Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-28
RSPUTIN
kUiI or Saint
The Princess Radziwill
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q martyr. When the first moment
|<ht--&nd. being a great coward. he
b>an thoroughiy frightened-had
rather satisfied at the fuss which
rnade asout him. and more gratful
anything else TO the woman Gou-
! FOR having given him such a
ID opportunfty 20 recover some of
,4xity. which he had feared
~nase during his absence from
Fxourg. The fact that his at
assasination had brought his
ana his person once more promi-
4 before the public pleased him.
- natural cunning made him at
kraspN the whole importance of the
ard the capital that might be
of II. He was the first TO plead
aulxence for his vould-be muir
perhaps out OF fear OF the scan
ch a rial might produce. a trial
which a lawyer might be found
nough and enterprisng enough
openly Of the reasons which
en- the accused woman to this
madness, and to disclose GER
isodes in the past existence OF
ophef- which the latter would
- cared at ali to become the
= or the public. On the other
h< authorities, too. felt that n
rial would only cause a most
sensation, BY the mention OF
which IL was of the highest i'm
70 keep outside the question.
fnrit herself insisted upon being
before a jury. declaring that
I'd sought publicity and that she
not rest until she had 1t; that.
AVER. she did not intend 10 be
. Il ont OF her revenge or prevented
Exposing the man in whom she
= most fragrant and daring inn
= creature for whom nothing in
I'd was so sacred and who would
sitzfc at anything in order to
his ends. She insisted on the
L she would have rendered a
nrvice to the country had she
h. and that. whatever happened
rsonally, the vengeance OF God
- day overtake "Grichs" and
kedneSs. and that others would
knd who would follow the example
ne had given TO them and not
she had failed.
ava told all this % the examin-
eistr2te to whom had been en-
ne preliminary inquest. and she
zsIed in her allegations. notwith-
i1nx all the efforts and even the
is which were made to her TO in
her to retract her first deposition
.aufhorities found themselves in q
"a from which they did not know
exkricate themselves when Ras-
: &lmself came to their rescue
vfouiaa is mad" he said. ~All
sEe relates is but the rawlings OF
,d~onzn Lock her up In an asy-
and let US hear nothing more about
3 piece 81 advice was considered TO
best possible under the eircum-
and Gousiewa was placed in a
for observation and then a few
later ad5udged insane by order.
as removed 10 a madhouse, no
pws exactly where. and there she
IS locked UP to this day unless
h some shape or form has over
ser and removed her forever out
or1d which certainly had never
ANU 0AAC A0A MT
meanwhile her victim was
rapidly. and three weeks after
lent he was removed to Tobolsk
to St Petersburg. His disci-
. preparing a great reception
AMI he himself was openly
Bf all that he would do on his
and OF the revenge which he was
10 take on the people to whose
&c he attributed the"mad" act OF
IMAM who had attacked him. He
the greatest efforts to connect
re with the attempts of Gousiewa-
was quite furious to see them
#claring that when he was once
~ the capital he would make IL
siness to find out whether il was
Ssihle 10 discover some points of
alton between the unfrocked monk
he woman whose knife had been
against him. He further made
#cret OF hts intention to obtain the
Is which he needed. thanks TO the
|Igence and with the help OF his
"a. Mr. Aanussevitsch-Ma niuloff
ther he would have succeeded or not
difficult to say. because. when Ras-
4 returned 10 St Petersburg and
enabled to visit his friends al
.skofe Selo once more. there were
= preoccupations which were troU-
! toe Dublic more than anything con-
ID With mis- Individuality. War had
en- out with Germany.
cHAPTER VI
WAS perhaps a good piece Of iucl
for Rasputin that he was not in ST
Petersburg when Germany attacked
j UNEXPECTEDLY a. is quite probable
- he had found himself in the cap
- the time he would have intrigued
,~nnny ways that he might have pu
the sovereign in an embarrassing
ion. in the sense that any hesita
3hfci1 might have produced them
s in the decisions of the government
d have been attributed to the inf1
OF the prophet" At this time o.
nal crisis. il certainly would have
a misfortune if anything had oc
NJ likely to endanger the prestige o
|vnasty. But IN regard to RasputiI
E1f. IL Is likely that his absence de
/ The conspiracy which resulted II
Feath. as he was forgotten for tn
enE SO intensely was public opin
preoccupied with the grave events
we're taking place.
HE WAR VERSUS RASPUTIN.
Ter On. after the disaster Of Tanner
The friends Of the Prophet il
! 10 Win back for him some popu
y. sprAd the rumOr that he haS
his distant POkrowskoie writer
he Of hts .wzrmest pstronesses. Mad
W. that he had had a vision dur
which II had been revealed to hin
the Russian armies were 10 marci
ediately upon eastern Prussia wher'
rould be possible 20 deal a decisive
! at the enemy. and TO do so witt
heir strength. Now this is precisely
I was done. owing TO the military
OF the Russian genera
!, which for political reasons started