The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-04-01
ROYAL FAMILY OF
RUSSIA Mls7REATED
All Members Shot at
Their Home and the
Bodies Burned
OFFICIAL REPORTS

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20
Confirmation of the execution of the
former emperor of Russia and his
wife and daughters under particu-
larly revolving conditions by boil
shevik troops was made here today
by General Robert G. Paris, one of
the first French officers to be as
signed to the Czecho-Slovak army in
Russia. General Paris is on his
way home to make an official report
of the occurrence to the French gov
eminent. He arrived here yester-
day from Vladivostok.
Nicholas and his family were
shot in the basement of their house
at Ekaterinburg, Siberia. The wo-
men of the once royal family were
subjected to indignities and mis-
treatment in the presence of the
former car before the executions
took place, General Paris said.
ION the walls of the rooms in the
house at the present time are writ
ings by the bolshevists, in which the
former czarina's name and those of
her daughters are frequently men
toned" said the general. This
house is now the headquarters of
General Gaida, Czecho-Slovak at
tending the execution of the Ro-
MANOR family. Describing the scene
General Paris said:
Early one morning the car was
taken from an upstairs room and
stood against the wall in the base
ment of the house. There he was
shot, but not before his wife and
daughters had been mistreated in
his presence. After that the czarina
was shot, and then her daughters
and other members of the house.
hold.
"A few days following the murder
the bodies were taken under cover of
night by automobile into nearby vii
lagos, where they were cut into
small pieces and burned separately.
The charred remains were found
by officers of the force opposed to
the bolsheviki
Remains of theh burned clothing
also were found Proof that the
garments were those of the Roman
offs was given by the fact that dia-
monds which the czarian and her
daughters wore in their waist were
picked up. Apart from this there
ample evidence that the burned
bodies and clothing were those of
the royal family.
"The room in which the murder
was committed is now sealed. The
plaster on the walls shows where
the rife bullets penetrated. The
bullets were removed with bayonet
points. Blood stains have been
washed from the floor. Under the
flooring, however, little pools of
blood were found. In several places
in the death room the blood seeped
thru the cracks in the floor.
Everyone in Russia is now
thoroly convinced the entire Roman
off household was wiped out by the
bolshevists. The official reports
sent to France were conclusive. The
car and his family are dead. This
is positive"
1.-THE shooting of the Romanoffs
was regarded as humane killing
by the bolsheviki. They probably
wished to show some consideration
for royalty and this tragic murder
was showing consideration in their
warped brains.
But the priests-many were
stripped of their clothing and stood
upright in especially constructed
boxes filled with ice; thus they were
frozen to death. Others were thrown
naked on spiked planks. Many were
decapitated. In many ways, incon-
ceivable to the average human mind,
they were massacred.
And some people are advocating
that the bolshevists be recognized as
the most democratic government in
the world!'
"The bolshevists IN control Of
Russia today will never be recog-
nized. The Socialists, the reason
able ones, are worthy of some con-
sideration. But the bolsheviki--
they are destructive Socialists and
must 60 down."
When General Paris arrives in
France he will not only urge imlue-
Giete allied Intervention in Russia,
but will ask that the peace confer
ence make settlement in regard
to the control of the Trans-Siberian
railway. The allied commands in
Siberia have no confidence in each
other, and the existing friction over
the transportation question is help
| ing the bolshevik cause.