Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-02

their permission and approval 1t Is De-
lieved by many that the car intended to re-
eeive It, and to show himself to the people
In the character OF the ne. little Ia,ner. .n as
some terrorist would take advantage of the
opportunity to throw a bomb. he suddenly
changed his mind and fed to Tsarskoe-Seio,
his country palace.
When the multitude came, composed al
most entirely OF honest innocent working
men, with no other motive than to tell 'the
little father of their wrongs, the police or
dered them back, and because they became
bewldered and did not obey, but set up
clamor fer justice, the soldiers fred and
charged with fixed bayonets and hundreds
of innocent men, women and children were
literally butchered in the area In front OF
the Winter Palace.
This massacre, which probably did more
to undermine the autocracy than any other
single event, is called RED Sunday" or
'eVladimir's day because he is believed to
have given the order for the slaughter OF
the innocents. Mr.. Meyer, the American
ambassador, tells me, however. tnaa TINS ,a Is
In St Petersburg on Red Sunday" nor for
several days previous, but was down in the
country, and knew nothing of the terrible
tragedy until day or two after. Inc
command TO fire upon and charge the crowd
was given by the officer of the DAY, VINO
ever he might have been. put uhe people
will always believe that vladimir is respon-
sible FOR the massacre and ne Will suner
the penalty sooner or later
Vladimir is the most reactionary of all
the grand dukes and Is no doubt the strong
est Character among them. None OF his
brothers or cousins. have his ability or his
nerve or determination, and ne made
military reputation in the war with Tur-
key. where Gen. Frank Y: Greene p OF .he
United States army, now living IN buiiato,
was one of his aids-de-camp.
Romance of Duke Cyril.
Vladimir resigned the command of the
n. l,{ con Cyril nj cash
tered and banished by the czar for marry
ing Victoria Nellie, the divorced wife of the
Grand Duke of Hesse, brother of the car
ina. Cyril has not been forgiven, and is not
likely to be as long as the empress and Mr.
Pobiedonostseff, procurator of the holy syn
cd, have anything to say on the sap1ect, ana
at present they are perhaps the most lnnu-
entail persons at court. Although the mar
rfag e was performed by an orthodox priest
at Munich, and the bride was admitted 10
the communion of the Green churcn, upon
confession before the ceremony the noiy
svnoa at Pobiedonostseff's instigation, has
decreed that the canonical law OF the
church was violated, and the czarina - mot
likely to permit the divorced Vile OF sner
brother to appear at court. The couple are
now living at Coburg, Germany, where
cyril has purchased chateau. They VIII
not suffer anything more severe than social
Etncame Of nearly $50, coo year and his
| bride has at least SIS GOO more.
1t was a long love story. The Princess
victoria Is the daughter OF the Duke OF
Edinburgh and a granddaughter of Queen
Victoria OF England. She and Cyril were
| lovers when they were children; they were
engaged for several years, but their mar
| rage wan forbidden on both sides because
her family are Protestants. She was mar
| ried, by the usual arrangement among royal
| families, to the Grand Duke OF Hesse, a
boor gambler and roue. from whom she
| obtained divorce three years ago. AZ
| coon as she was free Cyril again wanted TO
| marry her, but was forbidden and went to
the Japanese war as an aid to Admiral
MaIrharoff, commander OF the Russian heet,
who was drowned when his hagship. the
| Petropavlovsk was sunk by q Japanese
| torpedo. April 16 1904. You will remember
| that Cyril who was on the bridge at the
time the ship struck. escaped by swimming.
ana was rescued BIZ . Russian torpedo boat.
/ He returned home popular hero. and
| shortly after joined the Princess Victoria
/ on the Riviera, where she was the guest
/ OF the x-Emprens Eugenie There the
marriage Was arranged. and Victoria went
to Munich where there Ii Greek con-
xreSntion. to receive religious instruction
and admission into the orthodox church.
Cyril Banishsd From Russia.
After the marriage Cyril came to ST. Pc