Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
GERMAN EMPEROR COLDLY,'
LEFT NICHOLAS TO FATE
Former Gar Profoundly Anti.Ger.
man, Declares Prince Troubctzkoy,
Recent Russian Refugee.
PEOPLE WANT INTERVENTION
Bolsheviki Could Be Overthrow II
big Force Was Landed--Japanese
and Americans Not M!lcd-LoOkcd
On as Interested Parties.

many Russians OF distinction who,
hndinE life in their own unhappy
country impossible at present. have
sought temporary home In England
i3 the young Prince Nicholas Troubetz-
Roy. who arrived in London recently.
Irince Nicholas. son or the prince Of the
same name. gentleman of the chamber
oi the late Car. and we'll known, like
al the members of his family, for his
Liberal opinions and for his strong
friendship for Great Britain. discussed
~ some length the present condition Of
affairs in Russia.
bolshevism. he began emphatically.
"as no more than passing malady,
crave certainly. but not permanent AL
most all the parties in Russia were
sleeo as to the necessity OF over
throwing the Bolsheviks, although some
ieit that they ought to give these
usurpers at least temporary support,
s,,, oniy Tor the reason that they con-
sNluted the sole government so-caIled
.n existence at the moment The gen
efal FEELING was one of hope In the in
lefVention OF the allies generally. to
ITO me country of It's two chief dang
20 ,,ooisheViSn and Germany hut
iet tHe intervention come in force and
auickiy. or 1t would be too late! Now
vas the time for England and the
others to strike with effect There Was
no enduring alliance between the Ger
mans and the Bolsheviks: indeed. the
aolmer We're seeking the support OF
O.
ceeded in finding one. First, they tried
10 make terms with the extreme right
men with the center, and, finally with
IN ine p noeiaiist At present the Germans
hussia numbered about 100000 their
plesehce and their propaganda-to-
sether with the fact that they were ~
any rate re-establishing order OF sort
IN some Observation-Disclosures a real
oanScr. For IL allied in,ervention on
Dig scale should he long deIoycd
Taii Russian PARTIES must inevitably
had t.ae1 ~. .he arms OF the Germans. as
I; CO. peSn the case in the Ukraine. There
oeheral Skoropadsky. "A Stronc frinnS
me allies. Was wisely rnakinn I,.n
regions ana mans s.; TO restore order in those
:. s.s. ana IN SO doing he had de,It
shre~d blow to Bolshevism Ne'''
n, IN repiy 10 further questions p-,
I'm iuent H"o osr, speakfing with animation
picture" , or nervous FRY us Freneh. gave vivid
Moscow and Petrograd by Tho aoIo, IN
s Sac; The , stories We had read Of mas
not exaggerated. The scum es were
neyo!ution. they carried on n me
p pfIioIs existence n from day to day,
and generally making life unend mnere.
70 all other classes One OF tbetr r apte
and estnro!e, methods OF Oppression
o. what was known as the iocainiens
on;s atoires system. whereby the ten.
in one room mouse Use We're herdcd together
tatodishment was placed at the disnosaI
~ ~ a anu raS.tag and hob-tail who chose
ing &; coinage of their own as NO ono
, ,au any ready money but the Ger
ina, s., s, they had succeeded in ruin
ate,subs!dized trades had anw w s,oo oHe
90 SCI a.! the banks were closed: ali
and Void dho rI sharef we're declared null
T,asca NY was AT a stands;ill. AZ show.
,mh6 inc extent OF German Influence in
before Coun, Won Hirbach arrived ~.
authorities had the large coucs,rian
statue statue OF skobelor removed srom the the
town. Skobelon was notoriouslc c.
nanophobe: and ii was feared his very
C S.niss might be an offence 40 the Hun
G.oSernor! The so-called retreats for
Austro- German wounded were really
SO s many barracks, whence the inmates
ebo eiseG armed to the teeth. 10 drive
m,itraiileuses, thus keeping the inhabi.
'aIts IN constant state of terror.
t tnc choIera scourSe, which was bccom-
ing more serious. ever adding TO the
genera general! misery. Prominent people
being arrested Wholesale, without ar
cusation every day the BolshcVik AN
dno oTI. trying their hardest. and gen
orins against them. There was abso-
iuteiy nothing 10 eat, unless one ex-
o oefs, potatoes: even the rich had TO
bread. VI
GREAT CHURCH MOVEMENT
NO" UNDER WAY IN RUSSIA
h. Rervetti,n In TO- Moscow: Prince Trou-
or the great church movement coins
on. with the Patriarch at it's head The
moE S;na might be described as Mon
had great influences over ali classes
The l'atriarch indeed. was the only per
@ son IN RI ,ss a,, who dared to talk en-
he hSd communicated for thai
crimes. The movement would be in
tnii actiNity within few weeks, and
portant.
As to the Czecho- Slovaks. no one
see me r 10 nave ~ expected them to play
and their great success has come mite
as surprise. But we'll as they had
an advance guard, for they were poorly
armed and had no artillery at ali. II
only the allies could intervene in time
not be wasted: otherwise they must in
evitably be swamped. Throughout Rus
STA mere was feeling OF compietest
and when they should come to inter,
vene they would be greeted by an
enormous number OF supporters, in
VINO would rally round and hail them
as liberators. Naturally among the
mass .n,, OF the people, the Intervention of
america and Japan was not SO desired,
as they were regarded, rightly or
wrongly, as more or less Interested
parties. but it was quite different with
Great Britain and France who. as Ali
the world knew. had no axes 10 grind.
Respecting the treatment of tho i'm,
perial family, Prince TroubetZkoy had
many interesting stories TO tell. The
Germans tried for some reason or
other. to make Il great fuss over tho
Grand Duke Nicolai Nicolaievitch when
he was at kiev, but he absolutely re-
fused all the honors offered him AS
for the Grand Duchess Elizabeth. who
declined to receive Count Won Mirbach
when he came 10 Moscow, she was sent
to prison two days later and remained
there still. The Grand Duke Nicholas
Mikhailovitch, descfibed by the prince
as probably the future Emperor of
Russia" man with a world wide rem
,utation as historian and q disttn-
guished Membre dc LInstitut, was ar
rested. and when the French ambassa-
dor protested, was taken away on nc
salt pasou. Others of the imperial fam
lily escaped from the Bolshevist clutches
and disappeared
The murder Of the Gear created a
profound impression and one wholly
unfavorable to the Bolshevik cause.
Thus it was a blunder as well as a
crime. People prayed openly for
Nicholas" In the Moscow churches,