CORONATION OF THE CZAR.
i — — * \ AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIAL, _ REMISSION OF TAXK& AT&D SENTENCES. , [per press association.^ St. Petehsbtjeg, May 27.— TheDowageff Empress Dagmar, who was present at thm coronation of her son, was much affftetedl. The Empress was dressed in sfihjeK._ brocade" after the national Prussaw' fashion. ' , The Czar recited the creed, placed tha^i crown on bis own head, ascended. the> Throne and assumed the sceptre; then ha< crowned the Empress as she was kneeling:, before hid, then gently raised and kisse* her. i ~ . The Empress was afterwards anointedf and took the aaorament. , The Royalties returned to the Palacer amid continuous cheers. A salute of 101 guns was fired and all the bells of Moscow ' were ringing. The Kaiser congratulated his brother- : monarch-. The Kremlin was illuminated at night.- ; . Tke Czar has 5 announced that he will remie stt arrears of taxes in European, Russia afld! Poland,- rcdnce the land tax: by a half, pefraJ sentences by one third, life sentences to twenty years, and Siberian exiles, after twef»» years, will bo released without restoratfo» of cfwl rights, bnt political exiles who hay» led blameless lives will have them restored. X ■ *
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 10625, 28 May 1896, Page 2
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191CORONATION OF THE CZAR. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 10625, 28 May 1896, Page 2
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