The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-01
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ythtrg. prepared inS the impartial kitch-


anything preparcdsin the imperial kitc CHI;
3l3ronghtupEby herEtnotll 70 mn gir y
;of sensible tniddle.class parents IN N Den
mark, Ismprcsal Marin ~ otiorow m wa wa
Ions before her inarrlag 5tlfi sS ndept 1T q
cooling and during the las years of s.ihfl
life he Sieycr q nsted q li ytfia's
which had not been req . y hers
hands M 1tesreyer$ ailowcd her to \ ls',ye
him. cyetl FOR An hour;8shc shI at Ills side
tnt Stnte councils, lenrned every dctai &of
the Immense busin 9 { gove & tug
empire; and In all matters Of importat
decisive 3yp e. 81
4; Still Holds the Reins.
sThis power which shc liad 3e&ertcd dur
ing tho life Of her husband Maria y Eco |.
dorowna has ct slip l1rolG y $h q!
hands When Alexander II II lied "a til.
lvatlia the 4 conservative & iioblllty % and
hierarchy even for. some time aerlously
Thought Of making her the ruling Gzarlnnl3t
in plncc OF Nicholas II u w no wa kno %f vi
liberal ideas. But M aria Eco.
dorowr1i9 was TOO wise ii onlnn to take
advantage Of this. She yY an ted I 70 rule
12uHsla5as she was ont sbn the FIJI
terE Or the crown ID no t. 81 tract he M
whole }court stood divided In two factions
one supporting he tleiy nd one
ways nntagoniztng HIM " A. 81 .
The oowager Empress IN DYED out OF IN
pnince of the SGzar bu y sfie ra rrled the
gccptre With her, ind has welded y eyer
}since. Knowing her son as she dc
realized that 10 oppose his plans Openly
would hurt Ills yanit =, 81 and So she never
directly opposes him, but ftcn preteIlidsS
To- give iri,7liev er for n second. 5lo w yer,
!losinB slght&of her goal and without be-
3ifi, awareB Of the fnct, Car Nicholas IS In
5yarlabIy carries out llisS mothers wishes
even wl,ercSthe conflict wi tll his $op
S She seGms to posEessS u magic formula
which makes him po werless to rcslst, and:
She leads liiir, @ she W MS
though hcslncyer real ICES that he Is not
carrying out Ifs own ii aIis. N The czari1n
has often tried TO arouse Car n cliolasS
to8jndeDendcnt action; she has %ca lea
3turea him as a small boy hang ing on to
his mothers skirts or being rolled In q
baby carriage ~ but to no avail The Gar
does NOT see that he y being le s[!,
She Ears al Prog ress.
s5All8the liberal and no !S IDEAS which $in-
spirea him as i III young man have been!
frustrated by lllss me Ter q $ soon as he
tried to carry them out !. 4 she onl media
tell him that his ia Their ySoti I'D have acted
differently Immediately3lie summons his
9MlnIgteTB and declares that IL cveryth hing
must remain as 1T was while his IA ther5
was u t1lfs. 5f554 s S55E ii
35s}In exertingi her power oHeyer, Maria
iIsd odor oWt1a ~ ses great g. plorlac nd
tact, or even tho patience gnf her good
5nntufed son would have been ex hausteds
before this She oess lot opF ose "a he
liberal ideas her soti, ai.i %hfs friends
but understands $,snnderfully well TO dls-5
Germ between those WI ich maybe stoapedi
without causing any general d q tssa IL STA c.
lion and those Wh!cl, 6
Iinabd. 81 His peac q den. i1sch ctl.snin tied
In the establishing OF the Irterna tionali
Court q n Arbitrat ton al II he Ella que. she
did " not & try 81 d nterfe re- WI "a q rcalizingi
that tt did not count eract ii Wil plan ms,
and even would streng hen Y he dynasty
by placing the CzarsifiSn syInpathet icE light
before the w orld. g5 ls
& The present Car Inc; lis q nal
iy}tintel gent II woman. Is perfectly 6 we'll
aware OF her husbands Ia ok Of will power
create III Fl feeling between him and his
mother. especially as she ,lno VS. that the
FDoWager Empress is surrounded by many
Smighty4n,en OF the old school. who vTou ld
not stop a assnssina lion II she tried Ito
sth%art 4 heir plans. sf .sis NJ Il
4 Is a Dang to Russia. b
"a There Is no doubt that as DC wa ger Ems;
3nress Maria 6FcodoroWna is IA danger to
Russia and an enemy Of al Hprogre AS
long as she ives she and III err n lend I'obe-
{douo stzeff &wlll prevent; ever movement
toward IL freedom, but w as Is ,Ho ma NJ and
mot her she has so many excellent quail
TICS tiIat It is easily understood that he
Car finds It hard to forget his feeling Of
$tiltal pietY.S &; SAX q '.ss
In her manners and dress she Is Of
$charEling simplicit y,t and s5as her sister
queen AlexandrnSo f England, IS she seem
to have discovered the fountain of eternal
you h. t}i 4 u tl III 3
4 s. she never wears Jewels except at offs
cial receptions, She Is a lover OF art, and
especially Of music, and her charity has
made her beloved 8of the poor Of Il Den en-