The Dying Czar.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 101, 23 October 1894, Page 2

The Dying Czar.

THE ROYAL PATIENT SLOWLY SINKING. GREAT EXCITEMENT THROUGHOUT EUROPE. (PKB PttK>- ASSOCIATION ) St. Petersburg, October 21. Graud Duke George, second son of the Czar, who is suffering from consumption, is worse. Tbe Czarina too is seriously ill. Prayers were offered up to-day in the Synagogue for the recovery of tbe Czar, whoso conditiou is unchanged, though it is reported his appetite has improved. It is reported that the Crar has telegraphed to a relation that though very weak lie hopes to recover. The Czar's memory and eyesight are affected. Pie himself asked that the marriage of the Czarewitch should bo hastened in the hopo of being able to witness it himself. Princess Alix is leaving Darmstadt immediately. The Grand Dukes Vladimir, Sergius, and Paul, the Queen of Greeco, and Father John of Cronstadt, priest and miracle worker, have been summoned to Livadia. The medical bulletin has fallen like a knell on the whole of Russia. The streets of St Petersburg are thronged with excited crowds reading it. The audiences in the theatres throughout Russia insist on the anthem " God Protect the Czar" being played at each interval. In Livadia the newspapers are prevented from publishing bulletins. It is reported that the Czarina is suffering from a paralytic stroke. Berlin, October 22 ; The Emperor has ordered his yacht to bo in readiness at Kiel to prooeed to Si. Petersburg at a moment's notice. London. Jctober 21 The Czar is slowly sinking, and relatives surround his bed. He has not slept for ten nights. It is not believed that he will be able to witness his son's marriage. The St Petersberg Bourse is paralysed and the Paris one is excited. The Times correspondent says Paris is plunged into grief and dismay. The Pope has wired to the Czar that he does not cease to pray for his recovery. Stepniak, the Russian reformer, considers the Grand Duke Vladimir is reactionary and unpopular, while the policy of the Czarewitch is an enigma. Ho does not believe the Czarewitch is likely to bring in liberal reforms, except under pressure.