Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-09
Gar Of Russia Is Becoming More and More
Hermit in His Great Palaces Near CAPITAL

IN fubllc Icugef.l
dant nurse and tyrant, is Major &c =.
eral NOyeikoff Nobody knows much
about General Voyeikoff except that
he Is a good looking sportsman and a
very idle soldier. lie Is son-in=law
Of Earon friedcriehs, minister OF
court, and used to command the Is
mallofi regiment Three months ago,
when the boy scouts or "Potieshniki. ~
were disbanded because the political
police feared they might turn revolu-
tionaries, Nicholas ordered Nokeikofl
to organize the national sports and a
safe that is, reactionafy level.
The church was TO be asked to help.
Noyekoff did this very well, being a
sportsman. not hureaucrat Then
he was called to the palace to succeed
Dieduln For a fortnight Nicholas
appeared daily in his motor car on
Tsarskoe Selo roads. This suddenly
ceased. The "Okhrana' invented the
usual revolutionary peril, and Nieho-
las retired to his cell.
Diplomats. high officials. and the
chiefs of the army regard the impe-
rial secluslon as scandal. Angriest
OF all are the diplomats Some OF
them have been In st. Petersburg a
whole decade, aud during that de-
cade there have been only two court
entertainments The levees, drawing
rooms, and court balls have entirely
ceased St Petersburg, once Europe $
iveliest city, is now the dullest Big
mobiles without official positions have
taken to living in Moscow as the
llveier town.
This Is reflected in the reports Of
~ 10 1T
show that since 1906 there have been
seven times as many large villas and
good class apartment houses put up
In Moscow as In st Petersburg. High
politics are seriously affected. Under
Alexander III and his predecessors
the foreign diplomats had opportl-
mites of talking to the ear every
week; and Bismarck, when amoassa-
dor at ST. Petersburg, carried on MS
most important negotiations Win
Alexander II direct. such thing IS
no longer possible.
Ministers also have cause of com
plant. Twice during the present
reign their opportunities of talking
politics with the autocrat have been
curtailed. Tn to 1905 every minister
had one weekly audience, when the
ear was at st Petersburg or at either
of his suburban palaces. He was FUR
Their summoned for special audiences
two or three times month. and ne
had the right, when affairs were
pressing. TO demand special audl-
enees. After 1895 the weekly visit
was All that was left
Weekly Visits Cut short.
During the last year the weekly
visits have been cut short. ON the
DAYS appointed for audiences the
czar's aide-de- camp telephones to the
minister's quarters, asking If there
is anything pressing, ms II not. the
audience may be delayed or a MEM
orandum may be submitted. on the
margin of which the car Will write
his views All this is the result OF
Nicholas now chronic dislike of see
ing the human face. When Minister
of Education Sasso went TO Isarskoe
Selo. Immediately after the restau-
rant scandal IN which he was pun
licly boxed by two young men, he
was not received. Casso thought TINS
was 4 hint to resign. In reality, II
meant that Nicholas was In one OF ms
anti-human moods. Even Premier
Goremykin was sometimes turned
away. When WITT was premier he
had audiences three times week,
and Stolvpm had two weekly audi
r ment contents NG@ srslf VII, one
weekly audiences and with occasional
telephone messages communicated ny
irresponsible underings.