Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-17
PRINCE PROVED INTRIGUE
Of TR0Tzky WITH HUNS
War Hero, Who Escaped From Rus
STA, Member of Crew OF
American Ship.
BEARS SCARS OF 81 WOUNDS
Grandson of, King of Montenegro
Breathcs Air of Freedom and Doi,s
Civilian Clothes in San Francisco
Has. Varied Experiences.
BY l.. c. ROBERTS.

Cross. the Cross, of ST. George and the
deeora.ions of three other maitonS for
! paint brush on a cargo carrier!
Tho grandson OF King the nephew
of n Queen. the former secretary OF
Trotzky in Moscow, bearing the scars
4 of thirty-two wounds received in bat
\ tle caShing his pay check in san Fran
cisco harbor rs a member OF the crew
& of an american ship!
Authors have dreamed aiCh incor-
gruities.. but seldom have such dra-
4 matte adventures happened in the life
OF Any aG ana ro m91hn ny sn0 OF ha
threads of daring. intrigue, hardship
and misfortune into the tapestry that
Oleg " Radomar Noorotitche. who re-
Gently arrived at this port
Life In Constant Danger.
Trotzky, who sought daily to, take, his
life: far from the political cyclone
Thieht sweeping across his beloved
NAV 10 cast him. broken and appar-
emily, dying. on The siberian coast;
money he ever had earned D. the sweat
the air OF freedom. shook of his in
cognito and registered with flourish
The last aei OF his, intensely roman.
tic part in the world war was staged
o on the s s6;s S,, West nsiix and the
by the United States immigration
Service marching toward table in
of food tightly clutched in both hands
Private at sixteen Years.
at sixteen years to a first lieutenant
commanding body of scouts against
the Eolsheyists. from a member OF the
desk OF private secretary to Trotzky.
where he worked as. a sp'- for the al
lies: from an oren boat on the River
NolEa to the quarters of the chcfof-
stan of the American ..xpeditionary
OF this princes adventures He is
barely nineteen years old now
Prince Radomar Noorotitchc is n
grandson of the King of Montenegro
and nephew of Queen Helen, Of
Italy But he says he intends TO make
he hopes 10 take ont his citizenship
papers when he reaches his, majority.
home with First Lieutenant Douglas
WI, WilliamS: n: T. c.. who befrended
., couidnt stand Rnsputin.
,o He, does :, not know where other mem
Of them n" are " aIivs a is or mother nGm was
b banises n to Paris by the late En-;
Kiss hs hand OF the she
nr When j., 5 5%o years "a, old the lite
was dressed thus until he was eight
when, he joined the Corps OF Pages
a IA, Odessa essa n and put on the uniform Of
pened that when he obtained = a civil fvn
ian suit in Niadivostok 10 assis, hin
Helix. 1t was the young licutenant's
hrst experience in "Civies."
Photographs Correspondence
II was tho princes knowledge OF
seven languages that enabled him 10
obtain his place in TrotZky'S Office
There much correspondence between
passed through his hands. he SAYS
much much OF which he secretly photo
1ci, fob
Stan Of the Serbian Military Mission.
these letters. the prince declares,
Trotzky and the imperial German
fG Iom I'm ni,s locking ne, to deSerton
while Tro,zkv st!il pretended hostile
TO the central powers
frinCe Rodomar ran away to go 70
war; That was in the summer of 1915,
while, he was on a vacation frori
B TGh9"l az k;s, XiSieinE IN? Grand
private in the Serbian First Div
sion. then on its way to Roumania.
Received First Wounds.
% he eo RECEIVED rs firsIS wounds August
Bazardgick. After Two months in a
hospital on the Danube. he returned I"
MS division as scout.
While on scout duty with two other
men NoVembcr is, 1916. the prince won
TIE Cross Of s.. George. by capturing
Eighth Brigade near Gcrsovo. lie ana
mis- two comrades appeared 10 fore the
Gar week later TO re.e.v. ,a,Ir
DECORATIONS
Then came twist IN tho young sol
d!er's fortunes. for he was reeorni2ed
"t the ceremonies aud was AIKEN gu,
me Corps 81 faEes This schOI WAS
closed By kerensky February "a IaI7.
ihrce months later the prince joined
s si itu.S.aN fIfhth Cavalry and went
unto action AGAINST the Germans he
ing wounded July % by a havonct INA.
pierced his loft side.
HI. H-rimcnt u,.h,,,.d
Nheh the Ho!SneN.st party sp-ang