The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17


 surrounds his sudden depaI But Washington rumor, always anxious to make the worst of any situation, reports that he faces the same fate which has befallen other Russian leaders.
 The ambassador left behind him Q multitude of friends who re- voutly hope that this may not be true. But whether true or not, Alexander Antonovich Troyanov- sky never would have flinched. He would have sailed for home to face either a diplomatic promotion or a firing squad with equal equanim- ity.
 Twice he was exiled by the Czar, and three times arrested by his own Soviet colleagues.
 But that was not half as bad, he cOnflded to friends, as facing a thousand vapld soclalites, all dying to taste his caviar and get a glimpse of the golf-leaf decorations of the ornate Soviet Embassy.
 Refreshing Frankness
 Many State Department of- ficialS, more engrossed in pink teas and protocol than in real people, gave T'royanovsky the cold shoulder. By so doing they missed one of the most absorbing characters in the Diplomatic corps. Unlike SO many diplomats, Troy anovsky was amazingly frank. On one occasion the Merry Go o-Round writers, digging into his past, un- earthed report that he was di- vorced from Rose Mirovlch, fam ous Russian revolutionary.
 However, the report came from White Russians in Paris, and in order to check its accuracy. we called up the press relations of- ficer at the Soviet Embassy.
 "Oh, mo-" he said, q am quite sure the ambassador never was divorced. He has boy fifteen years old"
 The press officer seemed a little too glib about his denial, so we consulted the Counselor of the embassy.
 "Never was the ambassador divorced" was his emphatic reply. T have known his wife for years. It Is impossible"
 So to get the exact facts. we went to Troyanovsky himself, handing him a copy of the data about him.
 "Yes," he said, "thls is quite correct. I was divorced from Rose MlrOvlch. But there Is one error here. You say that she Is now married to KrylenkO. the famous prosecutor. That iS wrong. She did marry him, but she divorced him t00."
 Czarist Plot
 Before Troyanovsky and his first wife were divorced, however, there occurred a memorable event in Czarist revolutionary history.
 In 1912, Troyanovsky, then ar exile, attended the Bolshevik Con- ference in Prague as a member of the Central Committee. Here 1t was decided that his wife, Rose Mirovich. should smugglc herself into Russia and direct the actiYi- ties of the six Communist depu- ties in hte Duma.
 One of these deputies was Ma linowski. a Czarist spy who in. formed the police regarding Troy. anovsky's wife. She was arrest- ed and placed in solitary confine- ment.
 Troyanovsky immediately wrote . letter to his wlfc's parents saying that he was going to kill the deputy who had Informed on her. He knew that the letter immediately would get into the hands Of the police - which 1t did. His wife was released.
 Troyanoysky neved killed Ma. linowski, as he threatened. He was prevented from 50 doing by Lenin, who liked him. Ten years later, however, Malinowski, who continued to receive the favor 4 the Soviet chiefs, confessed to all the charges Troyanovsky had brought, and asked to be shot. He got his request.
 Escape From Siberia
 Troyanovsky was born the same year as President Roosevelt, be- ing now 55 years old. His par ents were moderaetly well-to-do, and young Alexander went to the Czar's cavalry school, later study ing law and chemistry at the Uni- versity of Kiev.
 When war broke out with Ja- pan he served as an officer, resigning from the army after ward because of the terrible graft among his colleagues. And as early as 1907 he showed real inclination for revolutionary ace tivlties by launching . revolt In Kiev.
 For this he was exiled to Si- beria, but escaped, was caught in another revolutionary attempt and exiled again, "It was easy