The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-03-17

Newspaper Enterprise Association and
! the Daily Tribune, has returned from
| Stockholm and other centers Of north.
| ern urope, bringing with him an i'm.
mense amount Of human interest dOcu-
ments, pictures and news features from
Russia, Germany and the neutral ma
tons OF the north.
One of his most interesting prizes
is letter-the last one written by the
| ex-czarina, before the abdication, to
the czar, who died later as Nicholas
Romanoff. plain citizen. ~ 4.
1.-THE strangest letter OF love- politics,
war and religion ever written by a
woman" Sandburg calls this document.
1T was written when the rumblings
of revolutions were shaking the cZar
loose from the throne Of the Romanoff
dynasty. It is a page Of terrible real.
tiles. high tragedy confessions of a
wife"
The cZarina never saw her husband
as car again after she wrote this let
ter. The next time she saw him he
had stepped off the throne and flung
his crowns, sceptors and emoluments
into the street. Her last words to him
and shall never be parted. Good-by.
my dear! Come back soon. Be good,
20 to the Mother Mary church, where
l have so often proved for YOU"
When the revolutionary struggles in
Russia have let down and they have Il
little time to think about yesterday
rather than today and tomorrow, there
will be more letters published, it is
predicted. The full text of the ear
mas last letter to the cZar as car.
reads us follows:
The Last Love Letter Of the Czarina.
1sarkoc. Selo, Feb. q, 1917.
MY BEST BELOVED:
Sorrow and hurt was inside me
when let you 60 by yourself without
any company at all from our rare little
Bebe. What a CHASTITY time it is we
are living through! And our parting
alta this time makes it all the more
ghastly. For now when you are tired
and worn out I cannot be near by to
take care Of you.
God has laid heavy cross on you.
I wish deep within me that l could
help You carry this burden. You are
brave and plucky. With all my sou!
am suffering with you. more than
l can say in any words l write YOU.
What can I do more than pray TO
God and pray again Our dear friend
lRasputin) who now finds himself in
the other world. he, too, prays to God
for YOU. There he is near to us. But
how willingly I would consent TO hear
his comforting and quiet voice now.
am convinced God is going 10 reward
YOU for what you must now suffer and
stand against. But how long must
we now wait?
1t does seem as though our situation
is going to improve. My dear, all
YOU need is to be firm and show the
strength OF you hand: That is just
what the Russians need. You have
never failed to show them Kindness
and goodness Of heartfelt them now
understand that your fist be doubled
and ready! They ask that Of you them
selves. Many have said lately to me,
I'VE need the knout" 1t is strange,
but such is the nature Of the Slav.
To be firm now means to be cruel
and warmly loving at one and the same
time. From the time-the first came
to know you and Kalinjin (Minister
Protopopov) they have been more
quiet. You must teach them TO be
afraid of you-you affection is too
little for them. A child that cares
for It's father must be afraid to be dis
obedient and bring sorrow to its father.
Somestimes a man must drive with
fight reins. not loose, never letting go.
but keeping the strongest hand ne
knows how to use. Then people will
think more highly of him. The hui
man heart is mysterious. The upper
classes dc not in their hearts care for
mild course of conduct. In associa-
ton with them a spirit Of determine
ton is needed, particularly now
I was sorry that we could not be
alone ut our last breakfast together.
The children wanted to be there, too.
Poor Xenia (the cars sister, is to be
pitied. Her daughter has married her
self into worthless and vicious family
snd taken husband who IS beneath
Ter. think she has gone far wrong.
How much sorrow and suffering there
is in the world now!% A great heart
pain torments humanity and there
seems no end to 1t.
wish we could find way to live
in miet and peace. May it be granted
us to beDstrong and struggle forward
on our thorny way, forward to ra-
diant goal! hope you will not have
any difficulties with Alexiev and that
YOU can. soon come back. This is not
selfish hope. understand only
TOO well how "the believing mob acts
whom Won are near. They are afraid
of you now and they must be made
still more afraid of you. Therefore.
wherever you go they must tremble
before you. Among the cabinet minis
tiers. too, you are power and leader.
Come back soon. - -
You sec what ask Of you is not Tor
my own sake and not at all for beses
sake, because we know you keep us IN
vonr thoughts all the time. ! know
the duty that takes yon away from us