EX-TSAR SOLEMNLY WARNED

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3114, 19 June 1917, Page 7

EX-TSAR SOLEMNLY WARNED

COUfSTN DENOUNcks TSARINi'S INFLUENCE.. ■ The Grand Duke' Nicholas ilikhailnnteh, tho, well-known Preeident of the ißnssian Imperial Historical and Geographical Societies, who is a. first cousin of .the Grand Duke Nicholas Miccjaieyitch, iTml ' sa ?? the Petro S ra d corrospondent of The Shmss' on March 22) banished to Bis estates last December for telling the JTsar the troth, about the situation, and ■ denouncing the Rasputin scandal. He ro- ■ Jjtes that bo was much more moved than the Emperor, who during their conversation politely lit matches for hie kinsman, and when the Grand Duke, fearing that he gone too far, Baid, "Now call your .Cossacks and havo me killed and buried •. in your garden," the Tsar merely smiled and thanked him. A few days later tho Emperor wrote him a. note- ordoring and imploring him to retire to his country teeat, Before retiring into the coiurLry ibe'Crrand Duke Nicholas Ifikhailovitch addreesed to the Tsar a letter as follows: "You have frequently proclaimed your ■will to continue tho war to a victorious end. Ate you sure that thn present condition of the country .permits this? Aro ■ jou well enough acquainted with affairs within tho Empire, particularly in SerIbia, Turkestan, and the Caucasus?. Do jou hear the whole truth, or is much concealed? ■ Where is the root of tho evil Lot me explain it in a, few words. So Ion? as your manner of choosing Ministers was known to narrow circles, things could muddle along; but when it became a mattnr of public knowledge and all classes in Itueiua talked-about it, it ,-wa.s Kcnseless to attempt to continiio\lo sovorn Russia in this fashion. Often did j-ou leU me you could put faith in no one, and thai: you were being deceived. 3f this is eo, then il; applies particularly +o your wife, who loves you and lnd you jntu ciTor. boing surrounded by ovilminded intiiuatp.s. You bolievo in Alexandra ]. r eodorovna. This is natural. But the words eho utters aro tho product of skilful machinations, not of truth. If jou are powerless to liberalo her from these influences, then, at all ovonte, be «n your guard' against tho constant and systematic influence of intriguers, who are using your wife as their instrument. Tf your persuasions 'are unavailing, and i u sure you have repeatedly tried to combat these influences, try, other methods lo rid yourself of them once for all. Your first inpulso and decision aro always Remarkably true and to the point. 'But as soon as other influences supervene you begin to waver, and your ultimato decisions aro not tho saiuo. If you *ould a-ernovn tho .persistant interference of dark forces in all matters tho regeneration of Eussia would instantly be advanced, and you would regain the confidence of the enormous majority of your subject?, which you have forfeited. F.verythii) R will go smoothly. You will find people who, under chanced conditions, -will ajrco tn work under your personal direction. M'hon the time comes, n.nd it is not far distant, you can yourself proclaim from the fh'roijo the Rift of thn desired responsibility of Milliliters to yourself and tho legislative Jnstituiioii?. That will come about simply, of itself, without pressure from outside. *ot like thn momorablo enactment of October 30. 1015. I lour hcsitatwl to 101 l you thn whole truth, but decided to do so, after T had been convinced by your mother and sietors that it muai: be done. You am on the «vo of now troubles— H say more, on tho cvo of atlpnipls on Tour Hfo. Belipvo mo, if I thus press ;rnur mvn cmaDcipatinn frnm tho shackles that, hind you, T dn.so, not from personal itiotivra—l. havn none, as you and hoc Jfajesl.y wnll know—but nnly in the. bopn of siiviiig you, your throne, and our dear country from (hn dire and irreparable consoiuencrs.'