Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-02-05

his people and among his sol
diers, returning their greetings,
blessing them and encouraging them Discre-
tion Is thrown to the winds. Several times he
has penetrated to the battlehelds OF Poland and
would have exposed himself to the shrapnel Of
the Prussans had not his encourage skilIfu1y
rendered this impossible.
His dress Is simple and he Is often seen In
peasant gnrb-that Is suit OF some fine ma
terial cut In peasant blouse STYLE manly-look-
ing costume OF which the true Russian is very
proud
More remarkable stin 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 ostensibe activity little
moro than the desire TO arouse and encourage
the lighting 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
mesa mixed with bitterness for the car and his
family
Wby7 Tho reason Is none other than the ma
jestic asure Of th5 Grand Duke Nicholas Mich
olaieyitch the commander In chief OF the Mus
covite forces! The car has long suffered by
physical comparison with his soldier cousin
now be suffers IN more serious way.
II ever there was king in looks It Is Mich
olas Nicholaievitch 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 czar the latter BY COM
parison ID weak and insignificant looking. cod
died monarch. In secret the czar's subjects are
not slow to speak OF this and many avow history
Of the past twenty-five years would have been far
different IL this tall Mars had been in his cousins
place. that the humiliation Of the defeat by JapaS
would have beon spared the proud Russians.
Il has to be remembered that the commander IN
chief has taken his commission to make him die
fafor Of Russia The proclamations to the Poles
and the Jews promising liberties in exchange for
loyalty during the war we're not signed by the
car. but by Nicholas Nicholaievitch. This was
astonishing in itself and many have maintained
made the promises null and void because the
promising party would never have the power, II
he had the wish, to carry out his obligations to
the oppressed peoples.
4 Yet would the czar dare to oppose his victori
Gus general BY refusing to grant request to
carry out these promises7 Such an issue might
prove popular one for .!icholas Nicholaievitch
r The history Of Grand Duke Nicholas begins in
an unhappy youth. He clung to his German
7 mother whose Russian husband had woefully
wronged her and ruined the family fortune. But
come to manhood, he followed straight In his
fathers Footsteps. for the parent was one ol
tCzar Alexander us famous field marshais who
many times had scourged the enemies OF Rus
sia.
N Alexander III wac not especially fond Of ths
young Grand Duke Nicholas. for noble and peas
ant alike consciously OF unconsciously gave more
homage to this splendid giant than to the thre'
spfndline dull sons Of the ruler. He orderet
that the grand dukes army activities nust b
limited to the cavalry-but the only result wal
soon to be told that his horsemen. thanks y