The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-13


it is doubtful whether Emperor Mich
olas could ever find refuge there.
Would Find No Welcome.
He would certainly be a most unwe!-
come guest. for there is in the dual
empire very large Slav population,
who. dissatisfied with Hapsburg rule,
have for years looked to Russia for
encouragement in their resistance to
the AustrO-Hungarian crown, and who
have always affected to regard the
Russian car as their spiritual chief.
to whom they owe the same kind Of
allegiance as that which devout Catho-
lies accord to the pope at Rome.
Moreover. the Hungarians hold Rus
STA. and particularly the imperial
house of Romanoff. in adherence,
since 1SlS-lS49. when Emperor Nicho-
las l. marched Muscovite army
across the frontier into Hungary for
the purpose of assisting Francis JOS
eph to suppress the Magyar insurrec-
tton. The Russian troops rendered
themselves guilty OF so much savagery
and barbarity on that occasion that to
this day everything Russian is sub
tect Of eXecration among all classes of
the population in Hungary. Moreover.
the disturbances which are looked for
on the death OF Emperor Francis JOS
eph. which, in view of his advanced
age and impaired health. can no longer
be regarded as remote contingency,
are not precisely calculated to render
his GOminiOns as peaceful and 4 safe
refuge, least of all for an emperor Of
Russia.
Germany Impossible.
Germany is out OF the question as
far as Nicholas is concerned. No de-
posed sovereign has ever yet chosen
that country as an asylum, realizing
probably that his presence there would
be distasteful, not alone to the people,
but likewise to the rulers. since 1t
would serve as an illustration to the
socialists of the fate in store for mon
archs who turn deaf ear to the peo-
pies voice.
A few of the anointed of the Lord
have found refuge in England after
the loss of their thrones. King Louis
Philippe died at the palace of Clare
mount, which had been placed at his
disposal BY Queen Victoria after his
flight from the Tuileries in 1S4S, and
Napoleon III. ended his days at Chisle.
hurst. near London, while his widow,
Empress Eugene, is spending the
eventide OF her extraordinary roman
tic career at Marlborough in the en-
joyment of all the honors of a full
fiedged sovereign. But throughout
Russia England is looked upon as the
arch-enemy of that country. is respon-
sible for all the disasters in connec-
ton with the Japanese war and for the
domestic disturbances consequent up
on that fateful conflict.
What About England.
We're Nicholas to settle down in
Great Britain it would not only still
further embitter his countrymen
against him. but would likewise prove
an obstacle In the way of that UNDER
standing between the Muscovite and
English governments which is so
necessary to the peace Of the world.
OF course the English might assign
to him residence in some Of her COL
onies, as for instance, some West In
dia island, where. II the surrounding
seas were patrolled by British cruis-
ers. he would at any rate be safe from
harm. In this connection it may be
recalled that not only Lord Palmer
ston. when premier. but also at a later.
date. Mr.. Gladstone, as prime minister.
invited Plus II. to take up his resi-
dence at Malta in the event of his con-
sidering 1t advisable to abandon Rome.
Indeed, in the autumn of 1870, when
the Italians took possession of Rome,
British man-of-war was dispatched
BY the direction Of Mr.. Gladstone to
Civita Vecchis to take the pontiff on
board and to convey him to Malta,
where the palace of the former grand
masters Of the Order of Knight Ten,-
plars, or Knights of Malta. was to have
been assigned to him as his residence.
Both Leo XIII. and the present pope
have on several occasions had it init
mated to them from various sources
that should the position of the papacy
at Rome became untenable-for in
stance, If socialist rising we're to
succeed in oyerturning the Italian gov
eminent and in inaugurating reign
Of anarchy in Its stead-the supreme
head Of the Catholic church would find
a cordial welcome in the United States
where he would be treated with pro-
found respect. not alone by the men,
bers of his own faith, but also by
Americans Of every denomination.
Why Not America:
Thus far only one deposed ruler has
sought an asylum on American shores.
namely. Joseph Bonaparte, who after
having been king of Naples had been
monarch Of Spain. Some of the most
peaceful and happy years of his life
were spent at Bordentown. N. j.,
where. free from all trouble and an
xiety. he found at length the leisure
to give free rein to his literary and
scientific tests. But while the pope
would find himself at home here in q
land where hundreds of thousands of
his countrymen have found prosperity
and happiness. and where nearly TO-
100000 Catholics regard him as their
spiritual head, Emperor Nicholas
would experience very different re-
ception. not only on the part OF his
former subjects, whom his government
has driven from their homes to seek
refuge in the new world, but also from
the members of that Jewish race so
extensively and powerfully represented
in the United States and which has
undergone. perhaps through no fault
OF his. but at any rate in his name, a
more savage persecution in Russia
than has been known since the medi-
eval era. when those pious people
who could not for one reason or an
other take part in the crusades in the
Holy Land. considered that they were
making up for it in the eyes of Pro-
violence by infiicting the most horrible
tortures upon the Jews within their
reach on the ground that they were
the representatives of the nation re-
sI,onslble for the cruciHxion of Christ.
In conclusion, 1t may be pointed out