New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 26, 1919, Page 10

GZAR OF RUSSIA IS ive Different Stories ol His Kill- g Cause Speculation On Death a confidant of now in exile § By M. 8. MARSDEN, he Russian royal family, gland. [ (In spite of the many rumors Farding the supposed assassination of in fact, part- number and therc X-gmperor.and The dowager s the strongest believer in afcty, and the writer of the wrticle, who has inside infor- ation ou the subject gives ~potent Jreasons for that belief.) . The conflicting notices of the various Blcounts of the death of the czar and Russian imperial family are them- sufficient. to throw doubt upon o truth of cach and all of them: but, 5 a matter of as 1 shall late how, there are very good positive reu Jsons for bLelieving that the czar and fhis tamily o re- he czar and his fami Jy because of the ver: riety of those rumo féuson to suppose tho e e son's Dl 0w r ing at the reports Five different ac- of it have been published. One [States (hat the czar was shot in a pr p in Yoscow. Three months later Wns sthted that czarvina and her [iWere put to death at Kie ficcount stated that the Wy his guards whilst he was be 1 from Moscow fo the.Crimea. jrd account v to the effect thal it boy Anather v was shot 15 lic whole of the imperial family had en oxecuted iy Petrograd: while .a [purth st ted that the had been firutuily beaten to death during deten ftfon o o villa in the Crimea formerly the property af the Grand Duke Nich- L0 A ffith report had it that the Gzur and imperial family had perish- e in a railway occident whilst being taken from Petrograd to Moscow. S Of the truth of any one of these ac- s of the czar's death there is na fofficial confirmation of any Kind. By afficial, I mean that the Bolshevik gov- etnment in whose hands the czar has been since April, 1917, has never is- atement as to the fate of the czar, czarina ov the family. Now let us look the evidence that exists which supports the theory that the czar and his family arc alive. Tho sued any Empress Marie of Rus: mother of the czar and u sister of Queen Alex- andra and the Grand Duchess Xenia, sister of the czar, were in Russia from the outbreak of war in 1914 until April of this vear when they came to ¥n land. lhllm;. the height of the terror in Russia the two ladies T have men- tioned were living in the Crimea in « The various accounts above concerning the zar's death reached them, but T have it on the au- Ithority of a member of the Empress Marie hauschold that the empress Terself never believed any of the ac- of her son's death. m certain that the czar and and their family are all alive and well und in safety.” These are the dowager empress'’ own words, and were spoken to . member of the royal entourage at Marlhorough hause, Lon- don. Now, when the czar's mother states that she is convinced that her son is allve, one r rest assured that her majesty has good reasons for saying 30, though obviously she may not carc to state them. The Grand Duchess Xenia also dis- “elieves all the stories of her brother's imuh. auoted cader may recollect that the r empress was reported to have wandering, penniless, abont Southern Russia, hiding for her life in the cottages of peasants on dif- ferent ostates which were still loyal lovely trimmed { hats are offered in a One Day Sale tomorrow—radi- cally reduced to $2 They were marked much more. Just 82 for- tunate women will con- gratulate themselves tomorrow on these wonderful bargams. Be here early, for they will g0 quickly FASTERN MILLINERY COMPANY, B MAIN ST, STILL ALIVE; BELIEF, good N BRITAIN DAILY HERALD., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1919. THE BOYS lN THE OTH ER LAR BY GROVE uay be asked if the czar and (he placed Russians has been disproved | the lives of my wife and family, will$ mvnxln 5 of his family are still alive, | by the fact that these Rt are \Mnhuhl\ be safer after the event has | Wwhy were the various reports of m\" now in this country alive and well | oecurre “than it “has heen * since 1 ) [ death o widely circulated Ones ans| Another point that may be of in- | ascended the throme. At any rates s Sz o i sweir 1o, that question is that the re- | lerest to mention here is one that I|do not intend to run away T SYOUR TieKET | ports viay have been prompted by | had from a well-informed Russian | \fier the revolution, the czar and I SAY MAan A0S BE N THAT | bolitical motives. | lately rcturned from Russia—namely. | (he imperial family were arrested by SAKE— MAN !’ Lo s | IFor canmple. the present war in | that the czar himself was perfectly ' {hg pro 1 ver 1 R OLLESTION SOME N - s | sure that he would survive the revolu- | ey establisheds bat i th that Ve AL\ o PLACE -~ AIN"T TICHET — YOU wssin it certainly not popular, either | # y U= [ then established: but in that govern- GET Loy N—A——/ \\unx GOT™ A s e 1 this or any efher country asso- | tion | ment were several of the old regime, OVEW Hu}a,‘/;:w n IHDL)\ = e ey 5 ciated with s in the war. But if it | The czar, of course. knew well that fand il is certain that they would THIS (‘lg oo . COMPASD we definitely known that the czar|a revolulion w impending. e could | help the czar to es pe to any plac 3 s s | i : [ ¥ place & voo're ‘WAY /< e { e e was alive, and that onr allies in Rus- | casily have escaped from Russia then; | of refuge that he wished to o fe. WAY - OFF SALL SEMN HIEE — \ | sia were royallsts seeking to vestore | but so fs ‘om attempting to do so, | Since i arrest by the provisional b DOIN —TPAYIN QUGHT TO o the Russian monarchy. it would he { he weni to Petrograd from Kieff on ' govermment, no official oy reliable in- e ENL A EARES BELONG \ vastly more unpopular still | the eve of the rising. In an interview ' formation of the czar's movements AN GETTIN o TH " POT AN | The tact remaing, al any rate, that | With one of his nearest relatives at ' has been obtainable. e vanished af WIRONG TRAINS PAER EXPRESS 1 Al the reports of the czar's death or | KIef€ J1st before his departure for . this point from the scene of the revo- X GOT STEERED HANGER S TAG i S N n e ok [ad J leRsatRRIACIm oo RO sl i fon BRI SIS e Rt S Y J 2 e = e g | NS : (imperial family stood, or was likely | ter of conjecture—for the present, at TLL BET TS x 2 2 v ~ ™M) { them have been confirmed by reliable | to stan<d in danger of his lifc any rate—but there is beyond doubt oo 4 Ry g (&) ) [ 4 ot 3 EVEIN GOOD WD ETRE J } authori The truth of similar re- | ‘I shall very probably lose my more rcason for believing him to be FOR PICTORE PONCH 1T — e } - | ports o the death of many highly- | throne, d: “but my life, and alive than for belleving him dead. SHOWS TEAR OFF | SOMTHUN- T'™M YOL MNOW D | - = R T B TIRED IUST SAM LLOYD S r ~ OO AT I'T- WIRONG "TIRAIN — \,._._// Ot 1 | to the iallen monarchy. The Grand |lution without heing molested or their Duchess Nenin was also reported to jlives heing threatened. have been shot. That being the case, it is diflicult © The real facts are that both these |to belicve that the Bolsheviks would ladies were living in perfect safety for | execute the canr, czavina, and all the the greater part of the thne that | members of his family. 1 their ob- they were in Russia after the revolu- | Ject had been exterminate the tion broke out in the-villa that had | Romanoff they presumably once been the property of the would nof have spared the czar’s neav- have it on the highest authority the life of neither of these ladies was ever in servious danger although they wer »solutely in the power of the Bolsheviks, Their sufferings were no doubt con- siderable. Thoy lacked food and were unable to obtain proper clothing, and for a time they were unable to cor- respond with anyone or to obtain a newspager. Living in villas in the Crimea at this time were also the grand cduke and Grand Duchess An- astasia Grand Duke Peter and Grand Duchess Militsa, near relatives of the czar. All these grand dukes and zrand duchesses were reported from time to time to have beon imprisoned and shot. None of them was cven imprisoued. At this time, also 1i tates in different parts a number of Ru cluding the Princ Dmitri, who are ing on thei es- L, Werd ty, in- Roman, Feodora, the heads of threo of the most ancient and distingu fumilies in Russia. These prl ainly deprived of all all the landed ve been, but they suffered no hurt. Now this ye then to All the r tives of ng in the Crimea de- a and come to to Jalta, which the Brit- ish, and weve taken on board I1. M. 8. Marlborough, and were conveyed to IEngland. The party ot czar cided England. was then being evacuated by 1 leave Ru They went on board {he ough included twenty-four princes. That the flight of party from Russla was not larly hurried may fact that the Grand was accompanied by four people not the the roval party left consent of the Bolshe out it they could not got away. Now, the facts I beyond doubt that tives ol the czar other nobles) were Russia during two y Marlbor- Russian the Toyal particu- be judged from the Duchess an Xenia entourage of that the with- t doubt with iks for possibly have st the ne (as well able to rs of as Tive the many revo- For | oer's FLAX- SEED Coughs and and Colds Bronchitis erties. Try this famous old family remcdv and experi- ence the comfort it brings to { those who use it. 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