New-York tribune., 1909-01-24
TERCENTENARY OF
a. ROMAN0FF RULE
.gWORLD,S FAIR At MOSCOW4
PLANNED.
Much Confusion, Euen IN Russia IT.
sell, as to Descent Of the
Cropn.

1Slb-Enst lS 70 cay, 1OuI 9OGAS -AOA0N
ue ms trrcsutenary of the election Of the house
: kef rcrpsror TO the throne OF the Cars. Among
? The many suggestions put forward is that OF
holding a great International worlds fair at
moscow and there IS no doubt that an enter
Esysse oe this Kind would appeal 10 manu-
sxAcsrrers in America and in all other parts OF
= t~hs world. sor it would give TO them un-
iv4vs1ied Opportunity OF getting into touch with
IL an empire which from an eco
toruto point OF view is yet in its infancy Its
hboCnsIess resources. most OF them latent, have
seusy lust begun 10 be developed For several
a --sxenerstaurs It must be dependent on
--txcreasn nsxtons for ali sorts OF manufactures
= isspeSH[ly machinery.
81 Hitherto the foreign producer has found 1t
tnt8crft II not impossible, 90 bring his goods TO
sshe oot1cs Of the Russian consumer in such a
fashion as TO interest the latter. All sorts OF
= rebs-scses have been put IN his way. he has not
3, fsen able 20 reach those with whom he could 90
.-usspesa An international exhibition IL held at
5sEoscow, would bring about the necessary meet
-,aag would furnish TO the Russians who have
ssaeither facilities the inclination TO travel
ss srroed an opportunity 10 acquaint themselves
z-iss1th thousands upon thousands Of contrivances
to assist them in increasing the out
~ ut from their fields, their mines. their oil wells
& is.c; would enable the foreign manufacturers TO
s,ar.d out Just what the Muscovte consumer needs
~xnd desires, and would, in one word, revolution
t1ze the trade or the WOTlQ WIN HusSla, lhuSh iA
ffhe same way the international exhibition or
. ASST ia London did for England, that OF 1856
-aud Of 1857 at Paris did for France. and that of
=ss 1876 at Philadelphia did for the United States
eze1 Next TO China. the Russian Empire constl-
eatutes tie greatest market in the world for for
feiga manufactures. by reason OF its immensity
and of :he voluminous nature OF its resources,
slow lying fallow and awaiting Development If
!. Russia can pledge herself to grant the usual
FaP{f IN
= protection for their patents and trademarks,
1.-THE projected worlds fair at Moscow, which viii
draw visitors from all parts Of the dominions OF
The Gar will prove economically and politically
kne of the most important enterprises OF the
..tlgentieth century
tsss FIRST OF THE RoMANOFFs.
People have become accustomed to look
= sIg,on Peter the Great the founder Of the
reigning house OF Russia that they fail to re-
aze that the RoTnanofs had exercised SOW
-ereign sway the Muscovite Empire for al
most q hundred years before he performed the
daring feat of calling the great city of st.
Petersburg into existence on the desert swamp
al the mouth Of the Neva. The first of the
= -Romanoffs TO occupy the throne Of the Cars
:. was Michael Of that name. who at the age Of
s- sixteen was elected by the G3oyars TO be their
- xsller in March, 1913, Moscow. He was
= chosen on the nomination OF Demetrius Trou-
betzkoi after the latter had declined the crown,
AMI he prompted in putting forward the
candidature of the Lad by the virtues Of the
young fellows father, the Archbishop and
Metropolitan Theodore Philarete. and partly,
too because Of the boys descent-through the
female line. IL is true-from RuTik.
The dynasty OF that Scandinavian contempt
grary CT King Alfred the Great who by estab
ssoffshing himself Grand Prince of Novgorod
= may te said TO have been the first of all Rus
sian rulers extinct in the male line with
- car Feodor in 1898. Feodor the Of
Ivan the Terrible. and Ivan's sister Anastasia
had married Nicetas Romanoff. The offspring
of this union the Archbishop and Metro
Spolitan OF Moscow, Theodore Philarete who
- married Mary, or Marta, princess Of the House
of Rsirik X was their son. Michael Romanoff,
who was elected in 1913; ard through the
riage Of his ancestor, Ivan III, with Sophia
iPalseolosoE. daughter Of Thomas Palaologos,
A-Arother of Constantine XIII. the last of the
Sss~rise In his veins the blood Of the famous BY
- aeantine dynasty.
= 1t IS indeed. the strength Of the descent Of
khe Rornaneffs from the Paiseologos. through
the marriage OF Ivan III with Sophia Of that
sillustrious house. that the Russians base the
.pre4ensions OF their ruler 10 the possession of
-CorEentinople As the Paleologos became
tinct in the male line with the death OF Sophia's
= father, Thomas not long after the fall OF Con-
setanftncpie, there is one to-day who can
chow q more clear and uninterrupted descent
tron1 the old Greek sove7eigns OF the Eastern
Empire, or who has greater priority TO the
= Rights OF the Palaologos 10 Constantinople than
fhe present Car of Russia
- Michael Romanon his election shrewd
enough 20 associate his father. the universally
= revered Theodore Philarete, Patriarch of Mos
= sccw and Metropolitan Of the Orthodox Church
s an Russia with him. He caused him TO sit at
his right hand the throne and issued all
fedacts and ukases IN their Joint names, thereby
-f5vtag his DEGREES not only temporal but like
sw3ss ecclesiastical authority. Michael was
: tpeeded by his Alexis who twice
-,.sied BY his first wife, Maria Miloslavskaja, he
e-Aad two sons. named Feodor and Ivan
Ersnrd a daughter Sophia After the death Of
aSzarins Maria re fell IN love with Natalie Mar
rasshkine curing OF the latter's periodical
s1stts 10 her godrnother. Nine Matviefr. at Mos
cow He married her. and Of this union was
born the prince who afterward became Peter
the Great.
FAMILY PEDIGREES DESTROYED.
sa7 Alexis succeeded by his eldest son, Feo-
DOR who. though reputed of weak men
tality, inflicted Of the most crushing blows
: : upon the Mrscortte nobility sustained by
the eristocracy OF any country. Up to that time
-sssao noble could take any Office which was in
- feri5r TO any one which his ancestors had held
81 OF could accept place subordinate to any one
who had fewer forbears than himself. This
= question of ancestry and of pedigree led 10 in
<ernainable Guarreis both at court and In carnp
= no much 50 that Car Feeder length invited
1u tbs families of the aristocracy to deliver up
their pedgTees 70 him for examination and reg