The New York herald., 1922-11-06
FEAR OF LIFE SENT
KAISER INTO EXILE


head of the British Secret Service and
of the criminal Investigation department
at Scotland Yard. told an audience last
night in the Broadhurst Theater. 1t
was the first of a series Of lectures by
Sir Basil.
Sir Basil received this newest of the
stories Of Wilhelm Won Hohenzollern
from Won Beulow himself The audi
ence listened in silence. When Sir Basil
finished the. telling there wasn't a
murmur from the house. Another story
he told related to the death Of the monk
Rasputin. A shudder followed that But
he relieved the tensity by lauding the
Italian Fascist as the bourgeoisie aris-
ing against communism and anarchy
and predicting that the Fascista move
ment was due to spread through the
world. Then the audience cheered.
There were numerous dramatic tales
of crime and criminals. Not even that
of the Kaiser's despair. new as it is,
gripped the men and women In the audi
toripm as did the confession of Prince
Yusapoff, the murderer OF Rasputin. To
Sir Basil Yusapoff told the tale at dinner
The Prince and his colleagues learned
that Rasputin had influenced the Czar,
through the Czarina, to make a separate
peace with Germany. To Yusapoff fell
the duty of killing the monk. LII
Describes Rasputfn's Death.
Secret service men were watching
Rasputin's house. Yusapoff spirited the
monk out and to his own palace, Ras-
putin being gleeful at the success OF the
rrse that effected the escape. On the
dining room table were six bottles of
wine. Each bottle contained deadly
poison. The poison had been tried out
on a dog The dog had died instantly.
Rasputin drank six glasses and showed
no signs. Yusapoff had only pretended
to drink.
II Knew then" said Yusapoff to Sir
Basil, that the man was possessed of
the spirits of the evil one. 1 left the
room to get from my colleagues, who
were waiting up stairs, a revolver. I
returned TO find Rasputin slumped down
over the table, his head in his hands
and his mouth foaming. went to an
ikon and knelt, praying for strength to
Kill this man. AS I prayed Rasputin
staggered up and over TO me, He leaned
above me while I prayed. I shot him
and, foaming, be fell IN me.
I'VE had a doctor present He came
in, and one Of my colleagues was for
putting another bullet into the man to
make sure. But the doctor said that he
was quite dead. We left the room. ]
returned, went over to the figure OF the
monk and Rasputin arose. took me by
the throat and fell again. / ran out of
the room. Rasputin was on his feet
again and staggering through the door
to the courtyard. He was crawling
through the snow I fired three shots
into him as he crawled. He fell for
ward. but was not dead. Then fin
ished him with club"
Sir Basil asked the audience. whether
Il knew that on November / / there were
revolutions pending 3n Switzerland and
Holland and that both were dealt with
In manner that was final Benito
Fascist adopted Just such
of stamping out the Red peril.
Sir Basil said. In March, 1919 he said,
Great Britain was nearer revolution
than it ever has been. To-day Great
Britain was never so far from revolu-
ton. Even in Barcelona, he said, the
Fascisti movement is afoot.
Sir Basl's lecture had to do with his
experiences in Scotland Yard. He be-
gan with the ordinary crimes of peace
times. He continued to the war and told
of the spies-their methods and their
He declared himself pos
sessed OF a certain feeling OF sympat thy.
for the spy who is actuated by patriotism
tprovided that such spy is caught and