THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA AND HIS SON.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1860, 9 February 1880, Page 3

THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA AND HIS SON.

The Vienna correspondent of the "Standard" telegraphing on December 17th says:— " Notwithstanding the fact that the existence of differences between the Czar and the Ozarewitch has been ofton repeated and denied, statements of this kind have for several months past been too frequently and too authoritatively made to be discredited or passed over. They now form the subject of a letter from St. Petersburg, which is published in the • Vienna newspapers. Whether the statements are exaggerated or not, the letter well represents the nature of the present Nihilistic intrigues at St. Petersburg. The following extract deserves attention: — ' On the 6th instant the Czar informed the Czarewitch that during his reign not a single constitutional experiment ought to be made. The Czarewitch somewhat excitedly gave a rather hasty reply, to the effect that the Czar had no right to compromise the future of the dynasty. The arrest of the Czarewitch was only prevented by a telegram from the Empress. The differences, however, between the father and son are so great that serious oonsequences are apprehended, the more so as the Czarewitch is supported by a strong party, composed of several Ministers, twothirds of the administrative Senate, and many eminent Generals, all of whom demand the introduction of reforms. Moreover, the Senate will shortly submit to the Czar a petition most respectfully but firmly asking him to bestow on the people certain rights and liberties, thus making the people the guardian of the Empire's greatness. The generals have also reported that more than a fourth of the officers in the Army were infected by reform aspirations. Should the Czar really persist in making reprisals, the worst may be feared, namely, a military pronvneiamiento. The conflict between the Czar and the Czarewitch,' that is to say, between autocratic and constitutional principles, cannot, according to the letter, be greatly prolonged, it being already at its height. I have good reason to believe that the letter fully reflects the views of the Russian reformers, generally called Nihilists, but it nevertheless csntains some unquestionable truths. I have full confirmation from the best sources of the statement that the desire for reform is shared not only by one-fourth of Russian officers, but by nearly all of them, as well as by all the soldiers who fought in the last Turkish campaign. The official reports from St. Petersburg continue to describe the highest society as still being under the influence of the latest attempt on the life of the Czar, and this impression will not easily be over come."