Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-10

On public occasions after that the CzaHGn
Witch was observed to have permanently
stiffened right leg. Though of delicatR
health, he was handsome and attractivGfj
boy. Sg
How the late Gar spoiled his child a.
shown by an incident related by DR.. E. +?
Dillon, the well-known English writer ols
Balkan affairs. Not long before the CzarDf
downfall q special British envoy, GeneralS
Sir Arthur Paget was sent to PetrograA
to discuss closer cooperation betwseN
British and Russians. While he was tails
ing with the Gar the young Czareyitch
got hold of the Generals cap and placed
1t on the head Of female statue. When
the Car saw this he laughed so heartily
that the conference was seriously intersA
rupted. -
Now. this spoiled heir Of the worlds
greatest autocracy may have been put to I
death by band Of unwashed ruffians III
mn obscure village. SO
1t was assumed that the report Of the q
Czarevitch's death must be correct, be-
cause no mention was made Of him whenlI
the rest or the Romanoff family reappeared I
at Ekaterinburg.
The four daughters OF the Czarina WERE
the Grand Duchess Olga. aged twenty.
three; Grand Duchess Tatiana, aged twen,i|
ty-one; Grand Duchess Anastasia, agetSl
nineteen, and Grand Duchess Marie. ageI@|
they were very handsome young girls and
all accounts agree that they were charms
Ing and sweet. 8gSes
After the Cars downfall and brief
period OF imprisonment In the palace at
Tsarskoe Selo. they were removed TO To-
bosk In Siberia. The whole family was
forced to occupy the upper floor of hum
Bile house that had belonged to local tax
collector. Revolutionary guards occupied
the ground floor ss1Esfss's
fret fol1
treated with leniency, although subject stos|
considerable prlvations. They had only
one servant and the Czarina was OBLIGED
to do much of her own cooking Thefde-s
posed monarch and his wife were not al 4
lowed to go out except to church. and g
Nicholas tried to maintain his health, Sys
carrying pals Of water upstairs. The i
little Czarevitch vas only permitted to "a &
into the public park for few hours day
under an armed guard. sss4Fsg
The young Grand Duchesses, however,.
were allowed considerable liberty at thiaa
stage They mingled freely with thaM
toWnspeople and travelled about the copn.S
try. All signs Of rank were discarded ia 4
their social relations and the young woI,i- q
en- were known simply as the Misses
stenography and typewriting and fitted
herself to earn her living in business
The second daughter, Grand Duchess Tati-s
ana, began to train as nurse. All tho.
glris IN ract, were learning to live in nis
normal way under democratic system.
The quarters In the private house wers;5s
so cramped that the imperial family waas.
removed after three months to the monas.
terry OF Tobolsk. 8 ~
That was before the Russian revolutio.&I
began to turn toward Bolshevism and
terrorism: The antiBolshevist sentimantss
OF the siberians settled the fate of tho
fallen imperial family They were ra.&
moved from Tobolsk hastily by the Red,
Guards lest the Siberians or CsechoI
Slovaks should reach them and liberata'
them. Then began the terrible journeyII
toward european Russia In which Gear
Nicholas lost his life, while the fate of tlsi
women was lett in uncertainty.