Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-09-29
CAR OF RUSSIA AS AN AUTHOR
Alexander III. Writes a Book on War That
Prompts strongIy TO Peace.

Alexander III. Writes a Book on War That
Prompts strongly to Peace.
The ear Of Russia has published a
book which bears the title: memoirs
of Scbhstopol, Gathered and Arranged
by III. ~, the Car Alexander ILL.," As
the present ruler was only a child at
the time of the Crimean war he cannot
relate frow his own observations. But
he has carefully gathered the tales Of
officers and soldiers. and has tried TO
sketch a picture, the sadness of which
Is well adapted 10 awaken anew the
love OF peace. The horrors of wa are
depicted with such realism that the
book OF the car ought to be dissemin-
ated by the the Peace society. The
book has just now appeared in French
translation and the following heart
rendiDg report OF a Sister of Charity
contained in the same may serve as an
illustration Of its tenor:
Il assisted first in a~mputating the
leg OF a soldier. He was given chloro-
form, but the dose was not sufficient.
The surgeon hurried. as there were
many operations yet to perform. The
unfortunate soldier regained his senses
at the moment OF the operation and
screamed with -~excruciating pain. /
shispered a prayer. Another sister
approached the surgeon and asked him
TO give the man more chloroform. lie
refused 10 do 80. Luckily the opera
ton was oon finished. The sick man
uttered a deep sign and said 10 me.
'Ionr prayer was listened TO by the
Lord. / felt better as soon as you had
finished It. But what Will ! do with
out my leg. They will send me home.
But will | find my dear one alive. 1t
is sixteen years since / served in the
army and maybe all the people in my
village are dead Then his nerves
weakened. lie was silent. After
a while be said drcamily: y left a
wife ana two children They were
two dear little boys he added, break
ing out IN a violent TT OF sobDing.
\ shell fell into the lower floor,
hich was occupied by women and
children. One woman and three chill
dren we're killed. As | stepped in
saw the particles Of the shell scattered
all over aud the blood of three inno-
cent beings drench the floor. | cannot
express what ! felt at that moment. |
hurried out TO help some other wounded
men and TO transport them TO Fort
~Pawlosky. Whoever could do so walk.
ed, the rest were put on stretchers.
We had To pass a steep hill which had
been made slippery by the rain. had
a hard time to climb up, and while !
did SO the shells were necessarily fly.
ing all around us. Although my
strength threatened TO leave me | did
not desert my poor soldiers, for the,
had 20 be provided with beds and mat
t~resses. When everything was lin.
ished an u~nspeakable tiredness came
over me. | was attacked by typhoid
fever and spent six weeks in bed"
One is astonished that a book like
this should pass the Russian censor.
Yet the ear himself has read. edited
and published this story. a ruler who
does this does not want war: he abhors
it. The love ef peace of the car eau
De understood, and il is easily ex-
planned why mighty Russia does not
threaten the European peace as long as
Alexander III is on the throne. The
car has learned to know the dreadful
horrors OF war from such reports,
which he has carefully gathered and
which his book now makes public to
the world.