The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-07


- WAS us % measure ~ safety Tor the
HE-N iIfr uf the lythruurd czur aud his fam
III IL Iy that tho Russian government au.
lSl thoritlvs decided That the former ruler
bI und bis family be- sent to Tubolsk. 81.
pJ ~ ho@u. tI the constituent assembly
hASJ could determine how best 10 solve the
problem uf their future.
hrr"usky WIS then premier, und u frll upon him
O. deliver no" Hateful decision as politely as possi.
DE- lie called personally ~ the palace OF rsnr.
sh""-S"lo aud gave twuuty.fuur hours 90 the royal
cANrS 20 pack their trunks uud make themselves
ready Tor their inn lcy. The cx.cznr turned white
ami Zoo answer 90 Kcrcnsky:
III 1t Is Gods and the peoples will We shall
obey"
4 dny thereafter The premier again called on
the rN.czar und inluuied him that the train which
WIS ~ take him uTI his family tu siberia was
ready, IN four olus % automobiles. guarded hy q
company NJ Cos,H.as, The royal cxilcs left thclr
stately residence .uI drove 90 the railway station.
where they were mot hy Baron Frrdyrick,, the Tor.
mrr minister of fhg court; General Nuylesun, the
former commander ui the palace. and Countess
NurNrha|u, fhy former 'HIy Zoo waiting tu the czur.
Son, Ihrs, w,r" FOO follow their former masters 20
S.h.r.u.
The haEgag, CON ..cI of fifteen trunks and a
frW s%u.tou-us Hr d ..HrEs. These were carried
iuru fIr cor hy 100. .Hu loyal SERVANT, and the
IIu.| members th ..IFrs. A dead silence pre-
N..IHl uu fhp platform when the ruer Toured aud
respected ruI,r va...d foo bis car. Premier kyryn.
-ky hHIl h. uTm. Vice Premier Ncsm--ly accom-.
panied 'Hu .NrEurIuu. u was % heavy and painful
moment. 90 moment rhl OF depressing thoughts.
Seldom, Do ever BOO history hus there been a
moro complete change loo human fortunes fbuu thut
which Nicholas gumuuun Dos suddenly undergone.
From % household expenditure uf Sl-uluuuu o. year
hr ha. uny nrru reduced to about Sluuu % yrar
From IHt.u- twenty palaces 90 bis command hr
was uf nrst Dli down tu uu cight.ruum flat iu un
old siberian municipal building From being the
most powerful urfucru' nj Al ihc Russlus De Dee.
came suddenly uIulu Mr.. Nicholas AIcXuudruylch
itUmuuuT siberian exile.
! have succeeded Loo receiving considerable de-
tails concerning fmr rX.cznr- manner off NE and
Views ut Tuh0lsE, II O. only o. short while ugo
that hr WINS permitted Goo move from the small Hat
Into doe monastery. Here Doe Is now occupying a
small room in The house ~ the nrchlmuudrlte,
while The oN.rznrinn occupies another room In nn
adjoining building. Though apparently free, the
cx-czlr and his family nrc really oXiles, guarded
carefully hy tho soldiers over whom he used IN
possess a command 90 HE and death.
Ia this drrury town 81 5000 Inhabitants the cy'
car anG his fumily have remained the chief OBJ.
iects ~ Interest while d special attention had
been paid hy tho guurds 10 him and the 5s-czurinn,
the daughters urc free 10 come and go rs they
please. and FROM them the town~people have
learned a great deal nhnut the household and life
81 their dethronod rulers.
The residence determined for the cy-czar con
sisted OF eight rooms ul TIE secnhu moor OF Ihe
former governors house ut TohOlsk. Il Il a rather
roomy house. built In thr stately style Of Russian
institutions, Of brick In white stucco, with a slop-
Ing green roof. u Is not situated In the HristO-
cratic quarter ~ the city, which lies on higher
ground on the farther side Of the Tobol river. The
lower door was occupied by the guarding officers,
who had been specially selected on account OF
their loyalty 20 the revolutionary cause.
Nlcholns and the former cznrina occupied n room
each and two rooms were put aside for the daugh'
tiers and the son Alexis, the former heir apparent
There were n dining room. n wide kitchen and n
general sitting room, and the rest Of the fiat was
given over TO the servants. The revolutionary gov
eminent allowed three servants, n butler and two
maids.
Contrast these quarters with those the Roman
offs formerly enjoyed Mt TsarskOe-S elo, Petethof,
AZ the Winter and Anichkovn palaces In Petrograd,
AT LlyadIa. In Gatchinn and the twenty-Odd pal
aces they possessed. The Peterhof palace was 80
large that a person could lose himself In Il. and
200 seryants were employed solely 10 steer guests
through IL. The Hall OF Mirrors In the Winter pal
ace at Petrograd Is 200 feet In length and IL con