New-York tribune., 1905-11-01
NIHILISTS NOT AT FAULT.
,,.r Another Grand Duke Sergius
nd His Life 4ttem pied Recently.

YJ1f
.,s. from st. Petersburg briefly announc-
p.p@..o ..ornpt upon the life of Grand Duke
ins ~ I'll have caused some perpleSity to those
ssTs% unaware OF the feet that the reignina
sic y" pussia possesses another prince OF that
bouss o 60 4he Grand Duke Sergius who was
raas -; ;.ces by the nihilists at Moscow last
hieFa ~. surviving Grand Duke Sergfus is a
sFahs ST., yovreer man. about thirty-sx years
c'ra &c The yc ungest son of old Grand Duke
Cd ,he granduncle of the Gar
..nnt upon his life. If it can be described
Iss ,sz made. not by the nihilists. but by
IS s'o-+ o-,-ant. who had stretched beam across
ah 9H' :,.a Of the park of his suburban palace
TIE CD" rrith the object of wrocking the auto
o. sIIeH~ IIe,,ob he vas returning from a visit TO
nooie - ba1ierina Krzesinska. who is at the
tse ..orosnt the object Of his infatuatoh.
neral rule the grand duke with tile "SN"4
As ~ the younger scions Of the reisnlng
dsregaiu ,.vs Of the land drives his motor
fsis ,..,,- breakneck speed, and there IS htue
81 spsV ,e ba had been coming along the roao
doo0s .son at his usual pace there wouia nave
u W ,o-rible smash. with almost ceriaint! VI
oeen r.,ries 20 the occupants OF the iliaoiiii' ,
.sai for sergius, the gear Of his autoHo'iie
fU', ~ Ct order and he was Iorceo ~ ,,..,ou
Tas that the damaFe done oy the coiS''A
s" ,es-n was comparatively slight'
VIII '1' .-.+ors of the outrage seem TO nave
The Ptad thereto by their indignation at 'he
bsh s,ta's extreme parsimony IN ms ue@s
ESA -, and by his boundiess generosity anu
VII tanas5ness toward the two-and-twenty scr
epsar..osng the establishment Of the bailerina
vsnts conn go took this attempt the part of
Ine -. IN interfere with his 'analres oe
hs s-e ST. ,nuch amiss The offenders are all
oR.l ,oct and key. and have long terms OF peiai
uh's uhs IN the mines of Siberia staring lhelii Al
the face ...o,, ,s ,erbans ut the pres
tod n
en- snst which has been specially compose" Io1
he - ubich she is seen at her best Is ell
hel ac,a,,ration the "clou" of the piece oeiils
- sbe spips round and round forty thiie IA
ss,on ON the points of her toes wlthou.
rirouette which can only De oes0i i0sU
o-d breaking. AS she is moreover very -, -
~, -oroan. and as witty and as sunny teihpeieu
uui "Oi'Nl, ,oI,, q Is not astonishing that she
- ho = General favorite. and she has peeh 10
S degree overwhelmed with gifts that hei
,o-.une in Jewels and in money Is s -
,,ra 100000. No one, save the 0l -
o.-oius,s servants finds any fault with MN lVI
- ,nf.tuated by her and many deem IL oiily
prlhe NJ. - -. .b1uld add his contribution to her
,.t f iayels and gold After all, she persoillIies
.,~1Iizs+i +ionr-tbat is to say, civilization as ue
onstrated by a Muscovite premiere danseuse anu
,s understood by an imperial Russian grailo uuNe'
AN OBJECTIONABLE BROTHER-IN-LA". w.
c,,,+ serrius de Wftte has been subjected to no
.nd Of trouble and annoyance since ms fe'u II '0-
America IN connection with his wifes erother'
,I,,r ~ the name Of Nurok. Last summer the
,.,.s, hecaa involved in financial scTapes at Lyons
and at MarseiIes which landed him in Jal anu
:, re, only by the exercise of no end of influence
an the mart of the Muscoyite embassy al PaIlS
through the payment by the latter Vi N-oV''
- babaIf OF NJ. de wItte that the matter was
oornpromised and hushed up, the chai ise3 WIN
drawn and Nurok released
.bn,t The time that Count de Witte came 10
America In connection with the treaty oil Peace
Nurok hetook himself to Brussels, where MS sls'ei
Nine de Witte and the latters son-lh-iaW SAiu
daughter the Narishlzines, were awaiting the re
turo of the statesman. Unfortunately Min. -
yyitta consented TO receive her scapesrace pfo'i4e
al Fr,lssels and he took advantage OF tAis a"E %
The fact that Dc Whites name was on eFe-SD
Inns in connection with the peace coh1ereH|e "
portsmouth, TO induce flnanciers. promoters mer-
.honts and traaesmen of every kind 20 believe his
story that he was in receipt Of an allowance VI
sa5 ono q wear from his sister and to extract Dig
sums of money from them under specious pie'eA'''
sums for the return OF which they are now ciaiiio
ing in vain Mt the doors OF the RUSSIAN i@esa'
IN the Belgian capital 80,
u,,e de Witte in spite of her friendship win
pothstein and other eminent flnanciers at 81 e
tsrsh,rg controlling the Muscovite money 1narAe
has no fortune of her own the pest pIooI oh -
falsity Of the ISLANDERS which have ascflpeo ~ NJ
the ernpiovement of state secrets obtained Irohi
~ tvl,an e., order TO speculate with her financial
friends Nor has Count White himself any plt'"'e
1900 20 sneak of and the sacrifice which ne
ao Gov S,,rok last summer it is quite lInpossiDie
.o- him +o make again So one need pe aSeoh-
shed TO see Whites brother-in-Ia" once e''--- -
the tolls OF Justice.