New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-06
RrSSIA'S STRONG PRINCE.
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholdioutch
Tdkelg Tie Be Dictator.

Z MIKE Nicholas Nicholalovftch who has
.s,5 Vladimir conmander-in-chief of all
med forces comprised within the military
ne =. ~ St Petersburg. and who. as such is
dsuo -. Cor the safety OF the Gar and of his
Fo,s, IS So much in the eye OF the public just at
t a..- heine regarded by many the only scion
- ,r,perial house of Romanom possessed of
q -s.essary energy and character to deal with
~ sss now IN progress. that a few words con-
w hin, may be Of timely interest
oe. .,o eredence need be attached to the stories
=. f1e Emperor proposes 10 Invest him with the
thes IL and to leave the country: but. at the same
+hsra Is no doubt that he is Just now one of
,,.5inS men in Russia, who ranks on a line
p, Count WItte as possessed of the necessary
VIZ and decision TO preserve the empire from
hls,r and chaos. To begin WITH he is a fine
- and he is recognized at Berlin as the fore
- cavalry leader of Russia. If not of Europe
.hss for many years held the Office of inspector
'ol ~ the cavalry of Russia, On several occR-
- in the recent war the Gar was urged to
,,nt him 10 the supreme command of the troops
= 1Vsnchuria in the place OF Kuropatkin. and at
:. var Department at Berlin II is held that the
ten army would have made far better show
- ., che Emperor mad listened 10 this advice
Tpe Grand Duke IS the eldest of the prince
!, 4be same name. who commanded the Russian
,-..s IN the Balkans in the last war with Turkey.
n<mssed and banished from court, on the acces-
a. N the throne Of his nephew. Alexander III.
:. lied in obscurfty and neglect. leaving nothing
s4 debts all the money that had passed through
=, fingers having been lavished upon his favorites
~. crescent Grand Duke Nicholas presents a strik-
a., contrast in every respect TO his father. He is
,ho-oushly honest universally respected and is
.,sv free from his fathers profigacy, being
..5sticsIly married TO the enormously wealthy
v4spx Of the Moscow tea merchant, Buranine.
whose name she retains.
II vas the present Car who obtained Alex
spde- HIS consent TO the match by pointing
ant 10 him that the marriage in question was
calculated to prove advantageous to Grand Duke
Nicholas, who, being penniless. owing TO the in
ssna extravagance Of his father, would inevitably
hsve been obliged TO into debt, or TO get into
xo-ve trouble in order to maintain himself with
5lrnitr BETTING his rank. else would bring dis
credit upon the imperial family by his poverty
unless he married rich wife. The union has
turned out very happily in every respect. The
jsdr Nine Buranine makes no pretensons to
share her husbands rank, being perfectly content
With her position his wife in the eyes of the
church and she knows how to manage her i'm
perial husband that his name has been kept
snguIary clear from scandal.
The grand duke who is very tail and a superb
borseman has often been employed on special
missions by Emperor Nicholas who reposes the
Utmost confidence in him, and justly For on
enc occasion the grand duke managed. by mingled
decision and diplomacy, TO avert what would have
been most unpleasant contretemps- It was at
OF the memorial 10 the Russian soldiers who had
persisted in Bulgaria in the that had won the
lafter's freedom from Turkey and her national
Independence. The Grand Duke Nicholas was
present. with immense delegation of Russian
officers mostly veterans of the war of 1877.
4 conspiracy. organized for the most part by
leading regimental officers of the Bulgarian army,
had been planned. which had for its object the
kidnapping OF murder Of Prince Ferdinand in the
sham battle that 10 follow the dedication ser
Tice and the proclamation the spot of Bulgaria
as protectorate of Russia, with request to
Grand Duke Nicholas to assume charge of the
government of Bulgaria until the Gar had den
Hiay appointed one of the members of his family
raSsal ruler Of the country. Fortunately, Grand
Duke Nicholas heard of the matter in time, and
By causing Prince Ferdinand TO counterrnand the
sham battle by indicating him the identity of
the conspirators. by lavishlng upon him every
demonstration of regard. and even affection, and
then suddenly taking his departure. not only saved
his host-that is TO say. Ferdinand of Bulgaria
hut likewise extricated himself from exceed
inEiy embarrassing situation For had the mill
isry coup d'etat taken place as planned, had
Prince Ferdinand been done away with and the
regency been offered the spot to Grand Duke
Nicholas, amount of explanation would ever
have removed the conviction from peoples minds
both at home and abroad. that not only he. but
and that he had gone to Sofia with the intention
beforehand of betrayinG his host. and perhaps be
coming responsible for the latter's murder.