Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-15 | Page 1 | Germans Treat Grand Dukes with Respect

GERMANS TREAT GRAND DUKES DUIES WITH I RESPECT I Amsterdam Sept 14 II Maria laJla Feodor- Feodor ovna former dowager empress I Feodor-I of oC Russia Rus Itus- sin sia and mother of ot the late Emperor Nicholas not long lone ago complained to leader lender of or the tho lIt Bolshevik so soviet so- so viet let at Yalta that her allowance of or rubles a n week was Insufficient The soviet let wants a clerk retorted OIl If you want wal to supplement your Income tim tho position is open to you OU Evidently the former dowager Ona el Impress empress empress em Im- press disdained to reply This InC Information r- r mation comes from Dr Leo Loo Lederer who was sent to Yalta by f y the Berlin to ascertain the tho the condition of oC the members of the formerly royal oal families of oC Russia The colony at nt Yalta consists of or fifteen per persons ons including the former Cormer Grand Dukes Nicholas and Peter Petel their wives who nho are daughters of or the time Icing of or Montenegro and the thc former former for for- mer Grand Duke Dule Alexander and his family faintly The They are living ll In cantle near la in the tho Crimea Their lives lI were ere made extremely miserable when the extremist soviet let at Yalta early arly this tills year assumed control of oC the tha palace and Ignored directions from rom Petrograd All were vere In constant fear of ot their lives es reports being rife rire t that at th the y Yalta soviet o was WIlS planning to mUrder all Attempts actually were made It Is said to kill various arlous members members mem morn bers bars of oC tho the colony but all were verc frus- frus b by the watchfulness of the loyal sailor guards Great relief was nas experienced when nhen the he Germans tools tool control They at any rate had no designs on the lives of or the exiles c Neither the dowager empress nor northe northe northe the grand brand dukes Dr Lederer writes are regarded as prisoners and their to live Il In Ln the Crimea as private persons ns Is Cull fully respected On Only like all other private persons person they may not noti i leave the Crimea without v the special consent of the German commander I Life at nt the castle Is It Is true truo freer and quieter but not more lively ely than thanIn thanIn thanin In the tile time of ot the Bolshevist It rule Iule nC Rending Reading among the time castle Inmates 1 is 18 restricted to Russian newspapers which arrive dally daily and their Intercourse to occasional visits isIt of or the lie or orthe orthe orthe the Princess The young grand dukes who amuse themselves with cricket an and ball ban Ii Ip 19 the park alone bring a little life Into the solitary pal pal- ace Some of or the grand dukes are moIn moving mo In ing to The dowager ow-ager ow Is 18 said to have havo aged I considerably but she ghe continues to hold herself proudly erect Nicholas also alao has turned Vet very en gray and his taco face Is Js deeply wrinkled Neither Dr lederer sa says s has lost an any antipathy to Ger Ger- many All th the Inmates of or the castle appear to believe in the restoration of oC the monarchy although in a democratic democratic democratic demo demo- cratic constitutional form torm The They do donot donot donot not regard as Impossible the tite return of ofa a Romanoff to the throne A domiciliary visit to the tho castle b by bythe the time Sebastopol soviet last t year ear resulted result result- resulted ed In the theft then of or a number of ot ables One member of oC the time visiting K party a n ragged sailor stole the Grand Duko Dulco Nicholas Nicholas' boots leaving his own w worn rn out one oney In exchange Nicholas Nicholas' mor morganatic daughter has been married to tho the Polish Count The wedding was quietly celebrated In a little local Catholic Church hurch whither I the tho party proceeded In hired cabs Nicholas insisted on donning don don- on- on ning his brilliant white field Clel marshals marshal's uniform an and he decorated himself with all his orders