Show I I 9 1 1 h l. l i i t B lJ Qt of red C Cai sar Conies Comes to Paris Par Apartment Twice a Week and Leaves I I 1 Messages in His Own I Handwriting ti-ng ti I t t x Says Sags Grand and Duke a Alexander Alex ai ide 4 I It II I i I i is s 1 k i p r M r f fi w t a I 1 kWi 1 l lr j 1 r IIII ill The Grand Duke Alexander Al xander of Ru law in-law of the assassinated Czar w wt wI says has visited him regularly s By CARL de VIDAL HUNT PARIS N his humble h lodgings on the ground IN I floor of an ordinary flat building in Passy where his train of servants ants con con- consists consists consists of a single grim-faced grim Cossack the Grand Duke Alexander of Russia Russin has been in constant communication with the spirit of his departed law in the late Czar Nicholas II Through the of an un un- unnamed unnamed unnamed named the imperial exile has re re- received received received messages of cheer from all the members of of the czarist family who were assassinated by the Bolsheviks at on the night of July 18 1918 Doth Both the Czar and the Czarina have come to him from with the comforting news that a resurrection of Russia will wiIl follow the spiritual enlightenment of or millions of Russians who are arc aronow arenow now chafing under the Soviet regime The spirit of or the tho murdered emperor has visited the grand duke twice a week since 1921 assuring him that he has been happily reunited with his family Camily and that he day is fast approaching rr when the vast stretches stretches' of ot old Russia I will be teeming with men women and children whose hose consciousness will have been reached by the good souls of the beyond The Grand Duke Alexander is an earn earn- earnest earnest earnest est man He Ho has devoted his life to an ideal of universal love and brotherhood Before the revolution he was one of the I richest riche t and most powerful members of or orthe the imperial family The people of or Rus Rus- Russia Russia sia cia loved him for his kindness of or heart Now he lie is poor But the heavy hand of ot adversity has hus not downed him He Ho works hard at writing every day da Three of or his books have been published in Paris laris The fourth under the title The Religion of Love and written in French has been translated Into English and will soon be oft off of the press The wife of Alex Alex- Alexander Alexander Alexander ander who is a sister of the late Czar lives in London as a guest of the British royal family When I 1 called at nt the Grand Dukes Duke's modest flat Slat in Square for the purpose pur pur- purpose purpose pose of this interview I found round him as usual seated behind bel nd the little green grem green card table which serves him for a writing desk He lie rose and greeted me with the genial smile and handshake that char char- characterize characterize characterize him up now he asked I want wa t to get all the facts about your communications with the spirits I 1 said r Baia brother brother- spirit he heince heince ince 1921 with an answering an answering ab smile s Have H a v e you s stalked talked with the tho tho y Czar lately y Alexander sat j down quietly n behind b e h i n d his r writing table s and offered me mea a cigarette cigar c i gar ette Y t r i His Iris face grew grev serious I had word from him yes yes- yesterday es day he said q f. f but I doubt the wis wis- wisdom wisdom W Y dom of telling peo peo- people people i F R pie about it in the t s Sy newspapers What did he hes say cay s y I asked An unusual unusual- 4 ass y Taking a sheet of ly good photo photograph white paper from graph of the late 4 under his blotter the Czar Nicholas of Russia the Grand Duke D ke held it Czarina and their five children all shot by out to me mo to read Bolshevists on July 18 1918 There were two Rus- Rus sian words on it written in a hand and signed Nicki He says sas keep up courage Alex Alex- Alexander Alexander Alexander ander explained He lie signs all his mes mes- messages messages messages sages Nicki because I always alwa's called him by his rus nickname How do you OU obtain these messages Monseigneur The writing is always alwa's done in the dark right on this table I sit in this chair and the medium with whom I have e worked for years cars occupies the sofa there therein in the far corner of or the room Presently I hear the scratching of a pencil on the sheet of paper before me meThe meThe meThe The moment the noise ceases I snap on the electric light of my working lamp lampat at my elbow The medium is still on the sofa but on the sheet of paper is a mes mes- message message message sage sometimes merely a n word or two often two or sheets completely filled with writing I have stacks of them And tho the grand duke showed me mea a large pile of loose foolscap packed under un un- under under der his l s reading lamp It is the emperors emperor's own handwriting he continued He lie came to me the first time timo in 1921 three years after his death and explained that he had been so shocked over the tho murder of his loved ones that he could not work his way through to the sphere which permits ter ter- terrestrial terrestrial terrestrial communication From other messages I 1 gathered that he as all those who have passed into the beyond must gradually ascend to the tho Great Source of the eternal laws of oI love lovo before they can enjoy complete felicity It is a purifying process a sort of school which teaches them to forget what they have been and what they have haye known on onearth onearth onearth earth before they may be initiated in inthe inthe inthe the wonderful ideals of afterlife It took the Czarina longer to reach that sublime stage She only came to mo me last year ear Does she sho ever meet There is no doubt that she will meet him sometime when ho lm has been grad grad- graduated graduated from the lower spheres into the highest radiance of universal love and forgiveness Has the Czars Czar's spirit ever made any attempt to actually speak to you OU or to communicate with you other than by his written messages No apparently he is satisfied to keep keepin in touch with me with his rus written hand-written messages and I have never attempted to actually converse with my dead broth broth- law in in m his spirit form In fact I have never seen him on any of his many visits to my apartment for he never comes except in absolute darkness and with the tho assistance of the psychic medium who vho seems particularly able to call him back from the Great Beyond Derond I always alwa's feel his presence very dis dis- distinctly distinctly though and I 1 sit absolutely quiet t l c 1 i 4 i t r ru u- u a i i I I 1 1 I. I I I I I Ii I I IIII I I l l lv Ip 1111 I I Ih h i 91 r I r. r M I III I i The spirit of the Czar al always I sl F 1 II III I I ways comes when my apartment is shrouded in darkness He never speaks Ih I II r but sits across the table from fromme fromI l me and writes his mes I I 1 I ll i sages As soon as his pen stops its rapid scratching I t y snap on the light 1 He vanishes as quickly as he comes but bat there ter its always a note signed Nicki al always P ways my affectionate for r r 1 a him r 04 x J Ct t tt until he finishes writing what ho he hohas has to tell me I Isee Isee Isee see nothing un un- uncanny uncanny uncanny canny about his earthly visits for 1 have long believed in the power of the tho spirit to move moyo among friends who are still in the flesh and I know that after my own death I shall be reunited with him l m with his dear Czarina and with their charming children Did the Czar predict a return of the monarchy to Russia Hussi lie He has said that a resurrection of Russia will occur under the influence of the spirits of such men and women who have fallen under the sword of the Russian Rus Rus- Russian Russian sian revolution and that all men in Rus Rus- Russia Russia Russia sia irrespective of creed or political per per- persuasion persuasion persuasion suasion shall be led toward the Light and on into the fold of oI the great fra fra- fraternity fraternity fraternity of love loveSome loveSome loveSome Some physical struggles will precede the great awakening of Russia but the moral and spiritual ideal will be reached eventually The exact date of the rehabilitation of ot Russia could not be given gi bythe by the emper emper- or It is not in the power of the spirits to predict events event with accuracy for they live in timeless spheres and are unable to guage the time on earth as sa to months or years ears Besides they must leave certain certain certain tain things to human speculation and to terrestrial circumstances This may sound paradoxical but it is my firm be be- belief belief belief lief as gained from unquestionable spiritual sources I 1 know many people are cynical in matters of phenomena but let them remember the lino line of Arnold But nut the th world worlds crowded streets H l y T But nut often in the din t of strife s1 There rites rites rhes an anon anon- un un- unspeakable desire r After tho 4 knowledge w of our buried life r I know the news news- newspapers newspapers r papers like to amuse t Y d q Y 1 their readers with hu stories of I trumpet and table rapping but I f at Yr do not belong to the table turning table turning class of i and I am too con confident I n In your y tea a personal friend friendship i ship to anticipate I anything but an earnest report on my work and ideals A hitherto unpublished likeness of the Czar What is this from the private collection of photographs of Religion of Love the Russian imperial family owned by the Grand you have written Duke Alexander It is the religion which all great thinkers conscious of their souls have re re- reflected reflected re- re reflected in their works it is the religion which lives in the soul of every human being who docs does not let matter dominate him And spiritualism is the introduction introduction introduction tion to the religion of love because ono one of its fundamental principles is Love thy Neighbor I consider human beings of all races and all nations as soul-mates soul all members of the same family having the same spiritual country Were v ere you OU inspired when you wrote your our books notably The Union of Souls Yes I was guided subconsciously The spirits did not dictate what I wrote We arc are all guided on earth until we de do- depart part past There Thero Is a little chap who calls himself Magnus and who helps me con considerably in establishing the links be be- between between between tween my consciousness and my spirit friends Magnus has come to this plane five times to live but always died very young oung Yet in these short reincarnations he has a 11 wealth of knowledge which he subtly conveys con to me through my medium It is a knowledge used for good and for tho the elucidation of all creeds It Is wisdom which I should have known when power and incalculable wealth placed me in a position of great creat responsibility But nut my fall is bearing good fruit It may be a late crop a tardy awakening wakenIng but I am happy it came carne at all Look what it has done for the others We all fell on our feet asit were Grand Duchess Marie runs an embroidery shop in the rue Montaigne one of my boys bos is in business in a New York brokers broker's of of- office office fice another is working here in Paris as a fashion designer my daughter Ni- Ni Nikita Nikita Nikita kita is married to Prince the theman theman theman man who slew and who is now head of a prosperous tailoring establish establish- establishment establishment establishment ment where my daughter works with him every ery day for ten hours We have found our way into the right channels you see and thousands of refugee Russians have done the same It may be bo we were in tho the wrong jobs over there in the old Russia of ease case and luxury and nd that wo we had no business be be- being being being ing grand dukes and princes and emper emper- emperors ors when we could do more good to our fellow creatures in the capacity of shop shop- shopkeepers shopkeepers shopkeepers keepers teachers writers and artists It needed a physical upheaval to bring out our spiritual selves and the blessing that comes with earnest work no matter how lowly Now we see the truths in their proper light We have a mission ii a alife life and we are aro working at it hard and stead You may take the original of or my preface to The Tho Union of Souls' Souls and print it if it you like No that's my pencil thank you ou Au cher ami arni The preface the Grand Duke gave ga me ma was addressed to souls of all men and to the women his sisters COP 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