The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-21
ACTED
As MouTHPIECE
Controlled by Other Persons,
Says Lecturer Formerly
in Russia.
NOT NATIONS LEADER
Declares He Starved People
While Army at Front
Got Everything.

Got Everything.
Pittsburgh.--Russia reyolted not be-
cause OF her ruler. but because OF the
influences surrounding her
ruler. was ono of the statements in
Carnegie Museum lecture hall In a lee
ture by the former head of the i'm
perial hospital at Tsarkoe Sclo. DIR.
Earl Bishop I.owner. brought here by
the Academy OF Sciences and Art.
This influence was the kaiser Of Ger
many. he said. whose agents brought
about much of the suffering In Russia.
His agents starved the women, chill
dren and men left at home while the
armies Of Russia fought on the eastern
front. This starving or the people at
home brought on the final rebellion
that was already brewing rapidly over
the reign OF Rasputin. the speaker de-
clared.
Starve People.
Revelations Of affairs at the Russian
court. heretofore only skctched, were
told in detail by the young surgeon
summoned to operate on the son OF the
car. DIR. Downer lived in the royal
palace. His presence there enabled
him to meet Mt the dinner table each
night the leading figures Of the royal
family. He knew tho little Father"
he knew the Black Monk. Rasputin.
personally; he knew the cabinet; he
knew the members OF the present Boil
shevlki; no was personally acquainted
with kcrensky and the men behind
this oratorical genius. Dr. Downer
was freely admitted to the presence Of
the empress.
Describes Scenes Of Revolt.
With illustrations Of persons, places,
buildings, maps and street riots dur
ing the revolution. DR.. Downer further
gripped his audience with stories OF the
wild scenes OF tho rebellion. Streets
covered with the dead and dying were
described.
When DIR. Downer arrived in Russia
he was summoned by tho empress 70
operate on the czarevitch. who was
suffering with tuberculosis OF the right
hip.
Met Rasputin.
Before he could operate on the heir
TO the Russian throne. DIR. Downer.
who In an orthopcdic surgeon. had 10
prove to the Russian royal surgeons
that he was skilled In his practice. TIC
do this he was assigned to the imperial
hospital and given soldiers to trent
One day he was summoned to the gen
erai hospital and told to select his pa
tients. The patients never arrived at
the imperial hospital. Instead. other
wounded men who had passed the
stage OF recovery and who were injured
In their heads instead of their arms
and legs as were tho crippled soldiers
tho doctor selected, were sent to the
imperial hospital. DIR. Downor re-
fused these patients becanae he know
they were out OF his line OF treatment
But. he said, this move was made by
an opposing clique to discredit him
with the empress.
Soon after his arrival In the royal
palace, DIR. Downer met Rasnutin,
Rasputin was the official lighter of the
tallows at the affairs In the rooms OF
the palace. That was his position as
known to the people. But In reality
he was the car of Russia. whenever
an act was wanted from the car. Ras-
putin was called II other means failed
TO have the ruler sign desired orders.
Rasput;n Last Resort.
These other means consisted OF two
things Vodka and the wrath Of q
woman. When a pro German action
was wanted from the Russian ruler
the empress had the papers ready for
the cars signature. Then she would
apply vodka In large quantities. When
thoroughly intoxicated he would be
presented with the papers and asked to
sign. Most times this System worked,
but occasionally IL went wrong. Then
the empress would fly into a terrible
rage and remain in n state OF intense
fury for n week or two weeks after
which time she again would approach
her husband with the papers. Failing
tho second time. she would summon
Rasputin. The papers would then be
signed.
Had Many Girls.
Rasputin never moved about the pal =
ace but what he had an escort Of from
10 TO 20 young girls with him. One
princess evaded him 1t was her
husband who decided that the rule of
Rasputin was reaching n too unbear-
able stage. This prince had his wife
dccoy the Black Monk to her home.
When he arrived there Rasputin was
met by the prince and few followers
and killed.
Members OF the Russian cabinet
were so pro-German that they began
starving the people in Petrograd and
other places. The students began com
planning. Even the girl students aged
between IS and 90 Joined the plots.
so when the officials of the govern
ment began holding back shipments of
supplies to the Russian armies the
women began stealing these supplies
and hiding them in garrets and cellars.
Arsenals and armorics were robbed
and the weapons obtained were hid by
the plotting students.
AS the bread supply began to be cut
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