Imperial Valley press., 1915-03-16

even if an attempt on the sovereign's
life could be easily prevented through
the adoption of strict police meas.
ures, yet the way in which he would
be received and the liberties which
the Caucasians would take with him
were sure to make an unfavorable i'm
preston on Nicholas II.
"But at last the visit has taken
place and, what is more incredible.
the Gar has enjoyed himself as per
haps never before in his life. lie ar
rived one morning dressed in true
Georgian fashion, black tunic held at
the hips by glittering cartridge belt,
nigh boots, fur cap and a Georgian
rough cape thrown loosely over his
shoulders. The crowd received him
as one of their own and soon made
MN realize that he was among de-
voted and loving friends who would
DO anything to make his stay there as
pleasant as possible.
while the members of his suite al
most shook with fear, the Gar
thought the Caucasions' love for him
was sincere and for three days walked
through the streets of the city insist
ing, In opposition to the police meas
ures taken to protect his life. that the
windows and doors of the houses be
opened and the people allowed to see
him.
The grave gentlemen of his partv
were shocked, but Nicholas II seemed
to pay very little attention to their
advice. In the midst of the merry
easy ways of the population, the oniv
one perhaps which the horrors of the
war has failed to rob of its warm.
spontaneous good humor, the Car
forgot the cares and worries with
which his daily life is beset. and for
the first time in many years his lips
opened to hearty laugh and at the
sight of the devoted homage of his
SIMPLE subjects the deep burrows of
ms brow smoothed down.
The Cars experience with a num-
Der of inquisitive ladies of the
Armenian and Georgian aristocracv re-
mains perhaps the most characteristic
feature of his visit to Tiflis. At one
OF the many. receptions the ladies,
whose acquaintance with the court
pfotocoi was somewhat slight, fired
at the Gar a number of questions,
many OF which, like, for instance.
those about when the war would end
and what part of Turkev Russia would
seize, nobody could have answered
and, least of all, the Car himself
Yet the Gar replied promptly and
without hesitation to every one of
them, and his answers, though evasiye
ana vague In the extreme, never failed
to please his questoners.
ITO a Circassian prince who had
some down from his mountain castle
TO bring him present of the products
OF his state. and who invited him to
come, with his wife and children. the
Gar promptly replied that he would
look him up in his castle. The Car
Illlly entered into the spirit of the
Caucasians. In one of the schools
he visited he helped the bows to re.
move the silver braids from his bourka
so that they could keep them as
souvenir of his visit. In another
schooi little Armenian girl marched
up to him and, in the presence of her
trembling teachers, fell at his knees,
saying:
My father died while fighting for
thee and thou must allow me to studv
here without paying
1.-The. Car took her up in his arms
and said: ~
eyes. and, as thou speaketh Rus
s,an so well, | shall begin by asking
thy teacher not to punish thee for
what thou hast done
The same attitude of informal cor