| Show n DRAI DRAMATIC RECITAL OF REMOVAL UNDER HEAVY GUARD TO WHILE PEOPLE SHOUTED BLOODSUCKER i By Dr ll l SrI Service One of or the most prophetic stories the war has produced produce 1 is Iii tr tut t-at at of or tho the removal romo last April of oC tho the Czar Nicholas Nicholas Nicho Nicho- las of ot Russia to where he met his death Ills his removal was affected by Commissary Commissar Yal I who subsequently gave o a an J description in tho the In estla the of- of oe-I oe Bolshevik organ org of ot incidents I connected with the transfer FollowIng Following Following Follow Follow- ing is the textual translation of or his story TIT WHEN HEX everything e had had been prepared provy pro pro- vy V pare pared 1 I went on the thc c vc c c of or tho the day of or departure to the house hous of ot the tho governor so of or In which Nicholas lc Romanoff w was s living with his family Nicholas Romanoff was Informed of or my arrival but did not know that I had come as sis a representative tive of oC tho the Soviet overs Goin Going In Inlo Into Into to lo him I made Imade the following declaration declaration declaration declara declara- tion Citizen Romanoff the council of ot the peoples people's commissaries has Instructed in instructed In- In me inc to remove e you OU from To To- Your departure is fixed for 4 o'clock tomorrow mornIng Be ready at that time Romanoff Romano started and a agitatedly Inquired Where are arc you ou going goinS' to tal take o me mc me I I answered that 1 I was not sure suro of his place of d destination but that 1 I should bo be given shen definite Instructions during the journey journe Romanoff considered for Cor a few moments and then declared I will not hot I It go At t that moment Alt Alexandra Feodor- Feodor ovna o entered the room Being in informed iu- iu formed Corme 1 of tho Ilic subject of ot our conversation conversation conver conver- she hc exclaimed What aro you ou going to do with him hin You wish to tear him from rom Ills his lh 13 it possible His son is lIS ill No he cannot go o. o lie lIo must re remain remain remain re- re main with us Orders Orders' I answered that that I had hat been given definite o orders r CIS which I J would carry carryout carryout carryout out unreservedly There need aced bo bu no talk of or separation however howe as the thc wh whole le of oC Roman Romanoff's oCt's family were to tobe tobe tobe be removed ed with him But as their transfer at nt the moment would be he at attended attended at- at tended with certain difficulties it was proposed 1 to leave their sick son Ioel In Iii until the spring when the Ice Ico would break and lie he could bo be e coH COnvoyed conveyed from to Tumon by b steamer Some of ot the members member o 0 of family could go JO with him the tho rest could sta stay be behind behind be- be hind nIl with that that was a matter tar tor mom bern l 19 decide Romanoff listened to me but as though lie hc dill did not quito quite understand ant and then repeated atell almost word for wor word ord 1 what Alexandra had Just said iy oI son sori I Ill I Is IN It l' l possible pos sible to tear mo 1110 from JU my iii family faintly No 0 I cannot go o I thought thou ht it tt t superfluous to begin be ln arguing about the matter and re repeating re- re shortly that tho the departure wa was as fixed for i 4 o'clock In liz the mornIng morning morn- morn Ing loft them As 9 I went out of lr t the room Alexandra Alexan Alexan- dra Ira Pro OrO Il L cried after me mc nervously ner ncr H It 1 t is t tto o cruel I J do 10 not flot tre- tre lIe o 1 that ha t you O will do It it I 1 went vent to tho the chief of or the czars czar's j convoy in Comrade Koby- Koby J r hinsky and informed him that como come what might ml ht my orders as to the departure de de- de- de at the appointed day and hour would be carried out and If IC Nicholas Romanoff had holl not prepared for the journ Journey y within that thal time ho would be obliged to leave without luggage Kob lInek thought it necessary to go goto goto o oto to Romanoff and persuade him th that t nn any to tho the orders for tor his departure w was out of ot the question Romanoff debated tho the question oL 01 his d departure par for two to or two IWO anti and ahalt a a- ahalt halt half hours with his hl family faintly and friends in the iho course ourse of or that time the tho family council changed d opinion more mora than once At one time they decided that Nicholas should go o i with Rh all nil his daughters while Alex Alexandra Alexan n- n dra beI be be- 1 I hind with the son son and then a again aln that Alexandra should go o with Nicholas Nichola while the clau daughters should remain and so on At last was Va informed that Nicholas would be accompanied by Alexan Alexandra na Feodoro and their I laughter Marya a Prince ll I Professor Botkin Fraulein Demidov ono one manservant and a a. valet while whilo the tho remaining remaining- daughters and the tue rest of or I the courtiers including Count TaUs- TaUs cheff chef and all the tho servants numbering forty ort persons should sta stay behind Nicholas r Alexandra nas decision to leave her son somewhat astonished me told me he overheard a sentence spoken b by tho the cX c to which threw some li light ht upon that resolution Im afraid she hc said oaid that if he goes oes alone he will commit somo sorno blunders Alexandra Fo- Fo hall had evidently no uio great opinIon opinion ion Jon of the tact thud and 1 intelligence of or her Ii husband nd e On April 27 27 at 4 in the morning everything e was read ready and wo we started on our OUT Journey Wo We 0 had to lo travel the tho 20 about miles from To To- to Tumon h by carriage The Tho road was ver very bal bail during during- tho first thirty We Ve had to cross two rivers Tobol and Turn Tura The spring thaw had set In j Tho Tue ic ice was as beginning to crack It was risky y to take carria carriages es over the Tobol and Tura rura and we were obliged to cross the ice Ico on foot We Wc Ve accomplished accomplished accorn- accorn pushed that part of or the Journey journe with great spec speed There were only eight halts altogether E Everywhere where r-where harnessed harnessed har liar troikas were waiting for us In files flics We Ve stopped our carriages es In Iii parallel files thanks to which the chan change e was accomplished er very quickly tho cortege cor cor- The convoy accompanying inS tc tege tego e consisted of oC thirty five men men fir fifteen teen cavalrymen and twenty t infantry In addition large larg-c patrols were posted at all the halting stations This journey Jour- Jour noy ney caused vcr very little fatigue to lo Nicholas Nicholas Nicho Nicho- las Romanoff On the whole ex czars |
