17 OCTOBER 1896, Page 16

THE CZAR AND THE " MARSEILLAISE." [To THE EDITOR OF

THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-It would be interesting to know whether the Czar ever heard the words of the "Marseillaise " to the strains of which. he made his triumphal march through France. Among the

denunciations of "sanguinary Kings" and "tyrants" one verse, at least, is appropriate :— "Grand Dien! par des mains enchainees Nos fronts sous le joug se ploieraient ! .De vils despotes deviendraient

Les mattres des nos destinees! "