The Washington times., 1921-10-16

cess and defeat. In East Prussia
the defeat Of Soldau had been fol-
lowed by that of the Maxurtan
lakes. where the German superk
ority under General Hindenburs had
been shown anew. BY contrast, In
Galicia the Russian army was In
possession of Lemberg and had fol.
lowed up its irresistible advance. In.
flicting serious losses on the Aus
trian army which was retrsatinx
on the Carpsthians.
The following month the Germans
had tried to seise Warsaw. but their
furious assaults broke against the
admirable resistance Of the poorly
equipped Russian army. The sscri.
fices on each side were tremendous.
The Emperor left for The Cau-
casus In December. where the army
Of the south was operating against
the Turkish divisions on the A.
menian frontier.
CSAREvITCH TOURS.
During all this winter the health
OF the Csareyitch was very satisfao-
tory and the lessons could follow
their regular course. At the ooan.
rnsncsmsnt Of sprins Her Majesty
announced to me that she and the
Emperor had decided to postpone Tor
time the appointment Of q mili.
tary tutor for Alexis. was to
continue as his tutor for q Longer
time.
decided to iii up the gaps In
the youths education and TO put
him into direct contact with life. ]
procured a road map Of the sur.
rounding country and planned a
series Of auto trips for a radius of
thirty kilometers around Tsarkoie.
Selo. We left as soon az possible
after lunch and often stopped near
Villages to watch the peasants
work.
Alexis loved to question them, and
they answered him with the Gus.
tomary courtesy and simplicity Of
the Russian peasant, without sus.
pecting his Identity. Alexis also took
a lively interest in the railroads ana
how they were kept In repair.
The palace police were alarme,l
by these trips outside Of their zone
their itinerary Of which was neve,
given to them in advance. war
asked to conform to the established
rules, but I neglected to do 20. ana
the trips continued.
The police then took matters into
their own hands. and every time
our machine left the park I noticed
a police auto take the road after us.
Alexis was always tickled II ws
could give them the slip.
FINDS A PLAYMATE.
tried hard to find comrades for
the Prince. DR.. Deverenko had 4
son about the same are a. Alexis.
The two boys became acquainted
and soon were fast friends. There
was hardly . Sunday or holiday that
they were not together. Their visits
became daily affairs, and the Care
witch even obtained permission to
pay visit to the home Of DR.. Dew.
erenko, who lived In little villa not
far from the palace.
There he lived with his friend In
the modest surroundings Of a mid.
die class family. A great deal Of
criticism was raised against this In.
novation, but the sovereigns paid no
attention. They were 30 simple
themselves in their private life that
they could only encourage the same
tastes In their children.
Meanwhile the war had brought q
great change In our mode Of living.
The life Of the palace, already aus
tere enough. became even more Sc
we're, The Emperor was often away.
The Empress and her eldest daugh-
ters always wore nurses costume,
dividing their time between visits to
hospitals and numerous organise,
tions for the aid Of the wounded sol.
diers.
Although at the beginning Of the
war the empress was physically
worn out her energy and constant
application to hard work was con.
tinuslly a source OF astonishment
to those around her.
Another rscult OF the outbreak Of
the war was ~ relegate Rasputin -
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