The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-01-29

ton is thrown to the winds. Several times he
has penetrated to the batteields of Poland and
would have exposed himself to the shrapnel of
the Prussians had not his encourage skilfully
rendered this impossible.
His dress is simple and he is often seen in
peasant garb-that Is q 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 STILL 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 desire to 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 anx-
ETY., lively fear and not of German howitzers
The victories of Russian arms have their sweet
ness mixed with bitterness for the and his
family
Why? The reason is none other than the ma
jestc figure of tn Grand Duke Nicholas Mich
olaievitch the commander in chief of the Mus
covite 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 1t 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 is weak and insignificant looking. cod
died monarch. In secret the cars subjects are
not slow TO speak of this and many avow history
OF the past twenty-five years would have been far
different II this tall Mars had been in his cousins
place that the humiliation % the defeat by japan
would have been spared the proud Russians
II has to be remembered that the commander in
chief has taken his commission to make him die
tator of Russia The procamations to the Poles
and the Jews promising liberties in exchange for
loyalty during the war were not signed by the
car, but by Nicholas Nicholaievitch. This
astonishing in itself and many have maintained
made the promises 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 dare to oppose his victori-
ous general by refusing to grant request TO
carry out these promises! Such an issue might
prove a popular one for licholas Nicholaievitch.
The history OF Grand Duke Nicholas begins in
an unhappy youth. He clung to his German
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 one OF
Gear Alexander LIS famous field marshals. who
many times had scourged the enemies OF Rus
sa.
Alexander I'll not especially fond OF the
young Grand Duke Nicholas. for noble and peas
ant alike consciously unconsciously gave more
homage to this splendid giant than to the three
spindling. dull sons OF the ruler He ordered
that the grand dukes army activities must be
limited 10 the cavalry-but the only result
soon to be told that his horsemen. thanks to