New-York tribune., 1905-12-17
WANT HIM AS CAR.
Son of 44Ierander II. By Princess
DolgoroukG RiuaI to Nicholas.

-earEe 1OET1evSki the natural of Ernperor 4 l.
xander II. a candidate for the throne in the
,isce OF the present Czar. HIS half-brother the
later Alexander III, although credited with being
;all vvitted. always afraid OF something of the
kind happening, and for this reason more than any
,.her banished Princess Yourievsks and her chill
aren from Russia within few days after the r11r-
Ser OF his father. The princess has never been
allowed return TO Russia since. and is ignored
~ the Russian Embassy in France although some
# tbs grand dukes have dined with her at Paris
and st her villa, in the South OF France as If to
.horv their independence Of the Emperor
The late Car, when asked permit his half
syotaer fulfil those military duties which are
Incumbent upon every Russian citizen. declined TO
give him the customary commission in the army,
but assigned him to the navy. where the discipline
mere strict. where the lad would have Jess op-
por1unity of being made much and where It
uas possible TO keep him at conveniently remote
stations Bun when Nicholas II came to the throne
he changed all this, and gave his young hnsman
a commission in of the crack regiments OF the
Guards. and it WAS not long before the prince be-
cz-ne conspicuous parsonage the he
possesses vast wealth, his father having year
before his death invested many millions OF dollars
shroad for benefit of his second wife and Of his
children by her.
Prince George Yourievski besides being d tall
handsome man. with his fathers winning manners
rnS with ali the outward appearance. brilIiancy
snd dash calculated TO render him popular, has the
advantage. tn the eyes many Of his countrynen,
OF being Infinitely more Russian than any OF the
legitimate members OF the reigning family. For
whereas the grand dukes and grand Ouch
estes have had German mothers. grandmothers and
Errat-grsndmothers Prince George has q mother
who is e member OF the essentially Muscovite
house Of polgorouki. the of which figures
or almost every page OF Russian history, and
which IA point OF ancestral lustre ranks that of
Rornznon. In fact, the Dolgoroukis claim descent
not only from Rurik. the founder of the house OF
Rousnoff. but also from St Vladimir. the patron
saint OF Russia
The name Dolgorouh means Long Hand" or,
-sther. Long ARM and borne for the first
+,ne IN the twelfth century by George the eighth
son Of vladimir Monomao, descendant of St
vladimir.
The Dolgoroulis were princes before the Ro-
-,s3o+fs became cars The first Romanof
neror Gar Michael married d Princess Doigo-
-oIks and Peter II died in 1850 the very morn
ing of the day appointed for his wedding to an
otner Princess Doigorouka- Her brother Ivan was
-or only banished 10 Siberia by Empress Anne but
also subsequently put TO the sword with nearly al
the members Of his family. Among the most ceie-
b-sted members OF the house have been James
nolsorouki, who was chief of the first embassy
ever dispatched by Russia TO France and who, as
one of the principal advisers Of Peter the Great,
distinguished himself by the frankness and the in
5.p.pdence with which he resisted the despotfc
commands OF the Emperor whenever they did not
meet with his views II is to Prince Naslh DOL
yo-ouki the celebrated general and lover of Cath
e-.ns the Great that Russia is indebted for the
coronest Of the Crinaea- and Prince Ivan Dol
oro,si was one of the most famous OF all Russa's
poets
Througfout the nineteenth century the Dol
,nroukis figured conspcuously ct the court Of St
Petersburg In government affairs. in the army
and IN Diplomacy and the last ten years OF his
1fe Alexander II completely subject to the
domination of Princess Catherine Dolgoroufa, who
lad made her debut at court maid of honor OF
t,rnnress Marie For her sake Alexander II
,.eIected his Czarina in the most shameful nnar-
ner living openly With Catherine. who bore him
s5ree children. a boy now known as Prince 0eolee
yourfevsIzi and girls. in the hfett1ne OF iiie
Empress The closing years Of the Iatler g
,-.,ca ware cruelty ernbittered by her husband
nseiect and by the favor which ne publicly pc
z-ovvsd ,rron Mermaid of honor; and barely SIX
-resks after the Cza-inas lonely deaIh7 IN tne
South oe Fra anceg he married morganatlcaiy AZ
= Petersburg her rival. Catherine Dolgorouka'
rho vas created shortly afterward Princess You
-i.yeka. with the understanding that this name
torethe- with the princeiy title should be borne
by her three children
pp7ozrEss TFTE ALLY OF DoRIs MELIKoFF.
7,s-a &c no doubt that she exercised very
,,v-e-4uI izauence upon Alexander II General
Iorts Meliko1 who possessed all the intuition ana
risve-ess of the Armenian race, TO Whlch ne pc
longeo was the first TO realize this. ana Iofhleo
y4,b her species of alliance. It was he who
.rpe5 Alexander II to Iegalize his relations with
hsr t7v marriage q fact which Alexander III, who
was devoted TO his mother, never forgot or Ior-
gare In return. the princess induced the emperor
n invest Nelikoff with The powers Of dictator
and 70 confer upon him the title Of count, ana TO-
rs-her To-is Melikof and Princess Your1evska
drew Jp and elaborated that national constitution
which the i'll fated Gar was 10 have signed on
the very evening OF the day on which ne was bio"n
70 fragments by the bombs Of the nihills1s- ffao
e not bean for this successful attempt on his 41.e
the rzase enaowing Russia with national con-
Eitution and g parliamentary form OF government
would have been promulgated on the following Gay,
ana Catherine would have eventually been raised
10 the rank OF CEarina
Alexander III was too horrihed by the shocking
death of his father to fulfil the latters intentions
With regard to the grant Of constitution, holding
sfst If would be construed a concession TO his
fathers assassns. wrung from himself by FEAR
But inc people of Russia know ali about this con
stltrtior drafted by the late General Count Lor1s
Nelkofr and bx Catherine Dolgorouka. Princess
Yourievsks and there many Of them, there
fore who are under the impression that the son
whom she bore TO the Emperor VINO lives In MS
tory as the Iiberator of the serfs is better fitted
become the first constitutional ruler OF Russia
and to assure to the nation all the advantages OF
parliamentary form of government than sovereign
such as Emperor Nicholas. who was reared among
The most reactionary surroundings, as the eldest
OF the most reactionarys of Cars. ano VINO VIII
always feel himself haDpered in his role as 2 con-
ttitutional monarch by the oath which he took AT
ihe time OF his coronation maintain intact and
pBdiniushed the autocracy which has until now
eeen regarded the most cherished possession and
p-erogativa Of the Russian crown
This OF courne makes a very plausible plea IN
fsvor of Prince George Yourievsk, who is now
nan OF about thirty-four years of age. But there
Is nothing whatsoever 70 show that he would prove
better ruler than Nicholas. The latter Is a wen
i7tentioned humane and liberal minded man. ms
ore object in life being 70 devote himself TO the
Welfare Of his people in which he is onstructed by
laost Of his relatives and by wellntgh the entire
faTce OF Muscovfte bureaucracy. TO which more