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Show ARIE FEODOROVNA, 1 WJ. dowager empress of Russia, who met her son, the deposed czar, at Kiev after having been separated from him for a long time -because of her feud with his wife. MOTHER COMFORTS THE DEPOSED CZAR Dowager Hurries to Side of Nicholas Romanoff; Both to Quit Russia. PETROGRAD, March 20, 11 a. m., via London, March 20, 9:80 p. m. The former for-mer dowager empress, Marie Feodorovna, who was at Kiev, went to meet her son. former Emperor Nicholas, as he wa.s returning re-turning after his abdication. She had long resented the influence ovt-r Nicholas wielde.1 by the Empress Alexandra, Gregory Greg-ory Rasputin, the mystic monk, and Mademoiselle Virubava. lady-in-waitlnj? to the empress and Alexandra's best friend, who had introduced Rasputin to the empress. Marie Feodorovna saw Alevandra only when court functions required. Since early in January she had been at Klev and' had refused to come to the capital. Her meeting with Nicholas was Said to have been very affecting. The object of her visit to him was to advise with him as to her future residence. It is reported that she intends to go to Denmark, her native country. It is expected that Nicholas Romanoff, as, the former emperor is now known, will eventnallv go to Switzerland or France, his stav in the Crimea being temporary. Most of the members of his suite have acknowledged the new government. Most of the srand dukes in the military mili-tary service will retain their posts, at least temporarily. The new minister of trade and industry is in communication with the working-men working-men and promises to develop plans for workingrmen's unions, which were formerly for-merly prohibited; abolish criminal penalties penal-ties for strikes, regulate hours and conditions con-ditions of work and promote working-men's working-men's insurance. Among the reforms in the army which have been indicated by Minister of War Guchkoff In a formal order to the troops are that soldiers snail be addressed as "you." Instead of the familiar "thou"; that soldiers shall address their superiors as "mister," instead of "excellency," and that the ban on soldiers' smoking in the streets, entering public pl.ioes and street cars and participating in political organizations organi-zations shall be abolished. |