Show SIAN PRINCESS TES TALE IN COURT COURTrY try rY of Sufferings Moves Swiss Magistrate to Compassion caI Tal lal Correspondence of the tho th WorldWIde WorldWide World World- Wide News Service t iVEY VEY Switzerland April IS For For a Istrate to rise from the rand r and with almost a n. reverential bow ls a woman defendant would In Bother other circumstances have given ah a Bh h h. h o of burlesque to Judicial proceed- proceed but In the case which has Just come comer ire re r my notice this graceful action d di dignity to the tho tragedy of a 3 cess ber eber before has tragedy expressed k It- It Iso as t to te touch tho hearts of every- every who witnessed It as on this occasion related to the tho tragic house of Romanoff aped ap- ap jred ed before the tribunal at Vevey t TJ tt t to answer a BUho summons for led t ty by y a Swiss hotelkeeper I e her ber rr rf story never before revealed to Wits was related In full full and more moro person present showed the emo- emo felt at the pathetic recital of surely the most tragic oils oils- une eune ever known Uthe end of the story related by the herself the magistrate rose to tol l and with a respectful bow i our highness I am deeply grieved your sad Bad misfortune should have to your having been brought before summons Having regard e to l circumstances r circumstances s. s the case 3 against n I GE APOLOGIZES arl ess Is la a beautiful girl of age Her beauty has only wed ved to add to her hr troubles As lJ I Ie Io already e said she Is related to the tollhouse of ot the She Is with wide opan n. n questioning I of a a. blue so deep as aa to be almost role Then n she appeared before the tri tri- 11 she was dressed In a simple black with black lace Her voice soft sort and appealing In Its Us very sweet sweet- ih II The The charge a her was wall one nassing debts at the at-the the hotel amount- amount which she Ehe was unable to toire lere Is 15 her story HER HER AND BROTHER DROTHER SHOT ire my fj father held a very responsible fan Ion In Russia I know nothing about tics Ica cs All AU I know Is that we were very In our beautiful home Just out- out Fit Moscow There were my father tather lother my two elder brothers and My eldest brother was killed the war when fighting against the mans mana A Uhe the time of ot the first revolution father tather and brother were recalled from 1 front They both expressed a loyal termInation to serve the new govern- govern t tto to th the best of their ability My tiers tier's ers s Income at this time was waa 50 SO and this enabled us not only only l Ive lve In luxury but also to help the pantry try who lived on my fathers father's esen eshen es- es hen en n there came the second when the Bolshevik took ov over r the government Most of ot our our men led aed the Bolshevik forces some win- win FJand others through compulsion tong song the latter was a manservant who I been e n In tn our family since he was a a. He was wan devoted to every one of ofIn fe f to Tn particular he worshipped my myr r 1 j who had been very kind to him EJNa FROM HOME One e night this man whose name namo was came caine back to our j e e. e to warn wari us of our danger He lIe HeSle J learned i th that t it wa watt was the Intention of to capture my father and ther and put them to death He reM re- re M I the plans so far as he knew them my father tather to fly from the ce cef The he next morning disguised as a- a four we left our beautiful home Ivan as a guide to toc c our way through the tile Bolshevik a place of safety J misfortune Ju 1 followed wed us Our Intercepted by a band of ot Bol- Bol vic nt who regarded us tt very fras Te We were surrounded and m my er was Interrogated Somehow or other otherl his answers did not ot appear to t b be M r He was searched and on him was found a revolver The penalty then for anybOdy to carry a revolver wat was wa Was instant death My 71 father was taken into close clos c cue cus- s t tody and without bothering to discover his real Identity he was later shot Ivan who had so faithfully tried trice to serve us was also shot by these Bol Bol- together with my ny brother My mother and myself were obliged to witness witness witness wit wit- ness these terrible executions Afterwards Afterwards After After- wards w we were thrown into prison ESCAPE FROM PRISON We lay In a horrid prison Just outside outside out out- Si side Petrograd for some three months My moth mother r died from the shock of ot seeIng see see- Ing log my father tather and brother killed before her eyes while h I lived lt d on wretched r and hoping I for or death at to go come and her release l me meOne One day we had a new Jailer He Ho was younger and seemed more kindly disposed die dis- posed than tho the last on one Soon after hi hie arrival he seemed to take a great deal dea of interest In me and one day he expressed expressed ex ex- pressed his regret that I should have hav to suffer Buffer BO so much when apparently a afar as asfar asfar far as he could Judge I had never done don donet harm t to any living VI sO soul l He e told me he would d try nin and help i me t to e escape ea am and shortly after atter he did dlf so so by smuggling m mout me mero out of the P prison at night I and passing m mover me hi nato Ea ro rot neg over t to a a. cousin of his who hide me meIn mein In a cart containing garden produce PENNILESS I IN SWITZERLAND In this way I managed to escape from the prison and J made my way to some friends who were living In n Petrograd d 1 ii dw op r obtained a passport which h e enabled me t to leave Russia I came to Switzerland and arrived at Geneva friendless and with very little money left lett after having bribed the various Bolshevik officials official whose hands I had to pass through I 1 was alone atone In the world A A. prIncess princes In name but with nothing left at all to distinguish me from any other penniless woman except my Inability to do work of any particularly useful character YeI Yet Ye YetI I 1 had to live I decided that the mos most suitable thing for me to do was to sink my identity for ever eer and obtain a sit sit- as a a. ladys lady's maid or ladys lady's com corn panion TOO BEAUTIFUL I answered several advertisements ana ju it a a. number of ot cases was given an M I p to see the person whom I hoped would become my employer InI In Jr I ti of ot lt b cases my application failed fatted because It was Vas as explained to me mc me I wa was I too beautiful to be received In the house hous houseas as an As I failed In that dl di di I tried to obtain a situation a aa alii ali as asa a domestic O C servant and once again a I Iwas i was a asked to Interview my y possible mis mis- ls I tress I never In any case explained who i I was I felt It would not be wisp wise tc do so I Just applied for a situation In Inthe I the tho ordinary way But here again I was wa refused refuse because of the same reason I Iwas It was declared to me mo that I was wag too beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- to work In the kitchen I began t to wish I were ugly or or at least plain but butI I It t was useless At last I came to Vevey and stayed at this hotel hoping to get into communication communication com corn with some seme friends who would help me roe I am expecting some remittance from Russia when I shall be able to pay my debts Until then I can do nothing I never thought I should have to worK wont for my living and yet I am so very I willing but nobody will wm employ mo mG |