HOW THE CZAR IS DECEIVED

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 161, 29 June 1908, Page 4

HOW THE CZAR IS DECEIVED

Prince S. K. who gave gruesome details concerning tii<- C/.ar's kitchen in I-a I'evtie of D'-H-'HiI t 1 -t. conlinii"- lit- articles on Hi,' entourage of tin- Czar in l-i Kevuc tor February l-i »ii'i April I-t In Ku«sia it is a tradition. we are told. tli.it tlir sovereign must never know what takes place in his Kiiipiri*. At tlic Court mi cm* thinks othenvi-e. ami with tlu* bureiucracy the tradition i- ail art of faith; but with the people tlio dictum is "tiod is too liij:h up the Czar too far off." with tin- addition, -If tin- C'/.ar only knew!" Alas! t ln* 1 (Tar does not know. The article in tliej April number show> how t;ic tzar isystematically deceived, anil how If lia- acquired a profound distrust of men and things. One conviction, nevertheless. h;is lui'ii luirn to the Czar—namely, that the salvation of the country and ol 'the dvnastv is to lie found in a Constitution: yet in all the official world of Russia tile Czar and his I'rinie Minister are the oniv persons who really wish -uivess to the new regime. A " SKU'KT " MISMON.

The writer declare the following story 1„ I*. ali-oiulely authentic. Klopot!'. a working man. conceived the idea ol l.iitigin}; before tin- ( zar the siitl'cring,.f his countrymen. and at la-t succeed-. e.l in •.■etlini.' himself |.re~etn--<l to til" C/ar. While hi- Maje-ty wa- only to., an\iou- to hear, KlopolT in hi- enthu-i----,i.in told him the remedy lay in liihand-, and that no on" el-e eonld re--tore peace in hi- lllllliell-.' eillpil". The lii -t reform, -aid khipolf. mn-t be the .on,.—ion of liberty to (lie pre-. At that time a terrible famine wa- devastating the country. and the tzar knew n-thing of it until KlopolT revealed to him the situation. Kloputr was sent on .1 secret mis-ion to studs' tin- fpie-tion and re|>ort in the Czar. With -ueli a document, thought tile Ciir. it would !„• p.—ihle tn eonfotind

all the lies of Miui-tel-s -Hid Coventor-. Hi- w,.rk completed. KlopolT returned to St. Petersburg and duly pro-cllleil hi- report. There remained nothing la ilo but to act. Wild IS til l)K ItKLIKVKD! llut the -upr.-iue ina-ter. with absolute power and unlimited right-, ami his co'llaliorator omitted to reckon with the -ecret )iolice. At the monient uhell they timiif-'lit themselves the only keeper- of the great .-ecret. the police knew fiery thin}.', and had vowed t-"> paralyse the undertaking. At the time when KlopotT returned with his report the General Aide-de-camp «f_ the Czar wa- -uppo-ed to be retuniiilg from a vi-il to hi- probity in the famine region. The Car naturally, sounded-Mm on the matter of the famine ill Toula. nhere the Covernor was a friend of the • Jeiieral"'. The Ceneral. informed of KlopotT- mi-sion. said there was no -IKb thing as a famine in Toula. and ad,led that his friend Uruss-oIT had as--ured him that all was well in that re"_'i..n. KlopolT then had imagined all I hat he ha,l told, thought the Czar. Who i- to be believed'; Till-: HAM: <>!' Till". TfIIINOVXIK. Another -tory relate- to tlie Czarina, who w.i- an\:.,ii- to found and nrgani-e in llu-ia institutions „f -ocial aid. Sb< confided her plan to Nicolas de Xcpbiyetr. a man who has devoted hi- encrgie- and hi- wealth to such work, am! j.iojio-e.I that It l ' should join her. ■■What. y„u are able to achieve in vonr !i"!e corner we -hall be able to accom |.!i-h in the whole of Kn-sia." she said. •\(.»ie-ly." replied M. ,1c XepluyelT.

"p. rmii iin- >|n\ik frankly. N> lonp a- I remain a private imllvitlual I can •i'-fi-iul my work a- [ iui«i«-r-taiul it an-1 !k,tv.- it carrir.l out. l«ut if niv inslitufiiU iu tlie lian.U of llio icU'uv.vnik- I- -bull no limtfrr U- master of ih'-m. ami tln-r«' Mill l»<' no in •■vi-rk." tii<* iilf.t of tin* f'/arina wa> l.nt a pri-i.-rt lit.- C/.ar rail only ;ipprovr,l of it J.m tlM.k Hn- -r,.,!. -! j«T-oli.il int.-r.-'l in it. I-iit a- -ooii .1- h.- -aw ; i pro-p"': of ili«- proj.'t i ln-iipj put into i'.ti. not onlv <li.l !ii> ajiprov.il it.!-.• I.tlt lu* hitlisi'h liM.iii" to i'. \\'!iat li.nl l)appt'!)''<! ? I r '- »-iit'>i T r 11:'' h,«'l ({n-lart'd it wa- aS. 1 ■ -i.■!i-"

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