Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-03-12
CzAR NICHOLAS OF RUSSIA.

Car Nicholas IT. of Russia, who in
the eyes Of the world is the absolute
monarch who holds the power of life
or death over 100, 900, 900 human be-
ings, is a descendant of one Michael
Romanoff, who in 1913 was elected to
the vacant throne of Russia. How
this came about ever Russian histor-
ians are puzzled to explain, for the
insignificant Muscovitish nation was
then only emerging from barbarism,
and such annals as were recorded are
from a tumble from which it is quite
impossible to discern fact or discard
fable.
At all events Michael Romanoff es
tablished a dynasty that still rules
Russia. OF this family only Peter
the Great need be mentioned, for he
was the father Of modern Russia. 1t
was he who led his people from
Asiatic savagery to such a degree Of
civilization as they have attained,
and 1T was he who began the con-
quests and absorbing aggressions
that have made that nation one of the
greatest in the world. 1t is said by
many who have delved deeply into
Russian history that this able, If half
savage, monarch outlined a policy
that the statesmen of his country
have been pursuing aver since, and
that it is their constant consistency
to the empire building principles Of
Peter the Great that has enabled
the Muscovites to spread over most
OF Northern Europe and Asia, becom-
ing, many fear, a enace to the
peace and independence of both.
Nicholas II. is 46 years of age-a
young man, indeed, but, then, Rus
sian rulers have not generally been
long lived. He has been upon the
throne since the death of his father
in 1894, nearly ten years, and the
average length of Russian reigns
have been sixteen years.
There can be no doubt that Mich.
olas II. is, as when he was crowned,
a high-minded prince, with noble as.
pirations. Like bis father and the
ruler before him, he, at least, ha,
sought to give his people a greater
degree of freedom than they have eve
enjoyed, but it must be here stated
that the Gar Of Russia cannot, in al
things, do just as be pleases. Russia
is large, and its affairs are intricate
No n man could dominate its civi
and military service. 1t has its de
partments and its bureaus, and thes,
departments have their heads; mel
of long experience to whose counsel NJ
ruler would turn a deaf ear. Thes,
ministers, each conceded the right Il
minister the affairs OF his own bureau
have, it has often been said, formed
a bureaucracy that practically rule
Russia.
The Gear will ever be remembers,
as the ruler who urged the peac,
conference which resulted in tn
Hague Court OF International Arbi
tration and for his more recent edic
relieving the Russian serfs OF mucl
Of former bondage. More than ono,
since negotiations opened with Japal
it has been reported that his wisI
was for peace, but it is evident tina
his councillors have overruled him
The policy Of Peter must not be rele
gated to the background because thu
present occupant OF the throne pre-
fers peace. Russia has ever beer
aggressive. She is aggressive nov
and the counsellors have prevailed
A peace-loving gar may pray fol
the success of Russian arms, but ht
cannot recall his troops or reopen
negotiations until the war has Il its
ourse.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
1900
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