Show NIXON HAS TALK WITH NICHOLAS st petersburg dec 1 lewis nixon of new york was received in audience by the emperor this afternoon the audience took place in the palace at selo and was unusually long tor an audience of a private character lasting over half an hour vice admiral minister of marine was present his majesty displayed not the slightest trace of the gloomy dejection in which he la pictured as being plunged but on the contrary showed no physical nor mental traces of the great strain he la undergoing such references as ho made to events in russia indicated that hia majesty had complete grasp of the situation the opportunity of talking to an american seemed to be particularly welcome to the emperor who spoke in an extremely appreciative vein of the united states its people in general and its great men in particular linking the names of lincoln and roosevelt ho referred pleasantly to the visit to him of various americans including briar gen thomas H barry and other officers who are attached to the russian armies in manchuria Man churla and especially to the visit in december 1903 of william jennings bryan whose personality seemed to interest him greatly |