Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-10-27 | Page 7 | Heir to Russian Throne Reported to be Recovering

HEIR TO RUSSIAN THRONE REPORTED TO BE RECOVERING ids Nati Nation n f Incensed at Secrecy Maintained Regarding R tl the e Crown P Princes Prince's Injury I St. St Petersburg Oct 26 The Tho Tho latest latent reports from Crom give ghe assurances of or orthe the recovery recovery- rec recer er of or Crown Alexis Apart from the meager details of oC the doctors' doctors bulletins not a single fact tact has boon beon allowed to appear In the Russian newspapers re regarding the Illness of or orthe the heir to to the throne and the whole nation Is deeply incensed The secrecy has brought a crop fJ of sensational nal rumors The Thc facts are aro that eleven en da days s 's ago a a. childish prank moved mO tho the little prince to climb a high cupboard in n the hunting lodge at Sp la where the Imperial family was sojourning He slipped and fell strikIng striking ing log a sharp corner of or a chair chal and sustaining sus sus- taming numerous bruises The frightened attendants attendants tried tomake to tomake tomalee make malee light of the accident and tho the prince bore the sharp pain without t flinching The two ph physicians who are always s 's in attendance on the tho prince reported re report reported re- re port ported d he had sustained severe SC injuries s sIn In the region of oC the liver A panic prevailed but no hint of ot tho the truth was ryas p permitted to leak out until his condition became become critical when tho country was startled b by the tile ph physicians physicians' bulletins According to the law late of or the House o of oC f R t t the e succession c sl n d devolves v o othe on n the males Only whoa when tho male malo line is exhausted can the tho females succeed d to the throne The emperors emperor's sole surviving surviving surviving sur sur- brother Grand Duke Michael eloped and contracted a a. morganatic marriage with the tho wife of oC a n brother officer In 1910 thereby forfeiting the therl rl rights of oC succession The next heir Grand Duke C Cyril the handsome young sailor fallor son of ot the late Grand Duke Vladimir married the divorced wife of the grand duke of or Hesse thus IncurrIng Incurring incurring Incur Incur- ring the displeasure of or tho the imperial family and the Hesse family For the welfare of or Russia Russin and the the preservation of or the life of or Crown Prince Alexis Is of or paramount paramount paramount para para- mount Importance lIe He Is a lively child and Is 18 watched over da day and night b by byan byan an old nurse and the sailor Sere but ho has repeatedly caused consternatIon consternation consternation conster conster- nation b by giving them the slip Last winter the whole hole garrison was scourIng scouring scouring scour scour- ing the palace for tor several hours while whIlo the prince remained Hidden in a a. big Chinese vase I IThe The official bulletin Iss issued ed tonight says sas the crown prince again passed a quiet da day His temperature wa was 1007 pulse