The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28


ton Is thrown to the winds. Several times he
has penetrated to the battlefelds Of Poland and
would have exposed himself to the shrapnel OF
the Prussians had not his encourage sklfully
rendered this impossible.
His dress Is simple and he Is often seen In
peasant garb-that Is a suit OF some fine ma.
teral cut In peasant blouse style. many-look-
ing costume OF which the true Russian Is very
proud
More remarkable stl. the queen. always be-
fore the most exclusive OF royalty, has gone
among her people. visiting the sick and wound
ed The Russians scarcely knew her before.
There Is In all this ostensible activity little
more than the lesire to arouse and encourage
the fighting nation There is more for instance,
than Inspired the visit Of King George to his
troops In Flanders This extra element is anxi'
ETY., lively fear and not Of German howitzers.
The victories OF Russian arms have their sweet
ness mixed with bitterness for the czar and his
family
Why? The reason Is none other than the ma
jestic figure OF tn Grand Duke Nicholas Mich
olaieyitch the commander In chief OF the MUS
coyite forces The czar Las long suffered by
physical comparison with his soldier COUSIN
now he suffers In more serious way.
II ever there was king in looks II Is Mich
olas Niehnlaievitch He is full six feet six inches
in his stockings. lean but graceful, with head
in which the keenest intelligence Is combined
with vast dignity and force
When he is with the ezar the latter by com
parIson is weak and insignificant looking, cod
dlaa monarch In secret the czar's subjects are
not slow to speak of this and many ayow history
NJ the nast nty.fye years would have been TAR
different II this tall Mars had been In his cousins
n,ace that the humiliation o. the defeat by Japan
would have been spared the proud Russians
I, has IN he remembered that the commander IN
chief has taken his commission to make him dic'
tator OF Russia The proclamations to the Poles
and the Jews promising liberties In exchange LOT
LOYALTY during the war we're not signed ps 'ne
czar but by Nicholas Nicholaevitch. This was
astonishing In itself and many have maintainea
made ,he uromises null and void because the
promising party would never have the power Il
he had the wish, to carry out his obligations to
the oppressed peoples
Yet. would the ear dare to oppose his yictorf
GUS general by refusing to grant request 10
carry out these promises? Such an issue might
nrora nonular one for ..icholas Nicholaieyitch.
The history of Grand Duke Nicholas begins in
an unhappy youth He cung to his German
mother. whose Russian husband had woefuliy
wronged her and ruined the family fortune. But
come To manhood, he followed straight In bis
fathers footsteps, for the parent was one OF
ryar Alexander LIS famous field marshas. who
many times had scourged the enemies oil Rus-
sia
Alexander Ill wa not especially fond OF the
.,arrv Grand Duke Nicholas. for noble and peas.
ant alike consciously or uneonsciously gave more
homage 70 this splendid giant than TO the three
sn,rdng dull sons OF the ruler. He ordered
,hat the grand dukes army activities Lust be
limited to the cavalry-but the only result was
snnn 10 be told that his horsemen, thanks TO