BOGUS RUSSIAN PRINCESS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 226, 14 June 1915, Page 5

BOGUS RUSSIAN PRINCESS.

an impudent .adventuress.. Fetrogvad is amused rather,than iu>noyed at the impudent exploit of a. young girl of sixteen, calling her sell. Yelina Roman oil:. Attired as a sister of mercy, the girl, w,ho bears a striking facial resemblance to one of the Czar s daughters, arrived at Tsarskoe Selo railway station in ah ordinary carriage. She was preceded by two friends, who had asked th e driver to inform the station authorities that the Czar’s daughter would shortly arrive. The st-ationmaster (says the Petrcgrad correspondent of the “Central News”) saw the girl sitting modestly on a bench on the platform, waiting for the train to Gatchina. He saluted and offered to furnish a special train. The supposed Grand Duchess refused the offer, saying she preferred to travel as an ordinary passenger. When the train drew up the stationmastcr selected a carriage in which a lieutenant-general was travelling.The officer offered to vacate the compartment, but the girl preferred to travel, iu his company. The istaltionmaster telegraphed, to Gatchina informing the station authorities there that the Czar’s daughter would shortly arrive. The girl was met at the station by gendarmes and officials, who offered th e use of the Imperial apartment and the court carriage. The girl preferred to ride in an ordinary droshky, and asked the general, her travelling companion, to accompany her to the hospital at Gatchina. There the staff gave her a ceremonial reception. She inspected the wards and conversed with the wounded, and asked the hospital authorities to let her have th e money collected for the Grand Duchess’s Fund. She was invited to take tea. At this moment Count Mordvinoff.. the Czar’s attache, arrived. He saw through the imposture. To his statement that she was not the Grand Duchess the girl replied with a loud' peal of laughter, but was in no way confused. She returned to Petrcgrad’ in a third-class compartment,- and was: subjected to Close examination for four hours by the Chief of the Secret Police, after which sh e was handed’ ever to her father. Later she again escaped, and the polity are now-’'loolving fov ■ he-l’; She if 'the daughter of a fruiterer'. So ink ttraAi ago tfie 'htidT a*T ''aMort-aßate* love"’ af ; fair with a policeman and left home-..