The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-17

St. Petersburg-Iu these letters I
have told about the poverty of the
peasant. the sqUalor of the laboring
Mantle oppression of the Jew. and the
empty life of the Muscovite woman,
but the most unenviabIe figure i'm all
Russia is the car himself. What
dreadful thing it must be to 60 through
life arm in arm with fearI How appaIl-
ing to grow up with terror as a con-
slant COMPANION, Do YOU remember
when YOU were a child how you were
afraid in the dark2 Do you remember
how your heart would come into your
throat at every sound when you were
left alOne2 Well. that same dread
haUnts an aUtOcrat all his life except
that instead of being the fanciful crea-
lures Of childish imagination. his COB
Inns are real When you stop TO con-
slider the menace that hangs over the
life of Nicholas, car of all the RussiaS.
il is no wonder that he shUdders when
a window curtain TUstles. or starts at
the approach Of an unexpected fOOtstcD.
You would be frightened, too, if YOU
knew that there were scores of men
who cared nothing for their lives PRO
vided they could take yours
COLLINS That Are Real.
On a number of occasions Nicholas
has missed death by the narrOWest
margin. While taking a trip through
the east a fanatic whacked him across
the head, almost killing him. That eX-
perienCe took away his desire for
travel He can't enjoy the sights on
account Of the expectation that some
one Is going 10 step out of the crowd
and strike him. Shortly after his re-
turn home he was nearly poisoned.
The drug was hidden in a peach in
tended for the monarch. but a princess
happened to paTJake of the fruit first
and her death saved him. How would
you relish your food if you were con-
sciOus Of the probability that any bite
might be your last?
Not long ago when the car was in
attendance at the sacred ceremony of
blessing the water. some of his own
soldiers fired upon him while he was in
the act of kneeling down to pray. and
the bullets Of the murdeTeTs just grazed
their mark. The terrorists taunt his
majesty by every device their cunning
can contTlVe. They want TO keep fear
alive in him. Once when turning the
leaves Of the family album he dropped
the book with a start and hurried
from the room. Some one had secretly
placed therein likeness Of the scovI-
ing sinister Visage of a nihilist who
mad killed a former ruler. Sometimes
the car viii awake to ind a deaths
head pinned to the canopy of his bed.
and again he viii be startled by finding
the evil design drawn in the most IN
expected places.
Why Kill the Gar?
But the car is a kindly man Won
say; did he not call the peace confer
enceE Why do men insist on seeking
MS me. II IL because the basis of a
despots rule is the principle Of keep
ing his subjects afraid OF him. 4 long
line or Russian cars has held SWAY
over the people by tyrannizing them.
The lash and the scaffoId and the dun
geon and exile to Siberia were the
methods used by the tyrants to terror
lie the people. The pOpulace covered
before It's masters until il learned the
trick of turning the tables Now the
ruler is afraid Bombs. poison and the
other weapons Of the assassin are the
means employed TO insuH fear into him
and destroy his peace of mind tn
mild Nicholas Is heir TO the heraditarv
hate OF class that viii kill him if
they can That Is why he lives in 2
castle that is armed like a fort: that is
why he uembles when the curtains
rustic.
The life Of the Russian ruler is so Sc
cluded that facts upon which to base an
estimate of his character must be gath
cred piece-meal- His religious fncIins-
ton IS shown by strict observance Of
all forms On sacred ceremonial. At
Easter it is the universal custom to
exchange kisses with all whom one
meets, and it is said that at this time
his majesty does not hesitate to kiss
the boy who makes the fires or the one
who blacks his boots. That he is
stickIer for form is further shown bv
his reported refusal Of a letter of intro
duction in which the writer neglected
to spell the word imperial with a CAPT.
tai letter.