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Show ers. -Nevertheless millions oi' Kiisians look upon the rar not only is lhe hea.l of the state ami of the thurch, but a8 in a very real va the rarthlv representative of ; u.i. Consequently the simple anil .lev out moujika of the armv will regard the czar'a assumption of command as Co.1 's will, ami they will fii;ht more courageously than ever, it that were possible, for Holy Russia. In Germany the kaiser has attempted to surround himself with a similar halo of divinity. He proclaims his riyht to the throne (, the grape of God," ami may have succeeded in convincing a respectable portion of his people ol his divine selertion and mission. On the whole, however, the Germans regard the claim a? a harmless foible. THE HOLY WAR. Vow that thr czar has placed himself t. the head of his armies the war ha? b-ome b-ome a holy war in a sen.-e. It has not, of course, all thp heavenly sanctions sanc-tions which are mippofcd by devout Moslems to surround a holy war formally proclaimed on behalf of the prophet strain st (he Christian unbellev- |