The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-24

ly and government should have CON.
Sauereu II necessary TO make such a
LusS ABOUT the Dutch village OF Zsan.
dam. where a bronze monuinent 10
letter the Great, presented to The VII
rage by the Gear. has Just been unveiled
diiiuurr,i miueh p3mp ana ceremony. It Is
is situated opposite the cottage in
which he lodged. which is sun inle.-
,siIiJe. Is nov me property Of thu
been the bourne of pilgrimages OF
alexander l.. Nicholas L. and Alexander
Now Peter the dren, never rs,,,v
lived at zaandam. III fact. ne was not
more than three days there. Hid mr.
fre e on Ahugnst u, 1897. With the OBJ
iIeeddsge ot 81 0s Bib bg.ld 7 pra snS ,oa s1ow,
HIS residence with one Gerrlt Kist,
whom he had known In Russia, and
who pledged himself TO keep the iden-
twenty-four hours had elapsed. every
one knew OF Peter the Greats pres
the cottage without being followed By
n crowd. II was not a friendly crowd.
Russians in those days were looked
upon IN the west OF Europe as utter
especially. Expressed their sentiments
towards the unwelcome. and uncon-
genial foreiEner. In the way customary
TO their kind, namely. with showers
OF stones. mud. and onal. Peter the
Great fled by night from unfricndiy
Zaandain, after les4 than foriy-eight
hours stay, finding existence there IN
tcrdam. and there he worked for three
months In the East India ~Company's
ship yards. and really learned ship-'
Twenty years later. Peter the Great.
finding himself at Amaterdam nj, With a
large md imppsing %retinue. sent 10
,Zaandam. and demanded Kist's pres
nee M 1SIEf n GwpVCr rablleh IN" n rlnn-
fler.h not printable in a IA mlly news
paper, told the emissary OF the Car
that it the latter wanted to sec him no
had better come himself. and, any
how. that he SIN owed him rent. With
the accumulated interest for twenty
ycars, on account Peter therenpon
his former landlord. and presumably
raid the BILL a A
It is PROBABLE that all this Russian
interest In Zaaudam would never have
heen aroused. had It not been for tia
fact that the second King OF Holland,
William H.. married, while still PRINCE
anne Paulovna OF Russia. sister OF En-
perorS Alexander I. and Nicholas l.. and
aunt theretore of Alexander II. Owing
% her great wealth and 70 me y
Einperors-for Russia was then the
dominant power In Elrope--thc match
was regarded as e splendid one for the
house OF orange, and everything pos
sible that could be thought OF was done
in Holland - express appreciation.
II Was suggested nj the time OF tho
marriage that 1t 0 be we'll TO pre-
sent to her the cottages in which Peter
the Great had lived at Amsterdam and
1T Z%aandam. ns n wedding gift. sTh,7
ed them 10 the Russian nation. and as
one does not look a gift horse in tho
mouth. II ESCAPED attention at the ti,ne
that Zaandam had shown itself so in
hospitable to Peter the Great that he
had been unable 10 remain there more
than two days. This Russian-born
Queen died. more or less crazy. having
inherited the tendency to insanity from
her wholly mad father, Gear Paul. and.
the ungovernnhle temper OF her son.
the late King. Gather OF Queen VII
helminej and the eccentr!cities Of his
two sons, the late Prince William and
Alexander of Orange. may be attribut-
ed TO their descent, through her, from
Car Paul.
Copyright, 1911. by the Brentwood