The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-16
Ex-Emperor Falsely Accuses
Allied Statesmen of Trying to
Provoke World War in 1914

tne beginning of May, 1914, he met
Wnlie on his way to Tiflis, long col
umns or troops of all arms, in war
equipment. He had feared that a re-
volt mad broken out in the Caucasus.
Wnen he made inquiries of the auth
orltles at Tiflis, while having his pass
port inspected, he received the quiet
Ing news that the Caucasus was quite
peaceful, that he might travel where
soeVer he wished, that what he had
seen had only to do with practice
marching and manoeuVres.
AT the close Of his trip at the end
OF May, 1914, he wished to embark
at a Caucasian port, but all the yes
sells there were so filled with troops
that only after much trouble could
ne manage to get cabin for him
self and his wife. The Russian of
Ulcers told him that they were to land
at odessa and march from there to
take part in some great manoeuvres.
A Cossack's Testimony
III Prince Tundutoff, Hetman of
the Calmuck Cossacks living between
Tsaritsin and Astrakhan, who was.
before and during the war, personal
AID OF the Grand Duke Nicholas
NlcholaieYitch, came to general head
quarters at Bosmont in 1918 seeking
to establish connection with Ger
many, since the Cossacks were not
SlaVs at all and thoroughly hostile
to the Bolsheviki
He stated that he had been sent
by Nicholas Nicholaievitch. before the
outbreak OF the war, to the General
Staff, in order to keep the Grand
Duke posted on happenings there and
mat ne had been a witness of the
notorious telephone talks between
the Gar and the chief of the General
star, General Januskevitch; that the
Gar, deeply impressed by the earn
est telegram of the German Emperor.
had resolved to forbid mobilization
and had ordered Januskevitch by
telephone not to carry out mobiIiza-
ton, j. e., to break it off; that the
latter had not obeyed the unmistak-
able order, but had inquired by teIe-
phone OF Sazonoff, Minister of Foreign
Aftalrs-witth whom for weeks, he had
Kept IN touch, intrigued and melted
70 War-What he was to do now: that
Sazonoff had answered that the Cars
order was nonsense, that all the Gen
eral need to do was to carry out mob
1llzation, that he (Sazonoff) would
bring the Gar around the next dav
and talk him out of needing the
stupid telegram from the German En-
peror; that, thereupon, Januskevitch
hau Informed the Car that mobiliza-
ton was under way and could not be
broken off.
Prince Tunduttoff added: "This was
a lie, for myself saw the mobiliza-
ton order lying beside Januskevitch
on his writing table, which shows that
1t had not as yet been given out at
all" o.' -
The psychologically interes ii n
point about the above is that Car
Nicholas, who helped prepare the
World War and had already ordered
wished to recede at tbe
last moment. My earnest warning
telegram, it seems, made him realize
clearly for the first time the colossal
responsibility which he was bringing
upon himself by his warlike prepare.
lions. Therefore, he wished to ston
the war machine, the murderer of
entire peoples, which he had Just set
in motion. This would have been
possible and peace might have been