Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02
CZARlNA DOES NOT IMPROVE
Treatment at Bad Mannheim Fails to
Bring Results.
MENTAL TORTURE FOR YEARS
Russian Minister of Marine Has a
Thrilling Experience While
out on Yachting EX-
petition,
MENTAL TORTURE FOR YEARS
BY GEORGE FRASER.

ST. PETERSBURG oct. l.-CSpecial to
The BeeJ-The news which reaches St
Petersburg as to the condition Of the
czarina is not encouraging. The treatment
at Bad Nauheim has not had any appre-
ciable effect in improving her majesty
nerves.
The cause OF her lnness touches the
greatest deeps Of tragedy In the lives Of
royal women. 1t is not for herself or for
her husband that her worst fears have
been entertained, but for her children. The
hand that strikes at the ruler of all the
Russas would not be likely to spare his
heir, even though that heir be but a little
child, and the constant hideous fear that
death in its most shocking and violent
form may at any moment rob her Of her
boy-perchance of ell her children-has
been more than a constitution naturally
delicate could stand
! Such mental torture through months and
years must surely be the nearest thing to
hell on earth that any woman could suffer.
| Through weary days and sleepless nights
! the sword has hung suspended until at last
| the utterly wearried body has collapsed
under the strain. That rest and care may
| in time bring increase Of health and
strength TO this brave, but most unhappy,
! lady will be the wish of all who have a
J
But those best acquainted with her condi-
ton do not believe any great improvement
! can be hoped for.
| Another Peril of Yachting.
the alarming experience while yachting OF
teh alarming experience while yachting of
being in collision with a submarine. The
affair occurred off Cronstadt, and
| the submarine at the time was so far
submerged as to be practically invisible
! from the yacht on board wncA the minis
ter was voyaglng me collision occurred
before the danger was realized, the yacht
Just grazing the submarines hull; and
alarmed by the shock, several Of the crew
of the submarine jumped overheard, with
the result that two were drowned. Inc
submarine was able 20 return to port, hay
ing suffered very little damage.
| DreadnOuEhts on Black Sea-
| 1t is announced from Sebastopol that the
the keeIs of tue four Dreadnoughts to be
added to the Black sea fleet will not be
laid down before the spring of next year
Two of the vessels wal be built at Seoas-
topol and two of Nicolaieff: but 1t has
been found necessary to extend and I'M
prove the appliances at -oth yards for the
construction of these great battleships
which. according TO tie latest information
are to have a displacement each of 23,OV
| TONS. with engines of 1900 horse, power
and a speed Of twenty-three knots. Nc
details are as yet known as TO their ar
NOR and armament rhe construction o.
a. battleship In the Black sea yards ordl
narily occupies sixty months. There Is
report current, however, that an arrange
ment has been made with Lewis Nixon
the noted American shipbulder, TO TAX
general supervision of the work ana L
place expert American ship builders
direct charge, thus materially reduclnl
the time of construction. 1t may be SAT-
that none of Russia's new navy Will d
built in foreign yards.
Changes in Russian Ministry
There is no truth in the statement CIT
culated in Paris declaring that the reslS
l nation of NJ Isvolsky, the foreign minis
: ter. is imminent ana that he Is ABOUT
he APPOINTED Russian ambassador at Paris
, L..anKes in the cabinet, with the cZa
abroad and the premier, M Stolypin'
) siberia, are in the highest degree inlprou
| able at the present moment.
r Fresh apopintments at the embassies
,arIs Vienna and Berlin may, however
ne expected ct the new year 1t Is suE
qested that NJ. Kokovzefr the ilhane
= minister, will go to Berlin.