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Show NICHOLAS UNDER GUARD. The Russian duma, now in control of the government, proposes to hold the former czar -aud czarina in pawn lest they set a counter revolution on foot and regaiu their lost throne. There does not seem to be much cause for alarm on this score, but perhaps it is well to be on the safe side. If Nicholas Nicho-las is confined in one of his palaces there will be less opportunity for intrigues. in-trigues. His life is probably safe, for his execution might cause a reaction among the people. Then it would also be necessary to kill all the rest of the Romanoffs in order that there would be no claimants to the throne. So long as Charles the First of England lived and was kept in prison Cromwell had the king in his hands. The moment Charles the First was executed Charles the Second Sec-ond became king and as he was safe in France the protector lost his hold upon the monarch, who one fine day, after the decease of "Old Noll," secured se-cured the throne and executed some of the men responsible for his father's death. It would be very poor policy upon the part of the new government of Russia to send Nicholas to the scaffold scaf-fold or block. It would be far better to keep him under guard until such time as the government is firmly established and then allow him to retire to his country coun-try home or seek asylum in some foreign land. |