The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22
CAR KNEELS ON SPOT
WHERE He WAS CROWNED
AND PRAYS FOR VICTORY
Visits Moscow Church, on Whose
Cupola Is Painted a Colossal
Picture Of God.
KISSES IMAGE, OF VIRGIN
Incidents of Day in Ancient City
End of 2,ooo-Mile Journey
in South Russia.
IMAGE OF VIRGIN

MOSCOW, May L.-Thc EmperOrS tWO-
thousand-mile journey through South Rus
STA ended here this afternoon with a review
of several sapper and engineer battalions
In the courtyard of the Nicholas Station
and a hurried visit to the shrine of the
Iberian virgin and the church in the krem-
lin where he was crowned.
The Emperor was met here with the same
patriotic demonstrations that have marked
the whole progress of his trip. He seemed
10 be In high spirits and was pleased with
the temper manifested by the people, as
we'll as by the appearance and morale of
the two corps which he was sending to rein
force General KutOpatkin. Besides, since
the news from the front has been very re-
assuring. General Kuropatkin evidently
believes that the turning point of the cam
paign is close at hand, the wide territory
over which the enemy is operating and
his own concentration giving him a dis
tlnct advantage.
The Emperor received the news of the
destruction of the japanese ships while at
Loula. He expressed sorrow at the death
of so many brave men, but did not manifest
sentiments which he did not feel over the
loss sustained by the enemy S fleet. The
whole war to him is a regrettable occur
renee, for while he feels that Russia Is not
responsible, its horrors are inexorable in
cidents of the unnecessary conflict.
The review of the troops was held at
the station on account of the pressure OF
time and was exceedingly brief. The En-
peror's trip through the ancient capital,
which he personally so much prefers TO st.
Petersburg almost in the nature of a
triumphal procession. The streets were
gaily decorated and the sidewalks were
crowded with people, whose acclamations
almost drowned the fearful clangor Of the
bells of Moscow's 500 churches.
No escort Of troops accompanied the En-
peror, who sat in an open carriage. Gen
eral Tripoff the chief of police. whose
father was a victim Of the Nihilists in the
time Of Alexander ii, preceded his Majesty,
standing erect IN his treika.
The Emperor was driven up the hill, pass
ing the Mud City, into the White City,
through the Red Gate and thence along the
Miasnitskaia, the high turreted wall of
which incloses the Tartar city. Instead OF
entering the latter through the Vladimir
portal, however, the cortege swung around
TO the right of the Yellow Iberian gate.
where stands the little chapel of Our Lady,
before which no Russian passes without
stopping and making the sign OF the cross,
and where the Emperor must always go
to pray before entering the Kremlin. His
Majesty remained here three and one-half
minutes before the miracle-working image
of the virgin. whose right cheek shows the
mark of the Tartar sword, while outside
10000 to $1,000 people within sight of the
entrance continually crossed themselves.
Thence his Majesty passed into the Tartar
city, across the Red Square, in the center
Of which still stands the execution block.
opposite the tower on the top or the creme
lated wall of the Kremlin. from which John
tins fall His Majesty then passed on to
the Church of Basil. the Blessed. called the
most beautiful church in the world, where
Napoleon stabbed his horses, and to the
gate of our Saviors.
His Majesty, like the ordinary mujik.
obeyed the order given by Emperor Alexis
in 1647. that no one must pass through the
kremlin without uncovering, and reverent-
ly removed his cap as he drove under the
portal into the tangled assemblage of mon
asteries, churches and palaces which crowd
the hill. Inside the Kremlin were no troops
except the regular sentinels of the grena-
diers corps.
His Majesty did not visit the imperial pal
ace, but drove rapidly across the terrace
which overlocks the shining city and the
river flowing at it's base. Just beyond the
Petit Palace, where his grandfather was
born, the Emperor and his suite alighted
and entered the Church of Assumption.
After a TIE Deum had been sung, the Emper-
or knelt upon the Identical spot where he
received the crown of his father, under the
colossal image of God painted in the Gu
pola and there, amid incense burning cen
sors. prayed for victory for the Russian
army and received the blessing of the
metropolitan. Then he arose and moved
forward and kissed the image of the Virgin
which Vladimir brought 70 Moscow TO pro-
tect the city upon the approach of Timour
and the Golden Horde
The imperial party then returned to the
station. departing al o'clock for Tsarkoe
Selo. where his Majesty tomorrow will re-
view the Chevalier Guards. his mother 8
own regiment, upon the occasion of the cell
ebration of the two-hundredth anniversary
of its organization.