Do you believe that with the conditions as they exist at
present in the rear this can be done? Are you acquainted with the internal
situation, not only in the interior of the Empire but also on the outskirts
(Siberia, Turkestan, Caucasus)? Are you told all the truth or is some of
it concealed from you? Where is the root of the evil? Allow me to tell you
briefly the essentials of the case.
"So long as your method of selecting ministers was known to a limited
circle only affairs went on somehow, but from the moment your system became
generally known it is stupid to govern Russia in that way. Repeatedly you
have told me that you could trust no one, that you were being deceived.
If that is true then the same influences are at work on your wife, dearly
beloved by you, who is led astray by [--].
[Footnote: the evil circle that surrounds her. You trust Alexandra
Fedorovna--that is easy to understand. But that which comes out of her
mouth is the result of clever fabrication and not the truth. If you are
not strong enough to remove these influences from her, at least put
yourself on guard against this steady and systematic interference of those
who act through your beloved. If your persuasion is ineffective, and I am
certain that you have more than once fought against this influence, try
some other means so as to end with this system once for all.
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