The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-30
Deposed Car
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For Pastime


llbOpuNl NlIII
TSARSkOF- -SEIO. March ~
Penetrating today into and under the
vast prison palace OF Nicola, Roman
off. the depo,e' emperor the CORE,
pondent OF the Associated Pres, ob-
tanned today from the )allcr, the first
reliable statement Of the former EN-
pctor'S condition and visited the desc
Grated grave OF Gregory Ra,puln, Ru,
sia'S real autocrat for dcCldc and the
unintcndlng parent OF the revolution
Guard Against Flight
Since the yiSlt paid by the corrcSpon
dent to the palace last week, severe
measures have been taken to guard the
| prisoner. These grew out Of rumorS of
an attempted flight, monarChlst con
| SplracicS -asainst the temporary govern
ment aud pressure hy extremist forces
! | he guards have been increased and
special representative Of the council
q deputies put among them On an
rounclng his desire to visit the grave
of RaSputu. the soldiers demanded hi,
passport Of the Associated Press Cor
respondent and then led him through
the entrance OF the palace prison which
| i' the headquarters u the guard. BE
| hind the kitchen entrance stands com
pick system OF low buildings built
around a court yard and ending ~ 4
series ot Sub,errancan and sem sub
tctrancan galleries. running the whole
way under the palace.
Censure for Guide
In this room to which he va, led by
soldier the spondcnt mct the
officer of the day Captain Bowers. who
! sharply censurcd the man for bringing
the correspondent, and who said to him
"Nou are the only person other than
a soldier or a prisoner who has passed
through the galleries since the reyolu
/ ton
! he captain sent the spondeut 20
the palace commandant. Captain kotze-
hue He gave the correspondent sol
der escort apd permit to pass along
the road to RaSputin's grave
Captain Chief Jailer
The captain is Nicolas chief ,allcr
and responsible to the duma that no
flight takes place and that there IS no
breach in the severe inspection regime
! He IS youthful and urbanc an officer
OF the guard type speaking perfect
French and English After telling the
correspondent that he had been given
orders to arrest all civilians who asked
the soldiers questions about the com
pick geography OF the palace, Captain
kouebue consented to say something
about the condition OF the former car.
Emperor in Good Health.
The former emperor is not under
detention but in all respects prisoner
and is treated accordingly" said Sap
tain kotzebue "He is in perfectly good
health and in fairly good spirits When
he is with his own entourage he has
fits Of crying He is no longer al
lowed in the park bu, twice daily. from
| II TO } o'clock, he is permitted to walk
for recreation in the rallied garden be
tween the east and west wings OF the
palace. Outside the railing are six sol
diers constituting the so-called inter
mediate guard
THE first guard is within the palace
walls and the third outside the park
| fence
The regime of the imprisonment OF
Nicolas is applied also TO all courlers
and servants who are prisoners The
former emperor is not permitted 70 go
into the garden except in my presence
He walks frequently with other prison,
ers, preierrng the society OF the former
empress He is requested to converse
only in Russian when in the presence
OF soldiers
Likes to Shovel Snow.
The former empcror'S chief occupa-
ton OF Shoveling snow in the garden.
he enjoys greatly He shows boyiSh in
teteSt in what is said and written OF
! him, lie does not resent abuse Al
present he is chiefly desirous OF reading
foreign newspapers which are virtually
unob,anabe. The former empress is IN
better health Her real malady is no,
OF the nerves, but OF the heart She is
unable to walk any distance and is
carried in a chair even from her own
suite to her children'S room Grand
| Duke Alexis, the former heir TO the
throne, has recovered entirely He
arose from bed on Friday for The frs,
time. When he heard of his fathers
dethronemen, he cried bitterly
"All letters and communications TO
the court are brought here first am
the censor"
The correspondent then visited Ras.
pu,in's grave on the edge OF rarine
beyond desola,e and roadleSs plain,
covered with deep snow. The grave is
surrounded by an unfinished log chapel
which adherentS OF the monk. with the
monetary assistance OF the former EN-
press, planned to raise over Rasputn's
dust
Ribald Inscriptions in Chapel
Reside the chapel nave are half
do,en tiny cells for pilgrims and near
the end is the ,en-ioot hole from which
the revolun,ionists d,sinterted the body
The chapel was filled with soldiers,
some OF whom were inscribng tibald
remarks on the log walls One OF the
inscriptions reads :.
Here lies Raspu,in ioulest Of men,
the shame Of the Romanoii dynasty, the
shame of the Russian church"
As the correspondent was reading the
Inscriptions he heard loud shouts.
Looking down into the grave he saw
little brown Siberian soldier on his