The evening leader., 1918-09-11

cilpp-SQ The WedheHeu ou army VI
Radko Dmitrieff. Kovno, Wilma, New
Georgvisk, the first fortress of Russia,
fell "like sand castles" handed over
by the empress's co-agents-men who
had been carefully given the command
by her.
Meanwhile the camoufage contin-
ued.
Creches for war orphans, under-
clothin gdepots, were industriosuly
visited. Pulses were felt, tempera-
lures taken. In the various towns of
Russia the empress would pick out pet
patients to nurse. Sometimes she
would "drive within range of the Ger
man artillery and take photographs
Once somebody cried out, "Niemka
iedet" there goes the German wo-,
mani He was sabred. Then came
her crowning infamy-the grand be-,
trayal of Rumania AS the world
knows now, Rumania came into the
war on the understanding that Rus
sian forces would assist her in the Do
brudja and that Russian army would
keep pace with her, on her right flank,
as General Averescu advanced into
Pennsylvania. No Russians material
lied in either sector; the Rumanians
found their fanks Sin the air." were
hopelessly outnumbered and defeated.
! From this date the sunset of allied
hopes in the east. 1t was plain to
thinking people that the cancer of
ltreachory was too deep-rooted to ad-
NIT of hope.
! "E.ttop the Manasevitch casaw the
czarina once wired to "Niki" when
revelations were pending in a notori-
fous spy case. Mkt couldn't, and the
ienpE2ss is reported as HAVING furi-
ouslyg seized his telegram and thrown
/ it in the face of Count FrcdeIicks, the
court chamberlain.
There was just one hope left for
Russia at Christmas, 1916. The Grand
duke voiced it from far away T;fiis.
He wrote to the car, warning him
that the Czarina's influence must be
stayed and that a government should
be formed without delay with Prince
/ Lvotf and M. Gutchkoff at its head.
One firmly believes, even today, that
this move would have STAYED off the
revolution, while giving Russia SO per
cent more freedom than she ever had
bafore, and that a rejuvenated, united
Russia would have victoriously car
ried on the war. Had this happened,
the allies would probably have won
the war by Christmas, 1917. The
German woman took care that it did
MT. She showed her contempt and heI
power by rolling up the grand dukes
.,letter into ball and finging it across
the room. A week later Rasputin was
murdered. The fate of Russia was
sealed. Gradually the country became
a Gcrman province. 1t is today.
On sober reflection, | do not think
! that any one who knows russia will
disagree that had the czar married a
Russian subject instead of Ge-nls.n
princess the whole course of this war
would have run differently, sparing
tens of thousands of lives.
Kultur Permeates Holland
So much for .'the queen business
and the royal marriage mart in this
particular instance.
! Scanning each court in turn, it is re-
markable how all the ka'ser's queens
have turned trumps for their lord, and
how King Edwards have failed to-
mike good in the matter expected of
them. English Maud of Norway, it is
trua, rules over, country that has re-
NAMED persistently loyal to the En-
tente, but had Norway been pro-Ger-
man, with German princess on the
throne, she would have assuredly been
more loyal to Germany; she would
have been, like Holland, a positive
outpost and champion of Germandom.
English Edna of Spain, as we shall
see, has been rank failure as a war
diplomat. Margaret of Connaught,
crown princess of Sweden, and three
quarters German herself, has been
quite unable to combat the Teuton
Vaccinations of the German queen of
that country. Queens Mary and AL
exandra of England have comported
themselves like ordinary loyal women.
as has also Montenegrin Helena Of
italy Marie of Rumania, though ona-
third German, has been of loyal serv,
ice to the allies all the more notewor