Recollections of a Russian Diplomat the Suicide of Monarchies William Ii And N
Recollections of a Russian Diplomat the Suicide of Monarchies William Ii And N
Eugenii Nikolaevich Shelking
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He used to play at being a horse on his hands and knees with the Imperial children, which with other similar tricks pleased the Imperial Couple. As he fully appreciated the weak character of Nicholas II, he became a flatterer of the boldest kind in order to gain his own ends and in his policies was usually most successful in guessing his Imperial master's mind. At this time the personal relations between the Russian and German Emperors were very strained. Instead of endeavouring to smooth over ...matters Muravieff added fuel to the flames and in conse- quence Russo-German relations became steadily worse and worse. Realizing his own ignorance of diplomacy, Mura- vieff selected as his Assistant Minister, Count Lams- dorff, who, having spent his whole life in the Foreign 164 RECOLLECTIONS OF A RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT Office, was a regular mine of information. The Archives contained nothing he did not know. Mura- vieff constantly consulted him and he astonished the Emperor by his official reports, so great an under- standing and intimate knowledge did they display of existing conditions and circumstances.
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