.- fi 19 : x. m. a, to Maw York Baa. ' Ret In St. Petersburg th fata off Roa to to hanging la lb balaaee. Th war with Japan might ctoee tomorrow, and BuhU'i destiny would be but little af frted by tlM episode. All th raal te gaente to the crista are here, iod here will be decided tha momeatoue question of th rise or faU of th pressst dyaasty d imnant Revolution' an th form of aopojar revolt wlU not eorae. Ia ao country art ar tht pneautlono against Ntol lion so complete, and nowhere els would tta attempt be ao hopeless. But aw ernments ar sometimes oTarthrown from tba top; and thta danger to never absent la aa autocrat? whtch to presided over ay a weak and vacillating amonareh. Tbo woatara world baa been told many times during tba paat few months that the raal rulaa at Russia ara a group of oblr. who. by on bmuh or anotbar. Oonrrot tba emperor and dominate tba policy of lb empire. No MM baa at tempted to point out - who Ara these mysterious Individuals aad whet art thalr motive and method. Z Tba toto bL da Plohve u merely tbatr representative, aad a very abla oxaoutor ka waa of tbafr atarn and Inaxorabla boUey. Hta traato and wan doaarrad fata baa preduoad temporary eonfuatoa And nnoartalncy la tha ptona ad bto paaatara. Tba aneartalnty to not dua to ny ralaaUnc to tba tyranntoal daalcad of tM raal ' oppraaaora of Huaato, but ta- atasd to ooaa natural raluetano on tha nrt of tba caar to aanottoa aUu atarnar aaaaaurar ac FopraaaKm. ' Tba peopta of a fro oountry aa bar Dtua oonoaptloa of tba pari! to which tbto unhappy man would axpoaa htmaalf am a atrioua ruptura witb bto mantora. Lt H bo ramambarad that tba aaaimtna r bto fraudfathar wara not Hlblltota, aa Ituauto nva tba world to suppoatk but tha atfaata of bto own aatourac wbo took thto maana of fruatraUnf tba eaara an(ntkm to araju a oanatttutton to bto oopto. Tba lboaatan paaaport ayatam to Iha maat offaetlva anfaouard acainat eiin known to modarn Inatltatlona. Ita rulaa ara atrtnfant and tnay mr atrteny an-H Vorcad , no parpati may ramaJa away from bto Ordinary domlclta mora than ona nlbt without tba foot belnc raportad to tba oltoo by tba booaeboldar, - eondargo or othar paroaa te ooatrol of tha bulldlno Tha arrival of any paraon for a otmliar Itnftb of Uma must llkawtea ba rnportod. Ona affect of thla ourvainanea. eom BiMd Wtb Tha otnra punlahmanU m wtotod, to that Urcany. . ambeaalamonto Aid all mmor olfnuao ara far moro imra In Kuaato than In any oouatry on aarta. Xaoapa to praatloally Impoaalbla, onoa a on ma to dlaoovarad. o it oomaa about that Rnaala 'to bonaat th tha nan -criminal aanaa of tba word. It to an boaeatp of compmtoton. parhapa, but tbto form of Ruaalaa 'tyranny- to Juat and aqultaMo. Only In 1U public arrtoa to tba oountry hopaleaaly aorrupt, nd tharo tha oorruptlon axtota by tacit donaant. nd it to willingly unrreranl. ' Tba admiral who buya aoaJ for bto dtitpa la forotom port oaewrao aa vouch. i'f . Oearrigat, I, by W. R. Heent.) f ' . - tt was tb race week at bteriahabad. an India, and a asottey orowd thronged - -th sours. Btatelv tdMt Mi m vlth ' Mra. alltford, th Mllotors wife, - A 4Mual, an was surrouneed by admirer. wut of her tw most faithful ones, Mr. VTarratU the oommlseioeer. aad Major Wardrop, only Bur rail wa by her aide ; do hop major Wardrop will wfn thto, don't you, Helen r said Wtnnl Valtland. Mra. Kit ford's niece, a brlght tsed gtrl of IT, Juat. out from flcotland. , J TOt oouro I do," ah aald quickly. I a;ielea had awd the aoqualntano of ireotfr men whilst her father was sta tioned last peas at Marlahabad, but be had been suddenly maved owy a few v moaih pcwvteualy aad aattlt trJa week they had not met again. But s far the meeting had been Oil of otoerpomment. fine had been at . BUriahabad now for tea day, end ta ( fall that tUn aha had aevar beea alone w1tb Oerard, although he had eagerly 1 (sought her society ea aM poaslblo ooi'w ; ratena. Her boa teas waa a veritable drag--; aa, -aad an waa beginning t suspect .her of preventing gay nrtrate ooaversrv- -ttoa. Wa R poawible that h wanted aria. v SJto to marry hlmf The little gin seemed !' quite ready to loss her heart to blm, and -ha ara evidently attracted by her . youthful prettlneea, Hera her train of thought wag Interrupted hy a cheery f ivoloe behiad bar aytag: . f "A Pamr foe your thtmghta. Mia - "j ghe rraofeod wp aad saw young Toddy 'Oerden. e boylaft, but very ataaoh, ad- , jmlrer. '' ' I "OH. they ar worth more fhan that , it me, Teddy, so TU poet pone th root (tai of tbam until yon make me batter ' 'eater- ' "Well, f earn to ask yott tf you would , Hk to waaeb thto aext ran from th , iwatr Map, I aapoct we shall see a ' ; few spllia, tor tf uh a big field." . J Looking baek aba aotleed that Winnie rwaa. for the moment, alone and celled 'it bar te ya them. The girt start , u eagerly and barrtod eross t the Jump, . , . -Mow, theyrv oft ' Wo: If g false , 'start Tra, thera they really are en tht time, I da tblafc Mater Waldrop win iwnn." d Wtnnto atoeprd her hands, her pretty brae ayes danefng With a fearw ) nearer m th broe They seemed to be ell together. Would they an clear the Jump? . - . Aa Instant auapene and Mr. oar. - r r wa over, quickly followed by " '-rtn mm- the rhtwtnut. Those two wre Mheed or all tha rest, and H a and aeck race. Only en toor rm System ; of Graft ar thronrh a mlddlamaa raoatpto for -a much larsar aura than tha actual pnoa, and ha and carta In of hto oubardlnataa poobat tba dlffaranca. Almoat ovary oon traotor who fumlaha ouppllaa' muat pay trlbuto to ofOclala ajnounttnf to tba fuU actual valua of tba goodo or ovon mora. and tha prlea to tb govommoal to Ml craaaad aooordlna-ty. " Bhra tba baMaot of ouch ortmao. bow trar, oft an ga unpuntohad, Tha laat grant robbarr of tha publicly oubaortbad Bad Crbaa funda. ona of too moot dataatnbla national aoandato of tba tlraa, baa broucbt no ratrlbutloo pa tha bia-b-placad thtavaa. Thaaa thrta, aoeordlni to oonv mon raport, amounted to no tooa than IK par eant of tba whola sum ooatrtbutod la Tliiaala and abroad. AO H lata high, placaa, ao M to to low. Aa ooon no anqulry to dtrocted to tba Taot mactalnory of tha alvUaarvtoa tha oaerat of tha policy adopted for aafacuardlnfj tba Ruaaton artotoernoy to dlacloaad. Tha Brant majority of publlo aarvanta ara almply naalaaa paraaitaa upon tha body polltto. In ao othar country baa tha bureaucracy davalopad Into ben an lat monaa burden upon tha atata. Nowbora atoa baa orary publlo function boon ro duoad to auoh an tnvolvad and nboitrd ayatom of olraumloeutlon. Tharo ara two mathode of daaltac wtth ladlTldunui or troupa whom tba ffovarn maat aany rcanrd aa annaaroua. Ona to rapraaaloa m aoaaa form- -ttaalabmant to Blbartn or a dtoteneo prortnoa; tba othar to to add tbam to tta own rank an faad- oro from tha publlo crib. Tba lot tat plan haa baan foltowad to an axtant that to almoat boyond baltot. Dapartmant after dapartmant baa baan craatad. biro after biro of araat otnoa buUdlnao baa baon bdllt la St. Fatera- bur for tbto purpoaa. It to aald U ba Hterally truo, for Inotaaeo, nat tharo ara aa many olarks upon tha pay roll of tha offloo far day Uoonaao la St. Futars- bura aa tharo ara doaa In tha oapttal. It to naeaaanry la tba tateraata of truth to npaak la fbo fmnkaat tonna of tba In fluanoo of tha Qrotk ohurch upon Ruo- rtaa Ufa. It to a oubtoot of tha atmaot practical Importanoa. for It to tha oburob mora than tba ovarnmoat. mora tndaad than any Mhar obotaola, wbloh haa bald back tha march of proaraaa to Ruaato. To maattoa flrot what may aaom a tnV fling mat tar. It to tha ohurch which bv alata upon tba ratantkm of tha Rnaalan oaiondar, which. to It dnya alowar than tha trw rooard. It may o hnaatnad that rallatoua tradition and oonaarvaUam aooount for tba oppoaltloa to aueb an obviou raform. Mot ao. Tha raal raaaon to that tba ohanao would oonfuao tba arransomant of tha ealandar of ralltioua holiday and would oparato to aboltob many of thorn, Wa muat W atlll doapor for tha vndap tylna; motlra. Laat wook too oaar ra eelvad a haavy potltlon from aoutharn Ruaata, nraylns blm ao bead of too church aa well aa baad of tha atata to onaoat ooom of tha oompulaory bolldaya which now raatrlot tha anaraiaa of hi aubjacta. Tbto outaaotloa will bo oar naotly and probably aucoaaafally op pooad by all tba Inflaono Wnlok tb Oraafc ohurch oaa brine to boar. hurdle. Whteh would whit A 1oka- lng crash t ' , r. -By Jovef Ri'i lewnf t - . f ;. Horror atrloksa slleno fell upon the group. Wardrop' bora had swerved; Khen, Jumping wildly, had fallen heav ily. , After a short struggle he regained hi feet and went oan taring riderless away. - v ..v -Oh. h ha fallen I fa billed r and Winnie oovered her face with her band. , "Don't distress yourself. Mia Malt land," bald Teddy. "X daresay h aot badly hurt, Mo, , there h to walk Ing away. Let' go back t th stand. Wa ahaU leant mor about blag thera,'' Presently a 1 ympatbatto s nturnlur greeted th eppeeranoa af th victim of the aootdent himtf naoa th stand. He made bia way at one to where Wlaato wa alttlng, feeling a little s shamed of bar udda display of feel ing. - :T awfatty sorry to have lest yog th bet, Ml Winnie, and I 001 even lay claim to a broken limb to as oil your compassion. - - "Tog really gay gg a dreadful fright both Hates aad 1 thought you, war killed." T Major Warder turned to Helen, wbo waa a tending a little behind th other, She flushed slightly aa she met bto eye. but gar go othar lgn of dtocempo ure. Th raos ball ra to take pteee that evening. Helea waa feeling tired and languid aad. In preparation for It, pro longed her aftentooa' rant beyond it usual limit '.: However, th d est re for tea aroused her at hut, and leaving her room ah stepped Into tho veranda to -look for Winnie, when ana stopped abort sudden ly. Trembling all ever, her knee almoat save way under her, for Wlnnte wa there, steading a tha step, her hand la Major .Wardmp' a, a general appearaao of happtnoss la her air. - 'Til do my best to maka yon happy, Uttla one," ho wa saying, "and tomor row 1 shall come aad have th dreaded Interview with Mr. Mitford. Mind you keep plenty of daaes for ma tonight X shall be obliged to be little tote." And. with a wave of hto hand, be Juaiped lalo hto dog cart and drove off. Helen moved meehantoally baek to gar room. The ayah oam to dress bar for dinner, but she motioned her sway. Thee Mr. Mitford earn to th door. "I m going to Ito down, Mrs. Mit ford. My head aches o that I thoaght perhaps you weald lot me have torn dinner quietly her. I am so afraid of aot hern sble to go to tb bail." The dainty ifttl meal appeared ta doe rime, but Hb1 at a. If ssoh moutb- fat would choke bar. .Oalx thm desirs i r OREOOM SUNDAY 1 JOURNAL PORTtANt), SUNDAY that Wilt M bo batlorad that tharo ara ta tha Rnaalan oateadar aoma a aaeular dayo la oaoh yanr whan ordinary labor to problbltedT It muat bo obrloua that a hoary bandloap la thua tmpooad upon tba proaporlty of a nation. . . It maana that no laao than M par eont of ordinary labor prodvcUTo opportinv Hy to eanoallad. In othar worda, a Uva Ubood for M dnya aniot bo aalaot by 111 dayo work. . Bara llaa tha oaerat of tha hard atruy rl of tha Roaotoa maaaoi wttb pvrorty. Mo nation undar tho fraoat political la titutiono oould proapar wndor auoh oon ditloan. i . Ruaato to an agrlcul rural oountry. A omallar prjporttoa of bar population Itro tot oHIao than In any othar olvlUaad na tion. Tho lm position of onforoad tOlo aaaa upon tha paaaaat farmon la po oultarly onreua ' i , Boforo tho omanelpatloa of tho aorfa. tho manifold holiday oyatam waa b wal ooma boon to tbanv Thay oarad llttlo for tba material proapartty of tbatr man- tera. Mow thalr Uv thalr own oxartlono. Thny cannot win onouaft 'from tho ooD for thomaalvao and. thalr famlltoo anlaaa thay ara parmlttad to maka full uaa of thalr powora, fianeo wo hara la Ruaato today a aoelal phaoomanoa navar known laewhara an aaitatloa by tollani tham oalvoa la favor of Urn abolition of halt-, days, Tho armrdt will not If tt ean avoid It yteld a alngia on of It compuiacry aalnt daya. Whyt Simply baoauaa on wary auoh day tha paopla an at leant onoa to rburoh. and onoa attendance maana a nontii button of a few kopooka or mora to the prlaet'a eoffara. Tb troaeure of tho aharob hi money and tewele amounta to a rabuloua num. It to. ta fact, unlvaa waU Informed Ru tana ara deoelved, batter abla to oupply tba afnewa of war ta tho prioont atrur l hi tho far oaot than the Imperial treasury Itaelf. Let It bo said without issiliatloo that R la the emperor' a aincar dealre to be at peace with all the world, to Infrtnae ao rlahte of othar nation, and to defend and footer In every way the beat tnter eeta of hto people. The common aaylno; la fit. Peteraburo; to that the osar'a rlawa ara tho of the laat man with whom ba haa oonvarood. The matter baa boooma a by-word, and and tt la for Ruaala that thto thlnn abould bo true. It to Inevitable, even In an autocracy, that man of Influence abould bo divided between two rival polltloal pollclea There are not two partlea In Ruaato for ouch a definite division of political opin ion la not permitted to xlat. Two Ill defined croup to, a bettor dealmaUon, and thay may no roughly defined aa lib oral aad reactionary, . '. bL do Wltte may Jto named ad the beat representative ot liberal Idea, and Grand Duke Alexander If iohselovltch. botdlns; the new poet of minister of commerce, to oertaJnly tb leader of the rapreaalvo policy which ha xeeanUy oontrollod tha canr of Russia. - Tho strufpjto between than two Beta of opinion haa been lllently wan-ed too the liberation of the eerfa. The to play her part well enabled bar to swallow anything. Tb obaaipagn bow ever, pulled her together, and when she mad her appearance ta th ballroom aba looked like a quean Indeed. - "Too late. Major Wardrop," aba aald. My program is full; there Is ao room for loiterers by the way.' Bad with a emtio and a nod ah passed on with her partner, leaving Wardrop- gpssabjesa with astontohment - - Dancing gayly tb rough the program, her most favor partner, wa hi own friend Burrcll. . t , - . Opinion wer freely ax pre seed gg to bar probable acceptanee of hto suit, snd it caused but little surprise tn tho so clety of Marlahabad when Mra Mitford anxouaced at th club next evening that they war engaged. Only on Wardrop did th news fall like a thunderbolt. "I swear ah loved me, be muttered h paoed his veranda, unable to alesp, through tM km hour of the night ' ' - ' -" " ;'' . "If tt hod beea any other gate the Barrel mine own familiar friend, I would try even at thto tot hour to put thing right between aa, But X oan't poU hto Hf- After U, she had her choice, ghe maat have know that I loved her, ao she deliberately ohoee betweea 'aa" And wbat of Helen 7 . Waa ah happy? he had saved herself outward humiliation- by accepting Mr. Burrell aa bar lover, but would aba never forget that she bad gives her leva where tt wa corned, aa she Imagined? Mr. Burrell wa pressing her to nam a early date for their marriage, as hi wlehee furnished her with aa xius for returning home. A Mrs. Mitford wished bar aa affec tionate 'goodbye, she aald mysteri ously, 1 expect you will Ojear aom new of Wlnal which will surprise yon, bat things ar got really atud yet." ' - "WaU. wish bar Joy for m. please, Mrs, Mitford. whoa th time some. Ah, fr ar off." And Helen waved her band to th group assembled to bid her farewell. Ox morning shvixry after the Tftmis bad eettled down at MariehabaxL Helen received a "chit" from Winnie, Inviting herself to tiffin thai day, "for," she wrote. Theve aoma great news t tall you whteh I think whi surpris you. Things wr only really settled yes terday. "I suppose t must say yea.' but, oh. how oaa I bear to hear her talk of her happiness with Oerard 1 How shall I ever bid my own feelings? Still, aV must be done, s here goes," and Helen oat down and. wrote a few line t Win nie eaying aba would be pleased to ee her. ha welcomed. Wmnto warmly whan ah arrived. "Wen." she said gayly. "and what I the great new, deer? Or oaa t gueea It; to tt that yoa ara geiag tg b mar ried?" 1 . . . . , v . "Tea, but wbat la tha world made awa tfuena M qaiahlyr "My child, hasn't Major WarnVon bees your shadow for weeks It wen easy to oss whs waa going ta happen." "Major Waroropr gasped 'Wlaato; lvpu!d JL : : x T- 1 ' y m i v '-, - Ta dr tho sTand dMraov four of whom tt 1 aald bold abaoluto power ever tho oaar. From left to riant they are: TMmltrl Con- otantlnevrtch. Ktohoia Mtobola-; vltch, Oeoiw Mlkbaalovltcb.. Vladimir Ntobolaavltch. Peter ' Ntohotaavttab, Mtoboton Mlkbne lovlteh, Andre VledlmlrovUoa, Bars iAlanandrovltoh, ' Michael AlexajMrovUoh and anran Mlkh oaloTltob 1 - .u :. - - t ' i " y ' ' thra lateat -Alexander If, Al- mourner XIX and Mtobolaa ttnUl reesntly bav been liberal at heart aad Inclined t araat a larger measure of liberty to tho Ruaalaa people. Tho flrot oppoood tho policy of tba reaotionarioa at the ooi by no mean tacking- la eourage, re frained from making htmaalf a martyr to the aam eauo. Tb third know full wall that be la at the mercy of th who would keep Ruaato under the heal of oppression, nd be ha yielded almoat Unreservedly to their demande. Fortunately, the victim of Ruaaton tyranny the tyranny only nominally of the oaar noderatand bto helpleeenoe. Mo bomb fraea the aam ovro aa that wbleh killed Do Plebvo will over ba directed against tho emperor. Danger Of hto aaaaaalaatloa may arte, tt may already exist, but It wlU oone, from qult another direction. - The praoant retention apptloatlod of Iron heeled oppression throughout Rua ta and la Finland to largely dua to tho alarm among the nobles oauaad by tho Introduction of tho liberal policy of If. do Wltte. It muat aot be Interred that thla enllrh tened otataemaa advo- oata for Russia reforma which would bring her within range of western Idefta of proa-reea He to far too wiea to plaea hlmaelf ta aueb n poaition. Ho baa aot bought. to disturb axtot lng Inatltatlona. Hto tnfluonoe baa boon oonfiaed otriotly to oommerctei, flnan etol aad eoonomlo 'problonia, to Par fro condemning, ba ba not hesitated to mk uae of the aavareot wsapona of tb atitiwiisapi ' - ML do Witte, navertheleaa, to tba ableat and aoat prograaalVB publlo aaaa In Rua sla. HI enemlea, wbo have deprived him of muoh of hto power, and who would destroy him If they oould, ar un able to do ao, becauae hto rvlofl are almost tndlspenaable to tho oountry in daling wlU tba flnanotoi problem of the war. . - -"Th atory of bio overthrow 1 tb record of th triumph of the grand dneal regime, which bow oontrola Ruaato and which I responsible for tb present t aatioa, ... . .. .. - Th grand duke regained their ae daaey over the emperor hot gradually. Neither Co Wltte nor Lamadorff to an expert oourtler. and they ware aot ante "Major Wardropf and h burst oat tooghrae "Why, ho to a ragalag dear, aad oaly for him I ghoaldn't ba going to got married 1 but you muat know that yoa are tho oaly woman la th world ha oar two straw about. Why, What Is th matter, Helea, ar yoa HIT" For Helea had turned what a her drees and for avoment eonld not speak. "It to nothing; dear, nothing! I only felt a little faint GO on: tell me who it I yon are going to marry." "Fred Darell. wbo 1 have haOww all my life. Th funny part of It to that Major Wardrop to hto unci aad It to all through him that my peonl have allowed.ua to marry. Onoe alone, Helen's forged oompoour left bar and ah -wept bitterly. "Oh. what roust Oerard have thought of her? How oould ah have had so llttlo faith In hlmf And how ah loved hlml Why, why, why had she not trusted hlmT" and so on her thoughts want around and around till aha felt giddy aad dased. -But time, tho great healer, ooftened Helen's sorrow, aad a tb year went by ha grew ooatented, aad almoat happy. . .. Ao It waa with slncer grief that gho mourned her husband's death, when R took plao. suddenly from cholera. For aaarly fiwe year aha traveled all over the World, bat ta time aha tired of wandering and mad up her mind to re turn to Kngland. and, taking; a hove, try to settle down. But first, she wa to pay a tang visit to Winnie Maittond. long si nee Mr., Darelt. Her hue band had prospered la the business which hto uneto had helped blm and they war living ta a oharmlng bouse te, Berk shire. WhyF Helen, gay dearest, 'ytm took younger than yog did seven years ago," xelatosaa) Winnie. "What hara pom done to yourself r v v - -v I have wandered .about th world feeling a very lonely woman, tf that to a good thing to restor youth, said Helen toughing. ....... t . Ton will hava very ou1t Visit Helen, for I wa selfish and wanted you tng xnyafwfldV aw Wf awnaVal av V IbPbCOb"bI 'Baar ceptlng 0rard (for ba won't let m call him ancle), who ia bar n tea day leave." - ' "' Helen fait a If1 hay heart bad stopaad beaUng. . ,. .. - Oerard'' aaat aha, ar Wsr- dropr-v , , "V ,- -t "Tesi yon reeotlect htm. W1 yeaf "Very well, indeed Wmnie" laying her hand 00 th other's arm doeg he know that J am oomlngf" "Tea, of Mur. Thvn a tbatr ya mt a light dawned on Wlnnte. "Why. Halea, to that what H fgf Is that why be haa never married T" Ono la hf life Helen broke through her re serve and teld Winnie tb story ef thee day when bar want of faith had parted her from tb only paaa gag had aver oared for. A few weeks later a quiet wedding took place ta London, Oerard having overruled ail of Helen's an net In a aba shortness af gaato engxgemeert. BTINQ. SEFTEVSTX - tl, to spend much time la eyoopheney or La Mfeguardlng the emperor ponftdanoe la tbemaelvea. Tnny were undermined with elaborate and Inaldioua aklH. Thalr danger flnrt beoam apparent when the esar firaated tb peat of min uter of oommaroa for Grand Duke Alex ander. Da Wltte vlge rowel y oppnssd the proieat, and. baring failed, he waa m dtoorer' enough- to maka dlfflouUle la, th financing of the new dapartmant. Alexander aeon detnenatnatad hto a perlor laflueno at oourt. and tb decline of tb V Witt policy waa rapid. It became the aim of th grand ducal group to throw all poeelble pollttoal power late tho hand of Do Plehv and Alexia A In tbto thay ooeoaeded eomptetely, Do Plehva won bto position .by eheer ability and foro of oharooter. He wa th Ideal executor of th reactionary nolloy. Ho waa honest, broad and Im placable. Ho wag aleo cruel. meroUeea and mistaken. s Alextefr retention tn power, by the way, to a mystery which axolte no aur- a In Ruaala. Th - OTP I a net I On OO generally aooepted t that It . almost amounts to common knowledge Is to the effect that tha Aetotlo vioeroy to the eon of Alexander II by aa Armenian mother, and therefore tha natural uncle of tho oaar. It ta quit th ouetom tn Russia to provide liberally for tho -left-hand aide" f th family. Tb mad reokleasn of tho grand dneal poller which haa plunged tha oountry Into a war for which It wag ut terly unprepared, wbleh aa driven It most prosperous province to tho verge of rebellion and has alienated tb eym pathy of tb entire world, la bitterly re sented even by many . who ar opp osed to Witts' Uberaltom. Tb war la In tensely unopuiar outside th afftotal Open reetetano to tb prevailing pal ley la hopeleea. Paoatva raatotaao to exercised to an extent raich Ruse to la si riving to ooaooai from th eatald world. - . . Th orders for reserve troop to Jorn th oolor are entirely ignored la wholr provtnoea, and tb government has not force enougb ta eempel ebedrenoe. Tho esar attempt to arose a patriot to re sponse by hto publlo appeal during hi recant tour waa a complete failure, VI nam to openly reviled dally ta tb street and cares of Odessa, Through out aoutharn Russia his prestige to gone and loyalty baa disappeared. - But a people without arm Cannot rebel. Authority 1 maintained tot each d strict by troop drafted from oomo dlatent province usually unaympathetlo by reason of racial, or other difference with the people whom they are assigned ta oentroL Th danger of a refuaal of th eoldtera to fir upon a aub 1 thus obviated. ,j . .v,.u Intelligent Russia hi learning; for tunately, to analyse th vil influenees of which the emperor to' tho victim. Honest reactionaries are beoommg thor oughly alarmed by the ortmao and oor ruptlon erf the small group who have brought the empire to the verge of ruin. Thee plunderer of. Ruse la ar all I Vunder Vre :- ? WStmtmt m wt m m . . . . ' t" L miliiw or th Imperial family, near relatives of the esar. They are: , Grand Dak Alexander sftcheelo vitcb, wh married th emperor' fa vtrlt slater, Orand Duches Xeato. , Grand Duke Vladimir, Alexia and erg, the brother of Alexander III. These ar tho men whom tb euro crat of all tha Rnaatea permits to Wield bto eoeptre. Tho domination of their win over tn emperor I no aw thing. All hto life Nicholas ha been accustomed to sub ordinate himself to hto anolea, and hto aeoaaelon to tha throne made ao dlffer aaea. For the past year or two th la fluaaoe of tho brother-in-law ha Ln oraaaad above that of tho unci, but there has bean a rivalry vtm pottoy among thsm s Tall dark, with aquUln features and strikingly handsome 1 Alexander Mien aelovltcb. He to 44,, eight year the senior of tho emperor. Ha 1 th fourth soa of th Orand Dak Mlohnol and grandeea of Mloholaa I. Alexander a first appointment was that of vice-admlrai-ln-ohtef, under hto uneba, Orand Duke Alexia. He realgned thto post after a abort time, but ha ba now resumed U la addition to hto cabi net plaea. The resignation followed on Quarrel arising from tha foundering of a Rua alaa battleship tn the btoltto about tea year ago. Certain naval officer de clared that the v easel waa unaea worthy and that her watertight bulkheads war shame, and they Induced Alexander to preeurO'th omperor'a eon eant ta a gen eral inspection of other ship. Tho result waa oomplet preea? that Alexia and bis friends had been divert ing shipbuilding? money to tbatr -own packets aad the whose neet suffered from Inferior equipment Th highly placed thieve whom no had helped te expo oon made Alexander' a place too hot to hold him, aad be left tb navy for a few year. In hto retirement be mad op bto mind t leave hornets' nests alone In future, and today "help you reel f to th recognised system In both the departmenta with whlok bo I connected. Ia character. Alexander 1 narrow, opinionated, arrogaat and unoerupuloua He waa oolaly responsible for the raid uvea neutral snipping by tb volunteer fleet, and It I aa opea question whether hto real obteet wa not to embroil the valdlmtr is a maa or waony ginwont stamp. It to dlfltoalt to- understand by what moan be maintains his Influence over tho emperor, unless It bo that ba I th eldest of tho ancle to whom he haa always bean accustomed to took a hi senior la knowledge of tho world, - - Valdtmtr and hta two sons, Cyril and Boris, have este bit shed notorious rec ord try their profit rat and dissolute Uvea, Their habtte approximate etoaely those of the detested group of Austrian grand duke, whom Emperor Freaete Joseph nn removed from th Una of succession, and who have been driven from Vienna -by tb dee ant sens of their oouatrymea, bobte aad h amble alike. Atoxte, th head of tho fleet, to a mtmh BoIiVer My Little 1 ir V'' qotetor man. He ha succeeded ta keep- . log matrimonial bonds oat of hta mor- ' f gaaatle alllanca, which art hto ehief . ? PTeoeoupattoa. v i gome of tho actreoaes at tha Freneh J theatre ar muoh bejewelled by him. 2 re acted as go-between In Paris la a deal v for the purchase of ear tain foreign ship , -, for Rossis, Us succeeded In oollectlng ' : .' a oash eommlsslon ot IO,Od, and the , u, tb deal fall through. " . - "ergo, the youngest of th three, to ' x military governor of Moeoow, He 1 K tb tending Jew baiter of the family, and ba will not allow a Jaw to pang tho -Bight la tho elty of Moeoow. ' ' All three, but Valdimlr mor espor , ,-' elally, ar tn laves of publlo money sad private Bubsarlptlona, htonay for tb '..i army, for th navy, for th hospital j funds, haa to pay toll la millions of . ! ruble aa It pease through than hand. ; Thalr hanger on, who aasaa la legion, oopy tbam with aL Tb very ohurch, built ee) tha on of to assassination of the reforming esar' Alexander II. who death -was- an---rts doubtedly ordered by hi reactionary relatives, stande uneowiyleted, although L it wa begun SI years ago, and th fll money was subscribed several time V over by tn Russian people. Ho ono - . axpecte that It wlU be completed In tbto se Deration. It to tho murdered oaar" "1 ona, th three, grand dukes abov - -f muned, who are the treasurers, r Cortaln provincial governors deplore ' - th sxlsttng real m a, and their power In ' tb seotlens over which they preside I ' supreme Za co-operatloa feasible be- : c tween tbam and mw or tb military authorltle and other dlaeatiefled lead r and nobles hi the eepltair If no -. the a oonp d'etat might gncoeed. & ' But espionage la Russia has been ye- ? dnced to uh an exact ealenoa that ' a -wMeaptead plot f thto nature would be ; axessdlagly danger sea, .If aot eertaln of detection. The peculiarly Russian 't weapon of sesasalaaUoa to mor likely , to be tried first., . .. There to ao doobt that thl danger already exists for Alexander If not for the other grand dukes who have been named, at. do Witte ramarkad cynto XtT tho' othar ' day that Da Plahv1 ; snsssssor If a reaotlonary, would aot . bo allowed ta live six radntha. Tho 4 .j blow, bowevsr, would bo abxed at hint alone. - On th bthr hand wbat -would haa pen. If the . emparor should oxperteno a change of heart and abould rapndtot v th grand dueal eabal and all It warka? , 'i This is quit too muoh to expect from 3 a man of his gbaraeter la the prnt ':. ;i ttuatloni H is -much more likely to ek a polley of Impoaslbl eompromlss. 'I Opea revolt agalast hto presant men- p tors would Involve him la dire personal ' i; . peril, for they are mea who aorapl at X nothing. He would be swept away, and - ' ono of tho grand dukaa, not tho younger ' brother of the emperor, would attempt - ? , to usurp th throne under th form of a recency. Th Infant Csarevltoh might , or might aot live to wear tba crown. la tt surprising that many true Rua- ' -( Ian, aselng no Other hop, for thelf country, are praying for few more salutary salntlona Elephant Is? 1 X'.' 1