The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-09-04
HOW RUSSIA IS
CARRYING ON WAR
Policy Is Being Shaped By
the Ring OF the Grand
Dukes.

shaped largely by "thc ring of the Is
grand-dukes," as the relatives of the .g
Car are sometimes called. The Car a
and his family, since the declaration i
of war against Germany and Austria &
Hungary, have taken the days ,our- ~
ncy from st. Petersburg to Moscow, y
the ancient capital of the empire, Y,
which is the seat of Russia'> opcra- x
tions against her enemies 3
The grand dukes, who possess, an 4
enormous influence upon the vacllal- K
ing mind of the sovereign and keep %
it firmly fixed on a policy of autocra- -
Cy and rcacation are now, most of
them, in the field taking part in the
fighting. Those who are not ut the
front, remain constantly with the
Car, influencing him to push the %,
fighting against Germany.
The strongest man among them, the q,
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaevtch,
second cousin of Nicholas II, was atN
the outset of the war appointed com !
nAuHutl III SilIti VI AIl' army
The government of Russia. still
conferred in st. Petersburg, is prac-
tically in the hands Of Prime Minister
Gorcmykin. When he was made primes
minister in February Of this year, the
rumors of an approaching general war !
began to spread in every capital Of
Europe. Goremykin for many years =
has been one of the leaders Of the
nationalist party in Russian politics.
The nationalists stand for Pan
Slavism. They are the bitter foes Of I
the Pan-Germanic doctrine which
unites the Teutons of Germany and
Austria, The Russian nationalists' i,
have for some time been openly favor
| ing a war which would make the Slavsv
| supreme in Europe and check thec
| growing encroachments of the leu
| tons in the Sav territory in the Bal
| kans. ~
Goremykin was member of the
| Russian cabinet when Nicholas ii as
| cended the throne twenty years ago.
He has been in the confidential cOun-
sells of the Car ever since, sometimes
as member of the cabinet and some
times in private capacity. He is
now man of seventy-fve years, enor-
mously rich, having made his money
largely through business affairs con-
nected with the government which do
not rebound to his credit and honor.
He was born to the heredity prin-
ciple of autocraCy, was educated in 1t
and has served it by conviction rein
formed by keen intellect, all his life.
He is an aristocrat in thought and
adopts the pose of the aristocrat in
his manner, apparently seeking to en-
phasiZe his CondcsCension to the peo-
ple when he appears before their rep
resentatives in the Duma, by looking
lazily upon his chair, "A supcrciIiouS
smile upon his face.
As Prime Minister. he succeeded
Count WHITE, the Liberal Leader, who
was Russa's representative at Ports
mouth, \. H., when the peace was
made that ended the Japanese-Rus-
sian war.
| Gorcmykin was prime minister in
NAV, 1906, when the Gar received
the first congress of Russian people,
called the Duma. 1t gathered in the
historic hall of the Winter Palace IN
St. Petersburg, the peasants beng
placed together, the cOurticrs and
cabinet council by themselves, while
the Car with the Czarina and the
Dowager Czarine, passed through to
ascend his throne and address his peo-
pie. .,
All the pomp that colossal wealth
could produce was lavished upon tins
scene to give the effect of mastcrfui
sovereignty. All the Difference to
which the courtiers could give voice
was displayed to overawe the people
with dread reverence for their Emper-
or. The effect of the understood fig
ure, the unintelligent unemotional
face of the Gar, the smallest person
in the room. even his wife and mother
towering above him, was apparent TO
Goremykin. Always opposed to the
people's ambition for Duma he then
became its implacable foe, seeing its
danger to Gar The first Duma which
Nav to July. The first Duma which
the autocracy of Russia had ever toll
Grated began to demand reforms. The
Car influenced by the grand dukes
prepared to shield Goramykin, was
amazed and indignant. On his order
Goremykin dismissed the Duma'
Riot and rebellion followed, and the
| Gar trembled for his life, and the
safety of his throne, Goremykn was
removed
In St. Petersburg, where he again
holds sway, Goremykin is now CON
fronted by another Duma, but its
members are very submissive, because
Goremykin has the reputation OF be-
ing instrumental in sending more ex-
lies into Siberia than perhaps any
| other Russian official.
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