THE TSAR'S DREAM

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2276, 9 October 1914, Page 6

THE TSAR'S DREAM

I'M. Gabriel Hanotaux, in:the-'Fig-aro,'" says the London-"Daily Telegraph," "makes a'remarkable announcement in connection with the Emperor of Russia's rescript 'granting self-gov-orr.raoht to all three Polands. M..'Hanotaiix now reveals -that. the ' Emporor himself, as long ago as eighteen yoars, then a young Sovereign, confided to him his dream of reviving Poland. "In this memorable'■ interview, of which I tookdowh every detail, he himself broached the painful subject, and <>aiil, '.''l!- know, what my duties are towards, our Slay brethren of Poland.' For eighteen years I did not breathe" a word of this interview, but can speak now.. '.'"'.'.' "Since then I followed the gradual and wise demonstrations of the Imperial will. At various intervals • pacifying measures, too often hampered by the bureaucracy and by certain parties at Court, proved that the Emporor had not lost sight of his purpose. When lately, against the wisli of the Council of the Empire, ho promulgated proprio motu an 'Ukase announcing* that His Imperial Majesty wished Poland to preserve the official use of her tonguo and the right to direct recourso to the supreme authority, I felt that tho moment of realisation was at hand."