The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la Verite. THURSDAY, MAY 31,1883. CORONATION OF THE CZAR.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 148, 31 May 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la Verite. THURSDAY, MAY 31,1883. CORONATION OF THE CZAR.

. o The ci cable brings the satisfactory intelligence . that s the ' Czar has _ been crowned— >not blown sky-high, as many doubtless expected. The interruption of the cable was most unfortunate at this junctnre, : as the event was looked forward to all j over Australasia with the most intense , anxiety, r«ndering the suspense of the inteUigence all the more intolerable. » Europe will breathe more freely now. that the formal;ityhaß been enacted, and the fact will be welcomed as reassuring that the' demonstration partook of a popular and enthusiastic character. Far removed from the actual scene, and m tbe absence of graphic details, we c»n form but a fa^b'ide^'of the splendour and magnijficen.ee of the coronation ceremony and 'its atlientlant gorgeous display. Nor, m» deed, can we arrive at anything beyond a very taint conception of the: extraordinary precautions that doubtless were taken to circumvent the machinations of the Nihilists-. ..The ceremonial must have been 'ati anxious one foi the Czar, and the'^ojral visitors and vast con'^ouree'of's^ctatow w&o took park m or witnessed the pageant. : What the Nihilists predicted would never take place had been actutlly consummated, and it remains ( to be/ seen ' whether a more.merciful rule "will conciliate the Fmperor antf his vast Empire, or -whether tyranny, oppression, and the iron hand are still to constitute the power behind the throne. Runsia with free institutions, and Russia; us a synonym for anarchy and cruoUy that bege^ both,*: ; desperationv and d espair, would be two very different nations both for its inhabitants and m the opinion of the civilized world. Let us hope '•• that the happy auspices that apparently i have attended the coronation will be an ! omen of the future — full of hope and promise for many a wretched serf and weary, crushed' heart-broken exile, held m the chains of cruel bondage, by whom an absolute monarchy is naturally held m horror and detestation.