New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
CZAREWTCH'S RECOVERY
ASSURED BY DOCTORS
Crown Prince Received Injuries
by Fall from Cupboard at
Hunting Lodge.
SECRECY Anglers NATION
Preservation of Boys Life Of
Great Importance for Wei
fare of Russia and
Dynasty.

St Petersburg, Oct. 26.-The latest
reports received in court circles from
Spala give assurances Of the recovery
of Crown Prince Alexis. Apart from
the meagre details of the physicians
bulletins not a single fact has been
allowed to appear in the Russian news
papers regarding the illness Of the heir
to the throne, and the whole nation is
deeply incensed by the rigid censorship.
The secrecy with respect to the in
juries from which the crown prince is
suffering has bred a crop Of sensational
rumors. The facts are that eleven
days ago a childish prank moved the
little prince to climb a high cupboard
in the hunting lodge at Spala, where
the imperial family was sojourning; ne
slipped and fell, striking sharp corner
of a chair and sustaining numerous
bruises.
The frightened attendants tried to
make light of the accident, and the
prince bore the sharp pain without
finching. The two physicians who are
always in attendance on the prince
reported that he had sustained severe
injuries in the region Of the liver.
A panic prevailed, but no hint Of the
truth was permitted to leak out until his
condition became critical, when the
country was startled by the physicians
bulletins
Succession in Male Line.
According to the law of the House
of the Romanoffs, the succession de-
wolves on the males. only when the
male line is exhausted can the females
succeed TO the throne. The Emperor's
sole surviving brother Grand Duke
Michel, eloped and contracted a NOR
ganatc marriage with the wife OF
brother officer in 1910, thereby forfeit
ing the rights Of succession. The next
heir, Grand Duke Cyril, the handsome
young sailor son Of the late Grand
Duke Vladimir married the divorced
wife Of the Grand Duke of Hesse, thus
mourning the displeasure Of the i'm
perial family and the Hesse family.
All who are initiated in the mysteries
of the court agree that the succession
would give play to warning influences
dangerous 10 the dynasty.
For the welfare of Russia and the
Romanofs the preservation Of the life
of Crown Prince Alexis is of paramount
importance. He is a lively child, and
IS watched over day and night by an
old nurse and the sailor Derevcnko.
But he has repeatedly caused conster-
nation to the court by giving them the
slip. Last winter the whole garrison
was securing the precincts Of the pal
zee for several hours, while the prince
remained hidden in a large Chinese
vase
The official bulletin issued tonight
SAYS that the crown prince again
passed quiet day. His temperature
was 1901; pulse, 12S.
Washington, oct. 26.-Regarding the
nature and extent Of the injuries from
which the Russian Grand Duke Care
witch is suffering, r. de Bach, first sec
rotary OF the Russian Embassy here, to-
day made the following statement, based
on kilograms from st. Petersburg:
In consequence Of an accidental con-
fusion. which brought on partial Internal
hemorrhage, there was rising OF the
temperature, but the conditions have now
positively ameliorated"
That the tragic suicide Of Admiral Cha
grin was connected with the accident to
the prince is considered disproved by the
fact that the imperial family, which was
in Poland when the accident occurred,
and is now there, has not been near the
Baltic Sea, where the admiral was sta
toned, in command OF the royal yacht,
during the whole OF last summer.