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Show How the Rough Guard, Who Was Placed in Charge of the By CLIVE MARSHALL A CAT may look at a king and a simple, uneducated un-educated sailor may receive the homage of xoyalty at the banquet hoard of a queen. This is the story of one who did. Members of the erstwhile royal house of Russia, Rus-sia, except the immediate family of the Czar, who owe their lives to an untutored sailor guard, include Marie, queen mother and widow of Alexander Alex-ander HI ; the Grand Dukes Nicholas, former , commander-in-chief of the Russian army, and Peter Nicholas, uncles of the Cnar, the Princesses Xenia and Olga, sisters of the Czar, and the Princess Irene, wife of Prince Youssoupoff, who killed Rasputin, the so-called evil t:cniu; of the Czar's household The Princess Irene, daughter . of the Grand Duke Alexander, is a niece of the former Czar. The story of this loyalty to the Russians and to members of the imperial family by a widely recognized Bolshevik who was given great power over the "enemy" has been brought to this country coun-try by Gleb Derujinsky, a well known artist and tculptor of Rus.-ia. When the Bolshevists invaded South Rusi tin year young Derujinsky escaped to Constantinople Constan-tinople an.l there took passage on a Russian commercial com-mercial r.hip to New York. For more than a year the young sculptor lived on the Crimean estates of Prince Youssoupoff. Because of ill health Derujinsky had been rejected by the Russian army. He said that he held an order from Prince Youssoupoff for the execution of some fountains and other pieces of art to grace the prince's handsome hand-some country estate. A short time after he had electrified Russia by murdering Rasputin, whom he believed to be a traitoto the country, the young Prince Youssoupoff Yous-soupoff with his wife went to live on their estate in the Crimea. It joined the handsome country homes of thp imperial family. In all, more than 20 big t;it-s with their splendid palaces occupied occu-pied this district, which Phillip the sailor guard, although a revolutionist himself, protected against mob attacks time and again during his few month? of guardianship there. Phillip Made Commissioner In November, 1917, after the mutiny of Russian Rus-sian sailors at Sebastopo' and the establishment of a soviet government there, the young sailor, who is known only as Phillip to his royal prisoners, prison-ers, was appointed by the soviet government as commissioner of the district in which the royal estates were locnted, about GO miles from Sebasto-pol Sebasto-pol and was given an armed guard of -10 sailors. Fourteen miles away on the road to Sebastopol lay the town of Yalta, and this town, after December, De-cember, 10 IS, was also the headquarters of a 60iet commissioner who not only was a friend of the sailor guard of royalty, hut who also shared his views regarding the taking of human life. "Such a man was the sailor who kept us prisoners pris-oners several months," said Derujinsky. "It is because be-cause of his loyalty to the Russians and his con-vctions con-vctions that no one has a right to take human life, that the royal family are alive today in Europe. "The first order Commhsioner Phdlip received came in the form of a courier with instructions to 6eizc the jewels of the different families living in this section. Of course this included the jewels of the imperial family. These jewels were price-leu, price-leu, not only for the brilliancy of their beauty j and value as rare stones, but for their historic association "When the commissioner took over this jewelry jewel-ry he carefully packed it in wooden boxes which he placed in a big vault in one of the royal palaces. He did all this in a most business-like manner. He even gnve the owners receipts for heir jewels which he also assured them would be Royal Prisoners, and Who Did Not Believe in Murder, Accomplished the Rescue of the Group of if fjjj Southern Russia. J I ' Place in the Black Sea Estate Where Royal Exiles Were Guarded. returned. Then he notified his superior officers that their orders had been carried out. "Nevertheless, word of the jewel seizure had passed among the Bolshevists in this district. And after some days had passed a squad of them came to seize the jewels. But the sailor Phillip proved n match for them. have charge of this district.' he told the Bolshevists. 'If I am interfered with in my work here I have enough soldiers at my command to level this place.' "Of course the force of his argument lay in the fact that th-- Bolthevi-ts were ignorant of the real strength of the sailor's command. Had they known the truth that only 40 armed men backed up Phillin's threats, they might have acted other- MB Z Li- Here Is the Russian Sailor, Known Only as "Phillip,' to Whom the Revolutionists Gave Extraordinary Authority, and Who Used This Power Cleverly to SaAc the Lives of the Desperate Royal Group. M i, of the Russian royal family were in immediate . danger from the Bolsheviks. This time the effort to get possession of the members of former royalty royal-ty of Russia was made by a group of counter-revolutionists counter-revolutionists from the north. This occurred in J&X ilarch, 1918. '. "As this new group of revolutionists arrived J the sailor commissioner inlrcMluced his men aa - The Queen Mother Marie, Widow of Alexander III. wise. The revolutionists saw that the commissioner commis-sioner was a sturdy guardsman and without much further conversation they rode away. "A short while after the jewel seizure, another an-other band of Bolsheviki rede to the great bronze gate of the estate of Prince Youssoupoff, and demanding the delivery of the prince and the royal prisoners, challenged again all the quick wit and loyalty of the sailor. Phillip, accompanied by his aimed guards, huiried out to meet the intruders. in-truders. Foils the Bolshevists "Have you an order from the commissioner of Yalta commanding me to turn over these prisoners to you," inquired the sailor guard with tine diplomatic diplo-matic grace. They had to confess that they did not possess any such authority. " 'Well, these arc my prisoners,' he warnod them, 'and I will turn them over to no one who does not possess such an order.' "The sailor Phillip told the men to go back-to back-to Yalta and ask the commissioner there for such a written order. Disgruntled the intruders decided de-cided to go without further ceremony At once Phillip telephoned to his friend, the commissioner at Yalta, telling him of the circumstances and asking him to make out the order, but to hold it himself. The commissioner cheerfully complied with this request "The Bolshevists returned some days later. The sailor commissioner ordered out his armed guard and told the intruders to leave at once or they would be shot down, as he had no authority au-thority to relinquish his royal prisoners. The Bolsheviki decided not to chance an encounter. "There was one other occasion when the lives Netrcpaper Fmtur Srrricf. 1010. ,1 I 1 , ; l . j j U n Mi im Gleb Derujinsky, the Russian Sculptor, Who Tells the Story of the Sailor Phillip. protectors of the property and rights of the people peo-ple now living under the soviet government. " 'But we have a mandate that gives us the right to the royal prisoners here,' said the leader. "'Well,' retorted the sailor Phillip, refusing to be bluffed, 'my mandate is my revolver, and I am not afraid to use it.' "The revolutionists were in an ugly mood and for several minutes it looked as though all the work the sailor commissioner had done in the protection of life and property was about to end. But as on former occasions of a similar dangerous nature, he rose to the emergency. "Lucky for the royal family that they had so bravo a guardsman! "Shortly after this many rumors were afloat that aroused our hopes anew for speedy deliver ance. We waited patiently day after day for almost a month. I continued my work in a big i -r- it&aA) '-' . I YTrv W r.i 1 1 ii.p"jq - m Studio nut .it my o'ipposal by the Prince Youssoo j pofl on pif estate. The Princess Youssoupot n I ed m to make a bust of Phillip, the sailo commissioner, so that she would have something always to remind her of the great loyalty and the great service of this brave sailor. She also tolrl me that the Dowager Empress, the Czar's mother, wanted a bust of the sailor. Sailor Poses for Bust "The next day I began work on the bust, the ll commissioner consenting to the request made by the Empress to pose for me. The Empress visited my studio on hvo occasions to see how I was pro- -H e Qing with the bust which I was able to com- 'J plot1. She took a great interest in it. "'In this hard time when loyalty is some-thing some-thing to he prized beyond all material reward 'jJH oar debt to this great hero of the war is some- M thing that none of us shall ever be able to repay,' she said to me. 'His friendship for us is some- !H thing that makes us feel very close to God. ) nI srall be proud to have this bust of him, for I J want all the world and future generations to 'M kpow what a great hero this war produced In the sailor Commissioner Phillip ' "A few nights later the Empress gave a dinner for the sailor in the great banquet hall of the palace, and this simple soldier who had stood ''1 steadfastly against the reign of crime that had , swept over his beloved country, was toasted by members of the imperial family. fl "Phillip was not very communicative, but dur-ing dur-ing the time he po.-M for the bust he would often refer to the dangerous circumstances surrounding his work there. LLh "I Do Not Believe in Murder" " 'But,' I reminded him, 'you are a revolu- ll " 'Yes,' he frankly explained, 'I am. But I am a revolutionary Socialist. I do not believe in murder. No one is entitled to take human life, and these people, here, motioning in the direction di-rection of the royal estates, 'have as much right 'JM to live as we have.' "Just before the Germans made their appear- i Ll ance the sailor Phillip went to the vault where ul '.ic had stored the family jewels and restored them M to the various members of the family. ' "'This is all I can do for you,' he told them. 'I may be killed, but here is your property, as I 'H eaid it would be returned to you some day.' "When Prince Reis arrived from Berlin to confer with the members of the Russian royal family and also to offer any assistance, they refused re-fused to meet him. "It was at this time that the sailor commis sioner Phillip bade his royal prisoners good-by. It was impressive that parting When the j soviet government had ordered the commissioner to seize the motor ears of the Russian aristocracy, he obeyed orders, turning the cars over to the authorities, au-thorities, bt he kept the best one for himself " '1 need a good machine,' he said, 'to visit my prisoners and keep watch of these big estates.' "Later he returned this automobile to the royal family. It was in this same car, put at his dis-posal dis-posal by the Grand Duke Nicholas, that I accompanied ac-companied Phillip to Sebastopol. From there lie departed for his home. ! "When the Bolsheviki again invaded the Crime:i this year, the remaining members of the forme ' Ru-ian royal family made their escape to Constantinople, where they found refuge aboard a British battleship " 1' I I |