The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-11
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\ very subordinate official OF the De-
| partment OF the Interior at ST. Peters
young Czarevitch were q source OF so
! much jealousy on the part of his supe-
| riors that he was repeatedly denied
| promotion. Indeed, when Nicholas in
| sisted on his joining his party at the
| time of his memorable trip TO India.
! China and Japan, tour brought 10 a
| sudden and dramatic close By the at
/ tempt to murder the Russian heir ap.
parent in the Land of the Rising sun.
! every possible obstacle was placed in
| the way of Uchtomskf's going by his
| chiefs OF the Interior Department.
AT the very first audience granted
! by Nicholas after becoming Car 10
! the minister of the interior, the latter.
| with the object of fngratiatlng himself.
submitted TO his sovereign for sigma
>ture a decree elevating Prince Uchtorl-
| ski to,one OF the principal posts OF the
| department, which led the Emperor TO
remark sarcastically that II had taken
the minister and his associates very
| long time 10 become convinced of the
real worth of his friend. for whom,
| however. he had other intentions, and
with that he laid the decree on ono
| side witt out signing II.
Shortly afterwards the prince re-
| signed his post in the Department OF
the Interior. and blossomed forth as
the editor and tho proprietor of the
"Viedomosti." which IS justly held 10
reflect the personal views and personal
policies of the Emperor. Since 1t has
been under the management of the
prince 1t has been entirely independent
of the imperial censor, and deiies all
! the rules and regulations of the latter.
In fact, for time the prince made n
point of devoting the entire third page
of his paper every day. to thor
nished portrayal of the conditions of
affairs in the interior of Russia, de-
scribing scenes that no foreign cor
respondent would venture to send to
ma
that ne was practically inviting 'cX-
pulson by the police. The prince. 1t
is true, was taken to task by the min
lister OF the interior, but he CURLY In
formed him that it was of great impor-
tance for people in high places to know
exactly the condition of affairs in the
interior of the empire, and that there
was but one will and one pleasure 10
consider In Russia. namely, that of the
Car, and inasmuch as the latter made
no objection whatsoever to the arti-
Giles, there was no call for any one else
to take exception thereto.
The Gear, besides obtaining for his
friend the editorship and ownership
of this newspaper, likewise created him
and a master of the ceremonies with
the object of establishing his status
al court, and some time later, when the
Russo Chinese Bank was organized by
peror appointed his friend the prince
as president and governor thereof
Uchtomski belongs to the most an
cient Muscovite nobility. being de-
sscended, like the Emperor himself.
from the house of RurilS, and when tho
Car wished privately 70 ascertain
through other, than official sources the
reason why the people OF the United
States We're according their sympathy
to Japan rather than to Russia In the
war of 1904, he dispatched the prince
to this country. " was the report Of
Uchtomski to the Gear about the con-
ditions then existing at the Russian
embassy at Washington, and of the
offense created by the peculiar domes-
tic arrangements OF the envoy. which
caused Nicholas to recall Count Cas-
SIM. who was only given, after some
delay, the minor post of ambassador
at Madrid. on the express understand
ing that the ladies of his household at
frontier OF Spain as long as he was
Russian ambassador there. The prince
was likewise employed by the Gear to
Investigate NJ Pavloff. former Russian
minister in Korea whose marriage
took place at Washington, and who,
after the war. was charged with NAL
versation OF government funds during
the conflict.
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