling with unexnended life pow
err. can be appreciated only by those
who have conversed with both. 1t must
not be supposed that the car Nicholas
IL. Is destitute of strength because his
Eabitual outlook on life is rather one
Of Oriental resignation than of the
hraefulncsG that might be expected
+: N the head of n great Christian
::..ion. The car is remarkable for Il
citMijy when is the more noticeable
l,""h.'H lie is small in size, and his
N3"" l. gentle ana womanly. The
dignity is like the dignity Of Queen
Victoria, which impressed everyone
who inferred her presence.
1t is not too much to say that the
present car is not popular with the
Russian people. The Russians like q
jnvial burly ruler, who can drink hard
who loves fighting, and whose personal
courage is undoubtad. Ever since the
episode at Otsu, when the cars life
was endangered by Il would-be muir
derer, there has been Il doubt as to the
personal courage Of the car. This
DOUBT is owing to an indisCrcet letter
which was written by the Crown Prince
of Greece to his father, and which by
some incident or indiScretion was read
by others. From Athens the report was
widely circulated through put Europe.
The letter described the episode of the
attempted assassination, and the Crown
Prince of Greece. after dwelling on the
scene wherein the Japanese madman
struck his cousin. the C2lrovitch. used
words which have become historical il
I,ussia-"Tlcn Nickie ran" "Nickic" is
the pet name by which the ear is
known to his relations, especially to
his cousins, with whom he loves to
cycle. For n long time the half-disaf-
fccted and contemptuous clans, which
form society in Russia. repeated with
sllrugs Of the shouldcrS-''Then NicI<;n
ran, then Nickie ran" The episode il;
not forgotten and the hands Of The en-
Ieror as a peacc-makcr are seriously
hindercl by the suggestion Of pIlsilla-
nimity in moment OF danger. The sug-
gestion is probably unjust hut contln-
ual living in an electrical atmosphere.
with assassination always in the air,
and the memory that The majority or
his ancestors have persisted by Violent
death. has no doubt strained the nerve
of the Russian emperor.
Timidity in a despot is incnngruous.
but timidity may be more apparent
than real and may be the result of
/ characteristics derived from an ances-
try remarkable for physical courage.
The allegation that the car is prudent
, if not tmid is supported by the fact
that he does not excel in manly sports.
with the single exception OF cycling.
He is proficient as a whcelman. and
has even been known to scotch" With
the exception of cycling. he is not al
dicted to open-air sports Occasionally
he takes up gun. and has even been
known to join in shooting parties, but