THE POWER BEHIND THE TSAR

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3063, 26 April 1917, Page 5

THE POWER BEHIND THE TSAR

TOLD IN PUBLISHED TELEGRAMS ;..- FROM THE EMPRESS- , • ' ■ ■ / ■.' •' i extraohdinaby letter to ,| rasputinV-.:; " ; ■,: ! (Reo. April'2s, 10.15 p.m.) London,;. April-25. V A Moscow newspaper publishes "prW ' ; : vate telegrams that "passed betwoert : • the Tsaritsa and the Tsar iir December . ! and March, while the Tsar was a.t the j front. All the telegrams irere m'Eng-< lish. They shcwthatthe En^ress'ff aa .: -^ actively interfering in "politics. ,'i One telegram asked the Tsar inraedi-i ■. ■: | ately to.stop the proseontion of Manui-" lofF, the ex-pro-German Premier-Stur-mer's private secretary, who was ac-< ; cused ;of "blackmail. The telegram , i ended: "This is absolutely; ■ for your peaco of mind." "The Tsar re< ■: plied: "Will stop the case.at>once." Telegraphing on Marcli-12,.the Tsaiv , ! itsa said: "Yesterday'sjiots^areishock- , • >_; ing. Many; 'of the ■ gontt : OVer."- . -. ■•• :.'-v 'Tfjf;- . : V Later in the day ; "Strikes spreading. "TroopKjoining the' •. strikers. .Soino concessions vunatoid* j ..■'. able." , ■..!-.. .-. ■ \ ' ...■.-■ Tho Tsaritsa sent aii. astonishing 1e%., ter to .Easputin, wiitten in ungrammatical Kusaian, in whici she says: : \ V "What, joy that you carno-to-see us! - To lay one's.head on vonr pbuuldejvttf say nothing, gust, to "feel- the joy aii<s \ : peace of forgetftilnessl What.hfavenly; :i bliss! -Don't leave mo. , lam weßk. "I )\ love you. ;I:have faith in you-sJone." l " The letter waa,signed: Youfvdaugbterjr' :; A. .■■-■■-■.-..•■ '■'■?■'-, •■ - ;.. ' The Tsaritsa's grief 'at-lUsputin's murder is reflected in a.numlier oE . telegrams. ' , . ' .;