The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-04
IN DARK
ON EX-CZAR'S FATE
Russian Capital Got Little
Real Information About
Reported Murder.
Staying OF VOLODARSKY
Responsibility Is Laid on the
Counter RevOlutiOnists
by Bolsheviki.
Special Cable DespatcA TO Tue sus from tho
London Times
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London Times.
Copyright, 1918: oil rights reserved.
LONDON, July S.-The character of the
social and political unrest in Petrograd
is shown in a despatch which tells how
concerning the recent reports OF the as
sassinat.on OF the former Gear and
which describes the undercurrent that
followed the assassination of Volodar-
sky. the Peoples Press Commissioner
There were persistent rumors in cir
culation in Petrograd and In Moscow on
June % that the former Gar Nicholas
had met violent death on a train be-
tween Ekaterinburg and Perm. The re-
moval OF the former Car from Ekaterin-
burg was considered to be necessary
when the town was threatened by the
Czecho-Slovak movement. The details
of the affair were much elaborated by
the bourgeois press. II was asserted
that Nicholas had a violent alteration
with a soldier on the train and was
killed by a bayonet thrust. 1t was
found at Perm that when the Empress
and her children got off OF the train the
Emperor was not with them.
The Peoples Commissioners at Mos
cow said that they had no Information
whatever on the subject. nor was any
confirmation forthcoming from the Ger
man Embassy. which is the best focus
OF Information now in Russia.
Michael Romanon's Case.
The whereabouts Of Michael Romanofr
eNcites much comment. One report
places him at Orrsk. while another SAYS
that he is at Kieff with his friend Cen
Skoropadski. who was one Of his adj
NH ho
of favor with his brother, the former
Car. because of his morganatic mar
riage.
His wife was arrested recently in
PotroRrad There was also a rumor
that the Cars son. Alexis. died a fort
night ago. either at Tobolsk or after
the removal of the family from Tobolsk
There has been no confirmation OF this
report.
Every time this kind of public prom
inence IS given to the Romanoff family
the people think that something serious
is afoot. The Bolshevists are getting
impatient concerning the frequent sur
prises about the deposed dynasty. and
the question is raised again as to the
sdvisability of settling the fate Of the
Ron anoffs once for all
The public funeral for Noloda risky
the Peoples Press Commissioner. drew
while on his way to speak at a working
mems meeting on the outskirts of the
capital and had been actively engaged
In e!ectionecring in campaign for the
reelection Of the Labor Committee of
the Council of Petrograd.
For some reason his motor car was
suddenly stopped and man who APP
preached 1t fired revolver. Nolodar-
sky attempted TO draw his own revolver
but he was not quick enough. The man
fred again and Volodarsky fell dead.
He was buried at the spot where other
leaders OF the revolution have been in
TERED.
Dislike Of volodarsky.
Volodarsky had been a political emil
grant and a factory worker. He was
much dislked for his suppression OF
newspapers. He stopped publications by
wholesale under his official authority.
His murder is significant as a symptom
OF the growing discomfort OF the work
men and of the opposition OF the various
political parties.
The Bolshevi.i threaten vengeance and
repr!sas. A workman namei Nasileff.
who BELONGS to the Men >hevist :ar:y
and who was suspected Of the CRIME,
was shot Friday night by men Cf the
Red army while being taken through the
streets under arrest.
Passion runs high among mo FOL.
sheviki They regard the murder as the
first act Of terror against their suprenl-
acy on the part CT the Menshevists and
the Social Revolutionary faction. all of
whose representatives in the Central
Council of the Peoples Commissioners at
Moscow were recently excluded b. the
Bolshevik vote. Responsibility COR the
murder is laid on their political OPP
ponents
The Bolsheviki even endeavor to inn
plicate Englishmeu in the counter revo-
lutionary movement with which they
consider the murder to be intimately re-
lated A remarkable utterance was
made at the meeting OF the Petrograd
Soviet Saturday which was held IN
memory Of the murdered Commissioner
IritGky'S Sneech.