Arizona republican., 1919-03-25
CZAR WAC SHOT IN COLD BLOOD
 BY bOLSHEv|STS
Entire Family Wiped Out As Humane Act"- "-Gen. Paris Brings Confirma- t;ion from Siberia Claims " to Know Details of Indig- mites Visited Upon the Women
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 SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.-Con- 1 firmation of the execution of the for mer emperor of Russia and his wife and daughters, under particularly re- volting conditions by bolsheyiki troops was given here today by General Robert C. Paris, one of the first French officers to be assigned to the Czecno Slovak army in Russia. General Paris is on his way home to make a report of the occurrence to the French gov ernment. He arrived here yesterday from Vladivostok.
 Nicholas and his family were shot in the basement of their house at Ekaterinburg, Siberia. The women of the once royal family were subjected to indignities in the presence of the former CZar. before the executions took place, General Paris said.
 "On the walls of the room in the house at the present time are writings by the bolshevists, in which the for mer Czarina'S name and those of her daughters are frequently mentioned,' said the general. This house now is the headquarters Of General Gaida, Czecho Slovak commander. Descrlb- ing the scene attending the execution of the Romanoff family, General Paris said:
 Shot Against Wall Early one morning the cZar was taken from an upstairs room and stood against the wall in the basement of the house. There he was shot but not before his wife and daughters had hi er that the czarina was shot and then her daughters and other members of the household.
 "A few days following the murder, the bodies were taken under cover of night by automobiles into nearby vil- lages. where they were cut into small pieces and burned separately. The | charred remains were found by off, cers of the forces opposed to the bol- l sheviki.
 Remains of the burned clothing also were found. Proof that the gar ments were those of the Romanoffs l was given by the diamonds which the czarina and her daughters wore and which were picked up. Apart from thls l there was ample evidence that the l burned bodies and clothing were those of the royal family.
 "The room in which the murder was committed is sealed. The plaster on the wall shows where the rifle bull lets penetrated. The bullets were re- moved with bayonet points. Blood stains have been washed from the floor. Under the flooring, however little pools of blood which seeped through crooks in the floor, were found.
 Everyone in Russia is thoroughly | convinced the entire Romanoff house. hold was wiped out by the bolshevists The official reports sent to France were conclusive.
 The czar and his family are dead That is positive.
 A Humane Killing"
 The shooting of the Romanoffs was regarded as a humane killing by the bolshevists. They probably wished to sshow some consideration for royalty and this tragic murder was showing consideration in their warped brains.
 But the priests-many were stripptC of their clothing and stood outrigh in specially constructed boxes filleC with ice; thus they were frozen tt death. Others were thrown naked or , l tated. In many ways. inconceivabl' to the average human mind. the! were maSsacred.
 And some people are advocatin; that the bolshevili be recognized a. the most democratic government il the world
 "The bolshevists in control of Rus sia today will never be recognized The socialists. the reasonable ones, ar
 worthy of some consideration. But tn bolsheviki-they are destructive so | cialists and must go down" When General Paris arrives il France, he will not only urge imme
 dsate allied intervention in Russia l but will ask that the peace confer ence make a settlement in regard f } the control of the trans-Siberia rail 1 road The allied commands in Si beria have no confidence in each othe he said. and the existing friction owe the transportation question is helpin the bolsheviki cause.