New Britain herald., 1917-03-20
GEAR IGNORANT OF
 REVOLT BY PEOPLE
Uprising Kept From Him Until
 It Was Too Late
TO DEVOTE LIFE TO FLOWERS

'Iet It Be So. Thank God. VIII
 Abdicatc, If That Is What the
 People Want," Nicholas IT. De.
 clared.
 \ Petrograd, Via London, March 2O.- Emperor Nicholas. last hour as ruler of Russia is described by a corres- pendent of the Outro Rossiy of Mos- COW. as follows:
 Two trains arrived at the station at vispera Con the Moscow-Petrograd railroad. 125 miles southeast of Petro- grad). on the night of March IA. One train carried the emperor's suite; the second the emperor, General Baron Frederfcks. minister of the Imperial house. Rear Admiral Niloff. General Aabel and others. Nicholas. called from headquarters by the empress. was on the way to Tzarskoe-Zelo. None of the telegrams about the revo- luuon sent by President Rodvianko of
 
 every effort having been made to keep him in ignorance of the progress of anairs. General Babel protested, de- claring that if the others refused to inform the emperor he would do so. Nicholas, who had been sleeping, was awakened at o'clock in the morning. He went to the dining car and de- manded that. Admiral Niloff tell him what had happened in Petrograd He was told that crowd of students hoodlums and young soldiers had terror1zed the Duma but that a few attachments of troops would be able to put them down.
 Just then Commander Voyekoff, of the imperial train, entered with a telegram stating that 700 of the St. George cavalry were on the way to Izarskoe-Zelo to present a cross to the emperor and had arrived at the nearby station of Ono.
 "Your majesty said voyekoff, 'it Is enough that you appear at the Txarsl<oe-zelo in the midst of the heroes, and with the Tzarsk oe- -Zelo g9rrison. go to the duma. All thas troops will r3haember their oath. 1t will be easy to overcome these young soldiers"
 Babel Breaks the News.
 "It is a lie, your majesty" shouted General Babel. "You are deceived. Read this telegram. Here is the orders to the imperial train at Wis., hera: Do not send the train to but to Petrograd'"
 The emperor arose and exclaimed: What does this mean? Is it revolu- ton? Is Grekoff (who signed the order to divert the train) commander in Petrograd?''
 Then Zabel said: '"There are 60, 900 good troops with officers back Ing the temporary government. Your has been declared dethroned. to go further"
 Nicholas, completely non-plussed, "Why was I not told be- fore? Why tell me now, when all Is After a moment he added. with a gesture of kelplessness: Let it be so. Thank God, I will abdicate if that be what the people want. I will go to Livadia, to my gardens. am so fond of flowers"
 The train moved toward Bologoie. At Ono a telegram was received stating that the Tzarskoe-Zelo gar rison had revolted and that the en- press had appealed to the Duma for Nicholas pondered the then said: 1T shall go to Moscow. Mrozovski Commander of Moscow garrison) may defend me.
 Rejects Traitorous Suggestion.
 At Bologoie was received a tele- gram stating that the Moscow garri- son had joined the revolution. The train returned to Ono where it met the train bearing Gen. Ivanoff. The gen. eral related everything that had taken place adding:
 There is only one thing to do now It is to open the Dvina front to the Germans and let them quiet the ca naille."
 Nicholas rejected the suggestion, ex- claiming angrily: T shall never be- come a traitor to my country. Then Nicholas broke down and wept. After a moment he said:
 "1f only I knew my wife and chill dren were safe I should go to Liva- dia quietly to finish my life, and let Michael govern the country. He is liked by the people. I will sign my abdication and then go back to the AA AAAAS' Se'y eoouoy0 eo LII '''ulsi" dliu let them do as they like. I shall not stand in the way
 This last colloquy occurred on the station platform. Nicholas, who was dressed in a soldiers coat, with col onePs shoulder straps and a sheep skin hat tilted back, frequently mop ped his brow. He gazed about in dazed manner and then mounted the steps of his car. Thereupon the train moved off.
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