Alexander 111., Emperor of liussia, appears to have made tyro very grave blunders at the outset of his reign. His father's corpse was scarcely under ground when he issued a manifesto expressing his intention to continue the autocratic form of Government in Russia, and now we find him appointing as his chief counsellor the clever, wily, but utterly unscrupulous, Ignatieff. The Czar's manifesto will speedily make him as great an object of repulsion tj the Nihilist party as the murdered Czar, and IgHatieflPs advancement will not tend to promote a loyal feeling generally towards the person of the Czar. 3>natiefFs first circular states that every effort will be made to extirpate the feeling of rebellion amongst the people, while the burdens of the peasantry will be lightened. Ifc is a selfevident fact that Russia will have no peace, until her constitution is altered to keep pace with the enlightenment of. the age, *
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3869, 24 May 1881, Page 2
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152Untitled Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3869, 24 May 1881, Page 2
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