The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
SETS HIGH HOPES s ON TSAREW|TCH Czar HumOrs the Youth in t. Everything n PUTS HIM ON BOATS Nicholas Believes the Young Man Is to Become Another Peter the s-... Great to the Russian
 Empire
PUTS HIM ON BOATS
Ny GEORE FRASER.

St. Petersburg, September 16.-tSpecial) If the young Tsarewiteh Is not a second Peter the Great 1t will be through no fault of his father The Tsar is a devous believer in spiritualism and as I have be- fore stated has been told by the spirits his small son was the reincarnatlon of the founder of the Russian empire. The Tsar has given orders that nothing shall be done to hinder his sons dispoai- ton to be another Peter the Great He can have all the boats he wants, both toy and full sized. He is allowed to go aboard Russia's few remaining warships. an dorder all the guns to be fired to suit his fancy. He has the crews of the .;hips called out and drilled for his entertain ment, which gives him an immense amount of pleasure, as it would to noss other children of his age.
 In his desire to favor the development l of his son the Tsar has passed a great l deal more time at sea than he cares to do. 1 for he is not a good sailor. He spent a l considerable part of last year on his great yacht, the Standart, which is fitted out as a warship. The little Tsarewitch dresses as a bluejacket. He wears he uniform of the sailors of the Imperial Guard. a picked body of men. IT he feIs disposed to dress as an admiral his wishes would be gfallned.
 At o'clock one morning during the re- cent course of the imperial family the Tsarina was awakened by the deafenng trampling on the deck. She has .)een nearly Insane from nervousness, as every body knows, and the noise not only dis turbed but frightened her. She sent 10 ask what the trouble was. Her attendant came back with the information, His in- perlal highness the Tsarewltch has or dered the crew to quarters for target practice.
 The officers knew the Tsar's orders, and the Tsarwitch's orders had been promptly obeyed. In a few minutes more the six
 inch guns of the yacht were booming, and the little fellow was happy.
 The little Tsarewitch Is said to display his famous ancestors qualities of violear temper, pugnacity and general arbltrarf. ness. All these symptoms confirm the Tsar in the idea that his son is a rein ear. nation. He has therefore ordered that nothing shall be done which might thwart the development of the reincarna- ton principle. The Tsar fervently hopes that in this way his son will grow up to repeat the achievements of Peter the Great and revive the decaying glories of the autocracy.
 Detailed plans for a submarine cruiser of 5435 tons submerged displacement have been submitted to the Russian admiruity by naval engineer named Shuraviof. The vessel is designed to steam 25 knots on the surface and 14 knots when sub- merged. She will have a length of 40a feet. The surface horse power to be ate tained either with turbines or with mo
 tors, is ls,G00 and when submerged HOO.
 M. Shuraveff's boat will also carry fivS guns of AT inch ealiber which will put
 her on level with a large number of ordinary cruisers. Her torpedo armament of % tubes, with two torpedoes for sach tube, is altogether unprecedented A few French boats have seven tubes. and six are mounted in some others; but three 's the largest number mounted in British vessels. The Shuravieff boat will also be furnished with 120 submarine mines and with apparatus enabling them to be laid while the ship is submerged She will be protected with armour to a total weight of $40 tons.
 The Review of the Boy Scouts by the
 Tsar recently was a delightful spectacle. The vast eXpanse of the Mars Field yves checkered by the scarlet, green, white and khaki uniforms of the city warror& whose evoiutions were watched with de- light by immense crowds.