South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-23

courtesy due 20 a iady OF rank
At the same time Mr. MiliukOff in
formed her that. IL she wished il.
she could remain in Kief. but ask
ed her TO refrain from visiting mill
tary hospitals. where she used 20 go
daily. and not TO occupy herself any
longer with the activity Of the Red
Cross. Marie Feodorowna. as can
be imagined. felt deeply hurt. and
made up her mind that it would be
better for her 10 leave Kied. But
then arose the question as TO where
she was TO 90, since il was ascer-
tanned that the permission 10 re-
turn TO Denmark would be refused.
4 Possible Refuge.
At this juncture her son-in-law.
the Grand Duke Alexander Michay-
lowitsch. interviewed and offered the
empress the hospitality Of the pal
ace in the Crimea, whittier he had
already sent his wife. the Grand
Duchess xenia. and their children
Marie Feodorowna had never liked
the Crimea. with which were assoc
ciated the saddest remembrances
Of her life because il had been
there in the imperial residence Of
Livadia, near Yalta. that her hus-
band. Car Alexander III had
breathed his last. But she did not
know what she was 10 do. if she
refused this offer. and besides the
last consolation which was left TO
her in life was her daughter and
the latter's children. and in their
affection and care she found some
solace in the bitter thoughts which
must have assailed her.
She. therefore, left Kien for the
Crimea, after one of her cham ber-
lains, Prince Tchawtzawadze, had
gone 10 Petrograd TO confer with
the provisional government as to
the future Of his imperial mistress:
and since last May. Marie F'eodor-
owna has resided at Ai-Tador the
son-in-law. So far 10 one has mo-
Tested her there.
Some other mem beers Of the i'm
perial family have, if not Joined her.
at least settled not far from her on
that Crimean coast. which is 80
beautiful. and which has so much
resemblance TO the one which ex-
tends itself from the Gulf Of Naples
to that of Salerna. Her youngest
girl. the Grand Duchess Olga, came
10 share her life and between her
two daughters the existence of the
dowager empress has seen. if not a
happy, at least a peaceful one. The
purity of her life has won for her
/ a consideration such as no other
Romanon commands.
Up TO now / don't know what Mr..
TrOtsky has done in that respect.
The new Russian governments. both
the one presided over by Prince
Lwof and the cabinet headed by
Mr.. Kerensky. have gone on pay
ing to the dowager empress the in
come she had enjoyed ever since
her widowhood. Her private jew
els. which had been deposited in the
imperial treasury, were sent back
to her from Petrograd and every
facility was given 10 her 10 remove
her personal belongings from the
Anitschkon palace, as we'll as from
the castle of Gatschina. both places
having been left TO her for her life
time by the Emperor Alexander III.
No disrespect whatever was shown
to her; and she was assured that
when the war would be over she
would be allowed to go where she
liked
But in the meanwhile she was re-
fused the permission 20 communi-
cate freely with Nicholas II. and it
is probable that since the advent to
power of the bolshevik government
the same restrictions have been inn
posed upon her relations with the
Grand Duke Michael Alexandra
witsch her youngest som and one
can imagine how this must make
her suffer. The Empress Marie is
already an old woman. Her life was
perhaps one of the most brilliant
and happy the world has ever
known-in its early years