Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-04-07
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The car and his family like the opera particu
Iarly Russian but they also like Wagner They
prefer the ballet and comedies to other dramatic
performances.
Likes to Play Dominoes.
Only intimate friends invited to the infre
quent evening parties in the palace. The en-
peror never plays cards, but plays dominoes some
times and likes billiards. The daughters OF the
like dancing, but now they have become help-
full nurses in the hospitals and take care OF
wounded soldiers. The likes the balala1ka
orchestra, Cossack choirs and dances. Once after
seeing vivid and animated dance OF the Cos
sacks the said, thanking the soldier dancers:
"The blood quicker 1t seems as though one
could smash everything looking at them
The car has strong belief in the heavenly
origin of his power. When saying in his mani
festo Of June g. 1907: The Lord God has In
trusted us with the cars power over our people
and before his throne we will give an answer for
the fate of our empire" he expressed his convic
ton on the religious origin of the Russian mon
archy. He Las church services, cid rites old
church hymns When meeting priests he kisses
their hands and they kiss his He confesses his
sins and receives sacrament twice during the
Great Lent before Easter, and third time before
the anniversary of his ascension to the throne.
The car is good soldier. In Crimea once he
put on all the equipment of a soldier of the Six
teenth regiment of sharpshooters and took long
walk with rife and knapsack for the purpose of
trying out the soldiers outfit. He ordered that
he be enlisted in the rolls of the first squad of
this regiment and received a certificate in the
name Of soldier Nicholas Romanof. The life of
the Russian army and navy and the well-being of
the Russian soldiers and sailors are objects OF
his strenuous concern. He chose simple sailor
Boatswan Derevenko, peasant of the Volhynia
province, to be the attendant O. his The
union Of the with his soldiers and peasants
is his purpose. To have legal way of hearing
the voice of the people the car established the
state duma, house of representatives In his
speech from the throne May 10, 1904 at the open
ing of the first duma he said to the representa-
tives of his people, summoned +, the ST. Georges
Sale of the winter palace: tine solictude for
the welbeing of the fatherand. intrusted to me
by Providence, induced to convene the elects
of the people for help and legislative work. With
ardent faith in the bright future of Russia vel
come in your persons the best men, whom have
ordered my beloved subjects to elect. Difficult
and complicated work is before you. / believe
that the love for your country and the fervent de-
sire to serve it will and unite you AS for
myself / will defend the unsuitable institutions
granted by me, in strong belief that you Will give
eli your strength and seif-denying service to your
country in ascertaining the needs Of the peasants
so close to my heart; in educating the people and
developing their well being remembering that for
the spiritual greatness and prosperity of the state
not only freedom but order based on right, is
necessary May my ardent desire to see my peo
pie happy and to transmit to my in inherit
ance state strong well organized and civilized
be fulfilled.
MAY God bless the work before me in union
with the state council and the state duma, and
may this day be marked day of renovation
of the moral countenance of the Russian land, as
the day of the revival of her best forces.
Begin with reverence the work which l have
intrustad to you and justify the confidence of the
car Srd the people
Mar Sod help you and mel
In Is.tober the car and the czarevitch visited
the trenches on the southwestern front, and the
car was many times under the artillery fire of
the enemy AS this bravery, by the tenure of
article of the statute of the military order of
at George entities officer to of ST.
George of the fourth class, the council of knights
of St George Of the southwestern armies resolved
TO ask the emperor to accept this CROSS. The COM
mander in chief of the southwestern armies also
asked permission to confer upon the czarevitch
a silver medal with St. Georges ribbon. for
bravery ir having visited the wounded at the sta
ton Clevan in the sphere Of the enemys artillery
fire.