The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1918-05-17
BY IVAN NARODNY

L0<J III IBERIA. TIL the constituent assembly
klAf9Sl could determine how best to solve the
problem Of their future.
kerensky was then premier, and 1t fell upon him
to deliver the fateful decision politely as posi-
BILE He called personally at the palace OF Tsar
skoe-Selo and gave twenty-four hours to the royal
exiles to pack their trunks and make themselves
ready for their journey The ex-czar turned white
and stammered In answer to Kerensky:
! If 1t Is Gods and the peoples will shall
obey"
day thereafter the premier again called
the ex-czT and Informed him that the train which
was to take him and his family to Siberia was
ready In four closed automobiles, guarded by
company Of Cossacks, the royal exiles left their
stately residence and drove to the railway station
where they were met by Baron Fredericks, the for
iner minister of the court General Voyiekof. the
former commander Of the palace. and Countess
Naryshkin the former lady In waiting to the car
ina. These were to follow their former masters to
Siberia.
The baggage consisted of fifteen trunks and a
few suitcases handbags. These were carried
into the by the two loyal servants and the
family members themselves. dead silence pre-
vailed on the platform when the once feared and
respected ruler walked TO his car Premier Keren-
sky held his Vice Premier Nekrassov accom-
panied the eX-czarina. 1t WAS a heavy and painful
moment, a moment full of depressing thoughts.
Seldom If ever. In history has there been a
more complete change in human fortunes than that
which Nicholas Ronanoff has suddenly undergone.
From household expenditure or SlZ,ooVooo II year
he has nov been reduced to about $1,000 a year.
From having twenty palaces at his command he
was first cut down to an eight-room fiat In an
old Siberian municipal building. From being the
most powerful autocrat of All the Russias he be-
came suddenly plain Mr.. Nicholas Alexandrovlch
RomanoT, Siberian exile.
| have succeeded In receiving considerable de-
tails concerning the ex-czar's manner of life and
views at Tobosk. 1t Is only short while ago
that he permitted to move from the small nat
into the monastery. Here he Is now occupying
small room in the house of the archimandrite.
while the ex-czarina occupies another room in an
adjoining building. Though apparently free, the
ex-czar and his family really exiles, guarded
carefully by the soldiers over whom he used to
possess a command of life and death.
In this dreary town of 1900 inhabitants the ex-
car and his family have remained the chief OBJ
jects of interest While special attention had
been paid by the guards to him and the ex-czarinn,
the daughters free to come and go as they
please and from them the townspeople have
learned n great deal about the household and life
of their -,ethroned rulers.
The residence determined for the ex-czar con
sisted of eight rooms of the second floor OF the
former governors house at Tobolsk. 1t Is n rather
roomy house, built in the stately style of russian
institutions of brick in white stucco. with sop-
ing green roof. 1t is not situated in the aristo-
cratic quarter of the city, which lies on hlgher
ground on the farther side of the Iobol river. Inc
lower floor was occupied by the guarding officers,
who had been specially selected on account OF
their loyalty to the revolutionary cause
Nicholas and the former czarina occupied room
each and two rooms put aside for the daugh'
ters and the son Alexis, the former heir apparent
There were a dining room. a wide kitchen ana
general sitting room and the rest Of the fiat was
given over to the servants. The revolutionary gov
eminent allowed three servants. butler and two
maids.
Contrast these quarters with those the Roman
offs formerly enjoyed at Tsarskoe-Seio' Peterhoi
ut the Winter and Anichkova palaces In Petrograd
A. Isvada in CATCHING and the twenty-odd pal
ACES they possessed. The Peterhof palace was st
large that a person could lose himself in 1t, ant
go servants were employed solely to steer guests
through it. The Hall OF Mirrors IN tne wintes pa.
80. At pet-osrad IN 200 feet in length and il con