The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28

Nicholas Nicholaieyitch. were now the best In
Europe.
Meantime the Nicholas family life was not
free from the scandal which so often has made
the title grand duke" a reproach. He first mar
ried the mldde-aged widow OF wealthy trader
He did not bring her to court. but left her at
Moscow, where she would be safe from the
sights her extraction might earn her In higher
company. She died and her husband now q rich
man. only too quickly welded the Princess Anas-
tasia Of Montenegro with whom he had long
been In love II was while she was the wife OF
another man. the duke of Lenchtenberg. that
Nicholas Ncholaievitch woCed and won her. She
persuaded Gar Nicholas to permit her divorce.
Anastasla is a large-framed vigorous, ambi-
tlous woman, devoted to the cause Of the Slays.
She is a frebrand and INSCRIPTIONS In methods
to further her husbands progress 10 the position
OF natural leader OF the Russian Slays 1t Is
said her husband is altogethe too intimate with
a certain lady of the imperial ballet, but this
does not geem to affect the relations between the
welded couple. She is always magniiicently
clad and is as regal In figure as her husband.
Throughout the japanese war the soldiers
hoped Grand Duke Nicholas would be ade their
leader and he was again and again promised to
them. Many believed final disaster would have
been averted II the czar had conquered his iea
ousy of his popular cousin After the w;t. when
the throne was threatened by the reyoutonists
the czar was forced to fall back on the man he
had sighted and the grand duke restored order
by stern means. He was In danger OF assassina-
tion, and commanded admiration by constantly
going about the streets unattended.
Just what happened when the present war
broke out remains to be told. 1t will be an In
teresting story 1t is known that the czar aspired
to follow the kaiser's example, take the field
with his soldiers. and be his own field MARSHAL
What pressure was brought to bear to dissuad4
him from this purpose and to force his accept
ance of Grand Duke Nicholas is hard to say But
there are rumors that the mobilization was well
along before the czar knew OF It.
II is to be remembered there Is Julker party
in Russia as we'll as In Prussia And this party
claims the grand duke as leader.
The present situation is this: The cabinet
council OF the empire meets every day at Peter
hof. Its resolutions are ontwardly submitted to
the czar for confirmation but as matter OF
fact, the cabinet simply o. KS the orders of the
all.powerfu commander In chief and the czar
then also attaches his signature. In time OF war
the cabinet does not dare iefy the army head,
nor does the czar.
II all this is concealed from the mass of the
Russian people, 1t is entirely clear to that astute
German, the czarina. Supposed to be nervous
invalid she has suddenly donned the garments Of
the Sisters OF Charity with her daughters and
entered the hospital wards She is even present
at operations and has bound up the soldiers
wounds with her own hands. Anyone who knows
the almost religious attitude OF the Russian peas.
ant to the Little Father can realize the wild
enthusiasm aroused among those whom the car
ina thus visits
Can the ezarna be striving to win Lack for
her family the personal popularity the grand
duke is taking from her husband? II may be so.