The Washington herald., 1915-04-25
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Indeed. one has only to pass through
gate Of the Kremlin to leave behind
him whatever of the West there may
have ,crept into Goth century Moscow.
with its population Of 10000. The old
wall, of course. is only picturesque
relic Of bygone age of warfare ana
water no longer flows in its moat. where
now In the green shade the children play
One of the Kremlin gates. however,
withstood the powder mine of Napoleon,
whose attempt to blow it up in 1872 was
t t.hVs as the Inscription recounts.
fore the tablet triumphantly demands.
who is greater than God. our God, the
marvellous God who doest miracles by
Another Of the gates was the undoing
! OF Napoleon. Through 1t every Gar
must pass to receive his crown, and from
the Romanof down to the hurrying
drosk driver, with his American tourist.
no one may enter with covered head 1
was told as I lifted my hat and passed
in with a senufiecting throng. that Ma
cred portal without removing his three
cornered black chapeau-and every one
knows how dear he paid for refusing to
uncover at that Gate OF the Redeemer.
rulers Of old Muscovy lived There. like
the son Of Heaven in the Forbidden City
that lies within the city of Pekin. the
s9 dwelt with his officials around
had Its barracks: there his court frol-
licked and worshiped: there he was born
and there he died: there he married and
reared his family: there he was crowned
and buried; there he reigned and there
he cut of the heads Of his rebellious
For 200 years now the Cars have had
turn has faithfully come back to the
kremlin to be anointed and empurpled
in the old cathedral. all the dearer be-
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Napoleon's hands when his horses were
stabbed in its nave and chapels Thither
Nicholas II came only last August to
rise from the ancient altar Of his race
Mother Of God" to make his declaration
of war against the two Kaisers. For
Moscow remains the Holy City Of Russia
the depository Of the holy Of holes.
Not that church alone, but no less than
nine or ten churches are crowded to-
gether behind the Kremlin wall. with
about them. And the big bells of the
Kremlin are the noblest in a land of bells.
Bell casting and bell ringing are cherish
ed arts among the Russians; who do not
the rope attached to the clapper, the bell
is rung musically.
Yelled Women.
Out OF that tumble Of churches and
domes and towers rises the Grand Palace.
erected by the present Cars greatgrand-
father, Nicholas I. Linked to the mod
ern structure is the queer. little old pal
ace, where the dukes OF Moscow reigned
when Russia was as remote from the
In those days the princesses were
confined in the Terem. or harem. where
there were no less than twenty-seven
locks between them and the world. For
fashion OF yelling and secluding the
women and of holding them in complete
subsection.
In the Terem today is a screened place
the ruler could conceal themselves.
while watching state ceremonies. Even
as they went to mass In one of the ad
joining churches they were so surrounded
could not be seen by the men in the
squares or streets.
1 saw in the Tessellated Hall, fhe
throne Of Peter the Great. which he oc-
e ester snnbIs %ss is reesnt
tain hangs at the back of the throne.
where 1t hid Sophia from view while she
stood and prompted the boy. Although
visible.
By way OF contrast. there are two
thrones beside the Cars in the audience
hall Of the new palace. One of them
Is IOE MS "lle tne OlHeT LOT Ills
mother. There you have again the story
of Russia's evolution out of an Oriental
state.
When Russia Began to Grow.
-'he emancipation OF Russia began
with the throwing of of the Tartar
yoke The grand dukes Of Moscow had
cringed and bought their way through
the two centuries Of Tartar domination
and they stood forth at the end the
most powerful rulers In the land.
Ivan the Great, reigning duke in 49,.
assumed the title OF lord of all the Rus
sias and proceeded to make good the
boast by inaugurating that policy of alb
sorption and expansion which has re-
suited in the present huge empire Of
the Cars. Although an unmartial char
acter with q cruel and cowardly nature,
1t was Ivan's fortune to extend the rule
of Moscow to the shores Of the White
Sea on the one hand and on the other
to the Ural Mountains and over into
Asia.
Ivan w. whom history has ter,nsd tha