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Show I A GH EAT RUSSIAN MAS TUB LATE NOUUB COUNT MUHAVIBFF. rmtatlr lti InrrtmMl llM Inmal nf All l'.ir,K III. Irara I rnHtla Mrllr.l IIik l,ul. Vlurll "er a tear Atu. The late Count Muravleff, of Ilussla, secured for hie name Immortal memory mem-ory by hi prnpomila fur unHerml peace which reaulted In the peace con-fereiini con-fereiini of the naltona which met at The lliiRiie on the call of the etar a )ar ago He naa n great politician, hut he was greater n a teer In dlplii maey and the tralna of Influence which hla proposals set to work will never liiee their trailer Count Muratleff himself may not hme hoped for Immedlnte siieeeea when he priipoacd that tho forts of Iturnpe bo dlsmantleil and the armies disbanded Ills dreum was so gnat a ono thnt former diplomats flouted It as n fnntas) and doubled It sincerity Those wan knew him beat hoiveer never doubted that he was In earnest and that he saw hla way to Important steps toward International penre It nut to nil that lm deal red That the call for the conference was put for ward In tbo name ot the ctar does not alter In the least tho fact that It was In tho brain of tho statesman mat It originated For three years since he succeeded tibanoff as mlnliter of foreign for-eign affairs Murai Icff was the most powerful niHIser of the cur nnd his nllatire In nil the gravest questions of International polio He presented an Imperturbable front to I'uropean diplomacy Me held the eastern question ques-tion well In hand and restored friendly relations betwien the ItUMlan nnd tho Krench and Turkish legations Tho count belonged to the )ounger school of diplomats lie knew tho life ot the leading capitals of ISurupv from his ! iK-monal experience In connection . with the IliiMlan legations In them commanded the lending 'modern lan gitagm nml waa n man of high culture and education Mo was an ardent atu dent of medicine nnd nn expert phy slclnn Only M years old Count Mura-leff Mura-leff was regarded ns extremely young for hla high ptntltloii, but bis actions had all the caution nnd skill ot men who lne spent long liven In diplomatic diplo-matic harncM Mo came (it nn nnclenl nnd powerful Russian family. Ilia ancestors an-cestors rose lo great prominence under Cnthirtno II one uf them having seised the Amur territory fur Itussla Ills count Mi'itAvinrr grandfather suppressed the; I olish rev olutlon In 1SG1 by prompt though cruel menus |