Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-08

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From b Russian Of high birth who
was . iAdy.in-waiting to the cEarina
Of Russia, are learned some particu-
lars Of the events which Immediately
preceded and followed the cars abdi-
cation which are not generally known.
The woman lost Ill she possessed In
the upheaval Of Russia and IL now
connected with the American Red
Cross. The czarina banished her
from court before the revolution be.
cause her husband, who was In the
diplomatic service, lad incurred the
imperial displeasure.
The lady In question says that tho,
car and czarina were warned Of their
danger some weeks before the revolu-
ton started. In particular did Prin-
cess vasiltchiofk, q member Of the linz
perial court, and wife Of prominent
member Of the council Of the empire.
warn her. The princess Is good Rus
sian patriot, and, like many others,
was appalled, at the signs Of coming
anarchy.
So much alarmed was she that she
wrote a personal letter to the cEarina,,
telling her that II she wished to save
Russia and her own family she must
dismiss Rasputin and the Germans at
court and see that the army had am.
munition.
Advies enrassd czarlna.
She wrote this in Russian, which
was against Russian court etiquette
(Which admitted only French). aud on
single sheets torn from a writing block
instead Of on double paper-another
crime against etiquette.
Two more crimes were that she ad.
dressed the letter to "Her Majesty"
instead Of to "Her Imperial Highness,"
and posted Il In Petrograd in the or.
binary way instead Of sending It
through Baron Fredericks. the court
minister, sort Of high priest for the
observance Of etiquette, an old man OF
recent German extraction. but very
decent kind Of person all the same.
In due time the czarina received and
read the letter. She was furious
furious because 80 many rules Of eti-
quette had been broken, and still more
furious because the writer dared tell
her that she and her husband were
unpopular and were losing Russia.
II shall never have any Of the Rus.
sian aristocracy to court again." she
cried angrily. II always hated them,
I love only the poor people and the
| soldiers. At my next ball ] shall have
none but poor people and soldiers. The
soldiers adore me-"
She had this entirely false idea Of
the soldiers devotion, because people
about the court used to '.fake" crate.
full letters to her from imaginary sol.
diers. Thus, while the troops were al.
ready curslng the imperial pair and
vowing revenge for all their sufferings,
for all the shortage Of ammunition
and for often being sept to be butch
cred Just because q general needed q
decoration, but had no artillery to
cover his attack, the czarina was say
Ing she "aiored" soldiers and would
I'LL her ballroom with them.
She not only banished the princess
from court, but ordered that she and
her husband be exlled to Siberia. And
Prince and Princess vasiltchikOfl
would have gone to Siberia on foot in
the depth Of winter but for Baron
IFredericks. who managed to get the
sentence softened to exile to the
princes estate in the heart Of Russia
They were kept prisoners on their es
tate till the revolution started a cou'
pie Of months later.
| The incident shows how blind thu
imperial family were till the last min
ute, and how the czarina, German
| By birth, had imbibed the autocrat
traditions Of Catherine the Great and
Ivan the Terrible.
orussed BY KaIseF's Order.
The same information said that thu
car was suffering from the effects d
q terrible Thibetana drug when b
signed his abdication.
Everybody at the court knew It,
the princess said. HE aligned his owl
(, abdicatlon and bis sons without ,
murmur, and We all knew him for al
obstinate man. For days afterwar,
he was .still in . state Of stupor. Onl,
when he came to himself did he real
n Ire what he had done. Then It wa
too late. But his despair was terri
BILE"
awho ,drussed him1' was asked.
J, "a quack from Thibet, who ha,
/ risen to be the most influential perso,
ct court after Rasputin's DEATH sh
Il Fanswered. HE was friend Of Raj
n putin ana q Mile. veroubha, who ba,
i unbounded influence over the czarins
And the qdack was paid BY the kaise
!. y drug the car.
II EVERY one In Petrograd knows yer
!. well that the car would never hav
n.