the victim, who was the most hated man in Russia,
as from a belief that no member of the house of Romanoff is safe, the Revolutionary Committee possessing agents who will give their lives for the destruction of the dynasty. There is probably some exaggeration in this belief, the number of half- mad assassins being limited, and the wall of precaution round Princes very strong; but it seems certain that, although the Czar himself is tranquil, there is fear in Russian palaces. The rumours about the " prostration " of the Imperial ladies seem true; the palace of Tsarskoe Selo has been placed under martial law ; the body of the murdered Grand Duke is not to be conveyed to St. Petersburg; and the Grand Dukes, who are attending the funeral ceremony in Moscow, openly avow that they are "on the list" of the "sentenced." It is by no means certain, however, that the disturbance within the Palace will produce immediate political results, the reluctance to give way to force being acute, and the Court party being penetrated with the belief that concessions cost Louis XVI. his head. The situation will probably be ruled by events in the Far East; the demand for Reservists in Poland, which would have driven all Poles mad, has been withdrawn; and in spite of ominous events in Finland, Lithuania, the Caucasus, and Southern Russia, orders appear to have been issued enjoining moderation.
