Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-10-04

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~ TOP off and have afternoon tea
with the czarina," said the
magazine editor, as he babe
me good-by.
Why, yes" l said little vaguely.
It'd like to, but isn't Siberia rather
Ezrgeg'
i set forth gayly, Madeline 2. Doty
writes in New York Tribune. But
after twelve days on the Pacific ocean
and twenty days and nights of train
travel through Japan, Korea, China,
siberia and Russia the czarina looked
&fkP a needle in a haystack.
Besides, the bolshevik revolution
had descended upon me. Each moment
as we journeyed across Siberia we
feared the train would be attacked.
Ht was made up Of first-class carriages
and was therefore capitalistic. The
one hope was to be as plebeian as pos
aible.
no associate with the czarina In Rus
sin would be like talking to a member
Of the /. w. w. on Rockefeller's front
lawn. It would have meant off with
my head. decided to let the mag
aztne editor have tea with the czarlna.
But If could not hobnob with royalty
I could at least see their dwelling
places. The winter palace in Petro-
grad was a disappointment. Outward
Iy 1T was impressive, but inside con-
&Eant use had robbed 1t Of its glory.
There were the marks of muddy feet,
silk hangings had been torn down to
wrap about freezing soldiers. royal bed
rooms had been turned into offices /;
one had the impression that the car
WAS long since dead and buried.
Travel Is Slow.
] decided to 60 to Moscow. The
Kremlin, 1t was said, had remained un-
eouched. 1t contained perhaps the most
gorgeous palace In the world. But to
travel in Russia is not easy. The trip
from Petrograd to Moscow took twenty
hours. On each train is an "interna-
fiOnal wagonlit." But berths In these
cars are sold weeks ahead for for
time. AT the last moment I secured
II place for myself and my interpreter
IN the international car.
I reached Moscow safely, but the
trip back was not so easy. It was Inn
possible to get accommodation on the
international car. We had first-class
tickets. but that meant nothing. All
classes are the same these days.
The Kremlin formerly was as much
n holy Of holes as the palace of the
Chinese emperor In Pekin. It has
cOuTtyards and buildings within build
1rgs. The great main gateway was
shattered to bits by machine gun fire
during the revolution, and the walls
are battered with bullets. But inside
little damage is visible. The COM
mandant was a scrubby workingman, In
a dIlapidated suit. He hesltated some
time before giving me a pass. The
rooms, he said, had been sealed. But
finally he scrubbed something on q
scrap Of paper. n SC -
Prince Acts as Guide.
The untidy, unshaven little man had
ordered Prince Odoviesky to show me
the palace. We made our way to the
princes apartments. We found him
.cpurfiy gentleman.
L started to shake hands, but he
bIusbed and ignored the outstretched
hand. don't know whether it was be-
cause he was prince, or because since
the days of the bolshevik he has been
I'm Uutcast and no one has condescend-
ed to shake hands. / almost think 1t
was the latter, for when we left he
held out his hand quite cordially. The
prfnce instructed one Of the old court
servants to take us through the build
8ngs.
First we saw the Respondent little
chapel where the czarina used to pray.
Then we went through the gorgeous
guest rooms used for foreign ambas-
ssdors. They were as they had been,
marble baths and all. Nothing had
been changed. But now the rooms
swere icy cold and empty, and there
Sxras q bullet hole through one of the
swindows. That bullet hole was mys-
Stery. The bullet had never been dis
scCyered.
4 Next we visited the throne room and
ballroom. The splendOr was stagger-
Ing. Untold wealth must have been
lerung from The peasants to pay for It.