THE CZAR OF RUSSIA.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1494, 28 February 1887, Page 3

THE CZAR OF RUSSIA.

The Czir's mental condition was the subject of a good deal of interesting discussion m tho London press at the time of the departure of the last mall. The Vienna correspondent of the Times wrote: The Czar's condition is oj ealy discussed m Vienna, aad the people talk of the ohnnces of peaco and war as t'aough everything depended on the vhlms of a man who is hardly responsible for his action? A great deal more than appaara m newspapers is said In diplomatic ciroles abont the Czvr's doings, and if only tome of the stories told be true, It would not be surprising if the Russian Imperial family were soon to concert measures for relieving the Czir of duties which he can no longer discharge. There m»y have been Czirs as unsound m mind as Alexander 111 , but they did not live m days when newspapers and telegraphy gave a daily publicity to their nc'fl of folly. Taking only the published cccount of the Czir's recent doiogo, which cannot all be inventious, there It, enough to show that the largest empire m Europe may suddenly be hurled into a war that may cost hundreds rf thousand ef lives, and th's simply through the headstrong impulse of a daapot who is never sufficient y calm to be reasoned with."