Show NICKS HARD FATE one romanoff to whom country has been ungrateful story of great russian military commander most iari rn R wt w n t of cf thi th wr hr hi S Rl rand nd agn gl ll ii cfall c from march 1017 1917 till october 1918 grand duke nicholas romanoff former commander in chief of tile the russian armies and one of the roost iral ilant generals of the great war was a prisoner in the he town of yalta in the crimea ile he Is now in milan with wit family humbly hou housed cd the it big nick Is one of the most ariaz lag romances of the war the flits burgh gazette times states when the gained condol of russia nicholas was 1 nt at TI fl I 1 where he hall had been go governor vernar jn iler ler the czar lind and under ti the le lvoff regime ile he was summoned to yalta by the bolshevik authorities and obeyed the summons kum mons ills his brother ills his wife his sister ln in law and other members of ills his family and his suite were imprisoned with him twenty five boNlie bolshevik vik soldiers were detailed to guard the distinguished prisoners late in the summer of 1018 1918 it was decided by the yalta soviet to execute all the prisoners The bolshevik guards absolutely declined to permit the sentence of path death to ile be executed and sent the firing squad back to headquarters three times thereafter executioners execution ers were sent to kill the prisoners lint but in each instance the guard prevented the carryll carry ln out of the sentence when the germans came to yalta nicholas declined to permit the germans to enter the house that had been ills prison declaring liis hig utter loathing III of all things german soon after this the allies took yalta and nicholas was re rescued all the lie private fortune of the grand duke has been lost ills lanis lands havo have been confiscated at milan h lives comfortably but very unostentatiously democracy owes owe much to grand duke nicholas nichola lie ile was in fact a stanch upholder of the old russian absolutism nut but first of till nil nicholas was a ru russian alln ile he knew dussias Rus sias salvation depended on the vanquishing of germany ile he was a leader of consummate skill and it Is more than probable that only ills his splendid generalship prevented germany from winning the war in tile the early stages his retreat before the tremendous attack of mack esen and hindenburg which resulted in tile the saving of the russian armies was one of the most notable chapters of the war between the bolshevist russia of today and the old autocratic russia rusia for wilch which nicholas fought practical dent clent sand statesmen statesmen mid little choice chelf but it must lie be admitted th that atthe the autocracy produced great men while the lie gutter communism has found only scoundrels for its lenders in the awarding of justice there should ile be some provi provision glon for this gig gigantic abic russian who in 1014 1914 and 1015 prevented germany from marching to eiley easy victory |