THE CZAR'S HEALTH.

Waikato Argus, Volume II, Issue 109, 20 March 1897, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE CZAR'S HEALTH.

I.v spite of official contradictions, which everybody respectfully accepts and nobody believes ; in spite of calculated indiscretions on the part of eminent doctors ; ard in spite of the unofficial and semi-official efforts of otlicial people, it is becoming quite clear (writes the Globe) that His Majesty the Czar is in &.11 unsatisfactory state of health. We do not for a moment believe that the Mow on the head which he received in Japan has anything whatever to do with this condition of affairs. He is a Romanoff, and that of itself is quite sufficient to account for the possession of unstable nerves. As a Sovereign, he is almost painfully conscientious, and, from the tune he ascended his throne, has set before himself the impossible ideal of the perfect autocrat who deals with all things, small and great, which occur in his dominions. Add, besides, that he lives in daily, perhaps hourly, fear nf assassination, and it will no longer be necessary to look for the causes of his present indisposition iu a blow inflicted some six years ago, and not more severe than those which German students exchange iu sport. As to the fact of his breakdown, there is, unfortunately, little further doubt at all, aud we have every reason to believe that the rumours of a Regency a>c perfectly correct. Something of the kind will be established during the period of his treatment, and it is, unfortunately, very injurious to the interests of this country that such should be the case. The Czar is young, and will, we trust, recover before long his wonted health, but iu the meantime Buss ; a and England may have been placed in a position of irreconcilable antagonism. The Grand Dukes into whose hands the power of Regency will fall are well known to be animated by the most bitter .sentiments towards this country, and nothing but the personal influence of the young Czar himself has so far restrained the intriguers whose manoeuvres are directed towards the creation of trouble between their country and oars. When that influence is removed, even though it be only for a time, we very much fear that no other will arise sufficiently strong for the purpose.

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