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Show uu RUSSIAN DYNASTY IN IMMINENT DANGER London, No- . 15. The Russian dynast is In Imminent danger of dying out and the present Emperor Nicholas is likely to be the last of the Romanoffs to occupy the Imperial throne, according to a writer in "Free Russia." a newspaper appearing appear-ing here He says. 'The young Alexis, the emperor's only sori is suffering from an incurable incur-able dives se tuberculosis of the bones, It Is said and can ouly be kept aJlvo a few months longer The emperor himself has become the vie tlm of fits of melancholy His consort, con-sort, the unfortunate Empress, is still suffering acutely from a complete nervous breakdown The question arises therefore, who will be the heir to Nicholas the Second, or will he be the last of the autocrats of Russia? The daughters of Nicholas cannot, ascend the throne becauoe Paul I. who hated his august moth er Catherine the Great, made a law whereby It became Impossible for a woman to reign In Russia Therefore, There-fore, In case of the demise of Nicholas Nich-olas II, the throne should fall bo his brother Michael But this Is hardly possible, since he ha renounced all his right.- and has married morgan-aticaJly morgan-aticaJly a Russian lady with whom he lives very happily far from court Intrigues." The writer then discusses the I grand dukes, but finds insuperable objections to all of them |