Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-11
SCANDAL STALKS
IN GERMAN
Court
Priest Charged With Terrible
Crimes In Name of
Religion.

ST. PETERSBURG. Russia, April
2T.--Grand Duke Nicholas, Command
or Of the Guard and Of tho St. Peters.
lurg Military District is Fighting al
desperate duel with Minister Of War.
Suchomlinon for the soul of Nicholas
II. "Old Man" GrigOri Rasputin Is. as
lawyers say. Intervening" 81. Pc.
icrshurg throbs with the scandal. The
Duma has discussed IT, and Prime Min.
ittcr Kokovtsen, who hates trouble
and equally hates making up his mind,
is In downcast mood.
"Old Man" Grigori Rasputin has
been put up by Grand Duke Nicholas
10 play the role at TsarkOc SClo which
was formerly played by Spriiualist
Monsieur Philippe. Monsieur phlilp.
re was French rogue who thorough
~ fooled Nicholas II until he was OK.
posed bv Patchkowsky. chief Of the So.
Crct police and government bomb-plot
organized. who hated all rDrucrics cX.
ccpt his own. But Rasputin is a great.
or man than Philippe. He is a half.il
litcrate Siberian peasant who discOv.
cred by another C7arian saint. Bishop
Thoophan. When Thoophan fell from
favor Rasputin took his place.
Rasputin calls him Starch" which
means literally "old man" but Is an.
Llied to all the PRAYING varabonds and
sinlcss but soapless mcndicants whn
inundatc Holy Russia. His power IL
due to the "pull'' he got with CIarira
Alexandra. whom he convinced that
the little heir Alexis can be saved only
by his prayers. and that the moment
he ceases praying the TcrrOrists will
get little Alexis.
Il Salons in Peasant Garb.
| t'nshorn, unwashcd. Farhcd In a
peasants "armiak" and creased top
= boots, Rasputin could he seen In 1910
in the smartest salons of st. Peters,
burg. He was beloved by pious WON
on and rs he preached that young and
pretty ones could be saved only by
himself his adhcronts were many
Then began the inevitable revelations
, Tho name Rasputin is derived from
| tho Russian word "rasputni." which
means "dchauchcd,' and the rcvcla
tions showed that the "old Mans
name fitted him.
Twenty fathers and mothers wrote
letters to the papers demanding thai
Rasputin be put on trial giving de
tails which justified their demand
From girls of 16 to women who haf
celebrated their silver wedding moth
ing female escaped Rasputin's net
And at the end of 1910 eleven divorce
cases were pending in the Senate, al
caused nv the court favorite.
The salons are now mostly closed Il
Rasputin. but the "Old Man" has ken
his position at court. This Is due Il
benevolent Grand Duke Nicholas
Grand Duke Nicholas always main
tains some cmissary who viii intlu
cnCc in his favor wCak.mindcd Mich
olas H. The Grand Duke has quarrel
ed with Minister of War SuChomlinO'
and he not only ignores all the Wa
Offices demands, hut issues commands
Of his own. fatty cOntradiCting them
SuchOmlinoif on his side tries to keel
. his mOnarChs favor. This he does by
neGlcCtinG the Army and spending al
his time with the "Poticshniye" or Boz
Scouts, the latest plaything Of NichO
las II. Su0homlinOfr, more or loss fee
bly, backed by Kokovtscff, wants Il
get rid of Rasputin, while Grand Duk
Nicholas declares Rasputin iS a saint
So far the ministerial anti.RasputiD
party has been soundly defeated.