The daily sentinel., 1905-02-01
GRAND DUKE
Makes Statement for the
Associated Press; Says
That He's Russian
From the Crown
To the Sole.

illT, uncle oil Emperor Nicholas, and
commander of the imperial guard
granted an interview to the Associ-
ated Press at the dukes palace in
Quay de la Cour. adjoining the Win
ter palace.
The correspondent was received in
the grand dukes study into which
he was ushered by the grand dukes
aide-de-camp, Prince Beiaskelsky
The prince was attired in the dash
ing uniform of an officer of the Ian
GERS of the guard. and presented a
striking contrast with the grand
duke as the latter arose from his
desk wearing a simple blue undress
blouse over uniform trousers.
Could the vaulted ceiling have
been suddenly lowered and the spa
cious apartment contracted to the
| limits of tent and big mahogany
desk converted into camp table. the
grand duke would have presented
the picture of hard working gener-
al on field of battle
The grand duke is man perhaps
of Go years, a veteran in appearance
as well as in fact, for he won his
spurs and the cross of ST. George %
years ago. in the plains before Plev-
ma. He is a big-framed and dark
visaged man and has iron gray hair.
Although his frame showed the eff
fects of his recent illness, the ner-
vous energy he displays gives the
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action. His stern features soften as
he talks. lending to his couptenance
characteristics suggesting the gentle
ness of his disposition for which he
is known.
you must remember" said the
grand duke in French, for while he
knows English perfectly he prefers
the Gallic language to any except his
own. "You must remember that ]
am grand duke and a subject of
the emperor. AS such am extreme
ly loyal to him. and am Russian
from the crown of my head to the
tips of my toes" accompanying the
words with sweeping gesture.
What shall | give you?"
"The newspapers abroad" sug-
gested the correspondent. have
made many statements regarding the
events in this country"
"I have read accounts in the for
eign press. l have stood aghast at
the frightful stories OF butchery of
innocent people which they have
printed. l know they say well in
tentioned patriots with a priest at
their head. coming peacefully to
place their grievances before his mai
esty. were ruthlessly shot down in
the streets; but we know that be-
hind this peaceful procession was an
anarchistic and socialstic plot of
which the overwhelming majority of
workmen We're merely innocent
tools. We know from examination
of the dead and those arrested that
some of the alleged priests were ac-
tually revolutionary agitators and
students in disguise. We had to
save the city from mob. Unfortun-
ately, to do so innocent and guilty
suffered alike: but suppose 10000
had gathered within the Winter pal
ace, they would have sacked it, as
the mob sacked Versailles. From
the palace they would have gone.
The city would have been turned
over to riot and bloodshed.
"1he same situation has confront
ed cities in other countries. In the
midst of our difficulties, why should
s we be turned on? Why should Amer
lea especially. misinterpret and think
i'll of us? We have always been
: friends-friends when America need
: ed friends. remember when Amer
5 lea was our great friend.
"Why has all this changed? What
! has Russia done TO deserve it? What
has Russia done to America? WHY
should the foreign press, especially
that of Great Britain, not hesitate
Z before calumny: no invention to b.
! too great to print. The papers tel
{ that thousands of innocent people
5 we're killed and other thousands
{ we're wounded, and paint the streets
! as running red with blood They
I even say the dead were pushed un'
s der the ice of the Neva at night
81 II is infamous.
; They say nothing of isolated of
: ficers set upon by mobs in the streets
{ and hammered into insensibility' OF
8 of policemen killed or wounded As
natter of fact complete returns
4 show that exactly 1876 are dead. Sev
4 erai hundred were wounded can
4 not give the precise figures of the
Il wounded, but you shall have an op
4 portunity to see the full reports
4 They say that Gorky will be
i hanged" suggested the correspond
D ent.
Nonsense" re piled the sranf