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8 WPU r CIK~ I) BW aSAINT (Copyright. ; 1»1T. Public L«4««r Company. Rl»ht« KcMrvcd.) PREGORY RASPUTIN, the “Black Monk of Russia,” who came to wield a powerful influence over the imperial court, was a dirty, uncouth peasant, the victim of circumstances rather than the molder of history. In this story is told how he was pushed into the most important position in Russia—a minister without portfolio, but with power to sway the czar and the court; a “monk” without orders, but casting a spell over the peoplb that detied the holv svnod itself. INTRODUCTION. THIS expose, based on facts which have come jo my knowledge, though probablv far from being complete, aims at' depicting the recent state of things in Russia, and thus to explain how the great changes which have taken place in my country have been rendered possible. A lot of ex aggerated tales have been put into circulation concerning the Empress Alexandra, the part she has played in the perturbations that have shaken Russia from one end to another and the extraordinary influence which, thanks to her and to her efforts in his behalf, the sinister personage called Rasputin came to acquire over public affairs in the vast empire reigned over by Nicholas II for twenty-two years. A good many of these tales re pose on nothing but imagination, but nevertheless it is unfortunately too true that It is to the conduct of the empress, and to the part she attempted to play in the politics of the world, that the Romanoffs owe the loss of their throne. Alexandra Feodorowna has been the evil-genius of the dynasty, whose head she married. Without her it is probable that Aost of the disasters that have overtaken the Russian armies would not have happened, and it is certain that the crown which had been worn by Peter the Great and by Catherine II would not have been‘disgraced. She was totally unfit for the position to which chance had raised her. and she never was able to under stand the character or the needs of the people over which she ruled. Monstrously selfish, she never looked beyond matters purely personal to her or to her son. whom she idolized tn an absurd manner. She, who had been reared in principles of true liberalism, who had*had in her grand* mother, the late Queen -.Victoria, a perfect example of a constitutional sov ereign. became from the very first day of her arrival in Russia the enemy of every progress, of every attempt to civilize the nation which owned her for its empress. She gave her confidence to the most ferocious reaction aries the country possessed. She tried, and in a certain degree succeeded, in inspiring in her husband the disdain of his people and the determination to uphold an autocratic system of government that’ ought to have been overturned and replaced by an enlightened one. Haughty by nature and by temperament, she had an unlimited confidence in her own abilities, and especially after she had become the mother of the son she had longed for during so many years, she came to believe that everything she wished or wanted to do had to be done and that her subjects were but her slaves. She had a strong will and much imperiousness in her character, and understood admirably the weak points in her husband, who became but a puppet in her hands. She herseifr-was but a plaything in the game of a few unscrupulous adventurers who used her for the furtherance of their owu ambitious, money-grubbing schemes, and who, but for the unexpected events that led to the overthrow of the house of Romanoff, would in time have, betraj ed Russia into sullying her fair fame as well as her reputation in history. Rasputin, about whom so much has been said, was but an incident in the course of a whole series of facts, all of them more or less disgraceful, and none of which had a single extenuating circumstance to put forward as an excuse for their perpetration. ‘ He himself was far from being the remarkable individual he has been represented by som<* people, and had he been left alone it is likeljr that even if one had heard about him it would not have been for any length of time. • ALEXANDRA DESPISED THE TZAR. - Those who hated him mostly did so because they had not been able to obtain from him what they had wanted, and they applied themselves to paint him as much more danger ous thaft he really was. They did not know that he was but the mouth piece of'other people far cleverer and far more unscrupulous even than TOUR HEART , it timer. Palpitate 1 1«» r Skip Bea<*t Heve yoe 'L*» harum es Breath. Tea* '« firnifM. Nuinbuess.ei r-l F»lu m left aide. D!*x.i •<***, - 111 " Faivlin* S»pell*. 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You may also select a ■ jtiwßifc; BEA UTIFUL DINNER SET end c< Mr p**t>2' firm «■. r a fa, J ■ >• 2 AJftuyvqiarF FtrHe qux-a Picture* 1 V uhe •ertpr'^U;p. w t. ’ fffcjff-'v T-fl I* - - h* **•? •* v«Mir Uwn I ts * O °- K < cw> remw gB U F 0 Vn«Wttso«* CfecrMesl Cb. > A44 lyraoe. fa. I himself, who hid themselves behind iiim and who moved him as they would have done pawns in a game of chess according to their personal aims and wants. These people it was who nearly brought Russia to the verge of absolute ruin, and they would never have been able to rise to the povrer which they wielded had not the empress lent herself to their schemes. Her absolute belief in the merits of the wandering preacher. , thanks to his undoubted magnetic in fluence. contrived to get hold of her mind and to persuade her that so long as he was at her side nothing evil could befall her or her family. It is not generally known outside ■of Russia that Alexandra Feodo rowna despised her husband, and that she made no secret of the fact. She considered him as a weak indi vidual, unable to give himself an ac count of what was going on around him. who had to be guided and never •est to himself. Her flatterers, of whom she had many at a time, had persuaded her that she possessed all the genius and most of the qualities of Catherine 11. and that she ought to follow the example of the latter bv rallying around her a sufficient number of friends to effect a palace revolution which would transform her into the reigning sovereign of that Russia which she did not know and whose character she was unable to understand. Love for Nicholas II she had never had, nor esteem for him. and from the very first moment of her marriage she had affected to treat him as a negligible quantity. Rut influence over hfm she had taken good care to acquire. She had jeal ously kept away from him all the people from whom he could have heard the truth or who could have signaled to him the dangers which his dynasty was running by the fur therance of a policy which had be come loathsome to the country and on account of which the war with Germany had taken such an unex ; pected and dangerous course. • The emprers. like all stupid peo | pie. and her stupidity has not been (denied, even by jjer best friends, be lieved that one could rule a nation iby terror. She. therefore, always I interested herself whenever Nicholas IT was induced to adopt a more lib eral system of government and urged him to subdue by force aspirations it would have been far better for him to have encouraged. She had listen ed to all the representatives of that detestable old bureaucratic system which gave to the police the sole right to dispose of people’s lives and which relied on Siberia and the knout to keep in order an aggrieved coun try eager to be admitted to the cir < lc of civilized European nations. Without her and without her ab surd fears, it is likely that the first duma would not have been dissolved. Without her entreaties, it is probable that' the troops composing the garri son at St. Petersburg would not have been commanded to fire at the peace ful population of the capital on that January day when, headed by the priest Gapone. it had repaired to the Winter Palace to lay its wrongs be fore the tsar, whom it. still worship ped at that time. She was at the ottom of every tyrannical action xliich took place during the reign of Nicholas IL And lately she was the roving spirit' in the campaign, en- • ineered by the friends of Rasputin, to conclude a separate peace with Germany. In the long intrigue which came t »«> an end by the publication of the manifesto of Pskow, Rasputin un doubtedly played a considerable part, , but all unconsciously. Those who used him. together with his influ lence. were very careful not t'o initi ate him into their different schemes. But they paid him, they fed him, THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1917. tU i Twin, ■ W WWbluw they gave him champagne to drink and pretty women to make love to In order to Induce him to represent them to the empress as being the only men capable of saving Russia, about which she did not care, and her orown, to which she was so at tached. With Rasputin she never discussed politics, nor did the em peror. But with his friends she talked over every political subject of importance to the welfare of the nation, and being convinced that they were the men best capable ox upholding her interests, she forced them upon her husband and com pelled him to follow the advice which they gave. She could not bear contradiction, and she loved flattery. She was convinced that no one was more clever than herself, and she wished to impqse her views everywhere and upon every occasion Few sovereigns have been hated as sne has been. Tn every class of society her name was mentioned with execration, and following the introduction of Rasputin into her household this aversion which she inspired grew to a phenomenal ex tent. She w’as openly accused of de grading the position which she held and the crown which she wore. In every town and village of the em pire her conduct came to be dis cussed and her person to be cursed. She was held responsible for all the mistakes that were made, for all. the blunders which were committed, tor all the omissions which had Deen performed. And when the plot against Rasputin came to be engin eered it was as much directed against' the person of Alexandra Feodorowna as against that of her favorite, and it was she whom one aimed to st'rike through him. THE EMPRESS AFTER RASPUTIN'S DEATH. Had she shown some common sense after the murder of a man whom she well knew was ’ considered the most dangerous enemy of the Romanoff dy nasty things might have taken a differ ent course. Though every one was agreed as to the necessity of a change in the system of government of Russia, though a revolution was considered inevitable, yet no one -wished it to happen at the moment when it did, and all political parties were agreed as to the necessity of postponing it until after the war. But the exasperation of the empress against those who had removed her favorite led her to trust even more in those whom he had introduced and recommended to her attention. She threw herself with a renewed vigor into their schemes, urging her husband to dishonor him self, together with his signature, by turning traitor to his allies and to his promises. She wanted him to conclude SEE IF THE CHILD'S TDNGDEIS COSTED If cross, feverish, constipated, give “California Syrup of Figs” Lonk at the tongue, Mother! If coated. It is a sure sign that your little one's stomach, liver and boxvols need a gentle, thorough cleansing at once. 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To be sure you get the genuine, ask to see that it is made bf “California Fig Syrup Company.” Refuse an}' other kind with contempt.— (Advt.) a peace with Germany that would have allowed her a free hand In her dagires ■to punish all the people who had con spired against her and against the man upon whom she had looked as a saviour and a saint, once this fact was rec ognized the revolution became inevita ble. It is to the credit of Russia that it took place with the dignity that has marked its development and success. This. In broad lines, is the summary of the causes that have brought about ihe fail of the Romanoff dynasty, and they must never be lost sight of when one is trying to describe It. It is. how ever, far too early to judge the Rus sian revolution in its effects because, for one it is far from being at an end, and may yet take quite an un expected turn. For another, the events connected with it are still too he considered from an objective point of view. 1 have, therefore, refrained from expressing an opinion in this nar rative. My aim has been to present to my readers a description of the person ality of Rasputin, together with the part, such as I know It. that he 'bas played in the development of Russian history during the last five years or so, and afterward to describe the course of the revolution and the reasons that haxe led to its explosion in such an unexpected manner. CHAPTER T. A COURT FAVORITE. WE LIVE In strange times, when strange things happen which at first sight seem unintelligible and the reason for which we fail to grasp. Even in Russia, where Rasputin had become the most talked-of person ’n the whole empire, few people fully re alized what he was and what had been the part which he had played in Rus sia’s modern history. Yet during the last ten years his name had become a familiar one in the palaces of the great nobles whose names were written down in the Golden Book of the aristocracy of the country, as well as in the huts of the poorest peasants In the land. At a time when incredulity was attacking the heart and (the Intelligence of the Rus sian nation the appearance of this seini vagrant and semi-monk of one of the most persecuted sects in the empire was almost as great an event as was that of Cagliostro during the years before the fall* of the old Frfench monarchy. There was. however, a great difference between the two personages. One was a courtier and a refined man of the world, while the other was only an un couth peasant, with a crude cunning which made him discover soon In what direction his bread could be buttered and what advantages he might reap out of the extraordinary positions to which events, together with the ambitions of a few, had carried him. He was a per fect impersonation of the kind of indi vidual known in the annals of Russian history as “Wremlenschtchik.” literally “the man of the day,” an appellation which since the times of Peter the Great had clung to all the different favorites of Russian sovereigns. There was ons difference, however, and this a most es sential one. He had never been the favorite of the present tzar, who perhaps did not feel as sorry as might have been expected by his sudden disappearance from the scene of the world. I shall say a thing which perhaps will surprise my readers. Personally, Ras putin was never the omnipotent man he was believed to be, and more than once most of the things which were attrib uted to him were not at all his own work. But he liked the public to think that he had a finger In every pie that was being baked. And he contrived tc imbue Russian society at large with such a profound conviction that he could do absolutely everything he chose in re gard to the placing or displacing of peo ple in high places. obtaining money grants and government contracts for his various “proteges,” that very often the persons from xyhom certain things de pended hastened to grant them to those who asked irt the name of Rasputin, out of sheer fright of finding this terrible be ing <n their way. They feared to refuse compliance with any request preferred to them either by himself or by one who could recommend himself on the strength of his good offices on their be half. But Rasputin was the tool of a rrfan far more clever than himself. Count Witte. It was partly due to the lat ter's influence and directions that he tried io mix himself up in affairs of state i nd to give advice to people whom he thoxyght to be in need of it. He was an illiterate brute, but he had all the instincts if a domineering mind which circumstances and the station of life In which he had been born had prevented from developing. He had also something else —an undoubted magnetic force, which allowed him to add auto-sugges tion to all his words and which made even unbelieving people succumb some timesYto the hypnotic practices which he most undoubtedly exercised to a con siderable extent during the last years of his adventurous existence. RASPUTIN UNIVERSALLY AT- TACKED. Amidert the discontent which, it would be idle to deny, had' existed in the Rus sian empire during the period which im mediately preceded the great war the personaJity of Rasputin had played a great part in giving to certain people the opportunity to exploit his almost constant presence at the side of the sovereign as a means to foment public opinion against the emperor and to throw discredit upon him by representing him as being entirely under the influence of the cunning peasant who, by a strange freak of destiny, had suddenly become far more powerful than the strongest ministers themselves. The press be longing to the opposition parties had got into the habit of attacking him and calling his attendance on the imperial court an open scandal, which ought in the interest of the dynasty to be put an end to by every means available. In the duma his name had been men tioned more than once, and alway-s with contempt. Every kind'of reproach had been hurled at him, and others had not been -spared. He had become at last a fantastic kind of creature, more exploit ed than anything', more 'destroyable than destructive, one whose real “role” will never be kpown to its full extent, who might In other countries than Rus sia and at another time have become the founder of some religious order or se cret association. His actions when ex amined in detail do not differ very much from those of the fanatics which in Paris under the reign of Louis XV were called the “Convulslannaires,” and who gave way to all kind of excesses under the pretext 1 ' that these were acceptable to God by' reason of the personality of the people who inspired them. In civilized. Intelligent, well-educated Europe such an apparition would have been impossible, but in Russia, that land of mysteries and of deep faiths, where there still exist religious sects given to all kinds of excesses and to attacks of pious mad ness (for it can hardly be called by any' other name), he acquired xvithin a re latively short time the affections of a whole lot of people. They were Incjined to see in him a prophet whose prayers were capable of winning for them the Divine Paradise for which their hungry souls were longing. There was nothing at all phenomenal about it. It was even in a certain sense quite a natural mani festation of this large Russian nature, which is capable of so many good or bad excesses and whick has deeply in crusted at the bottom of its heart a tendency to seek the supernatural in de fault of the religious convictions which, thanks to circumstances, it has come to lose. 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There it will be shown that in the face of the high cost of living and the large amount that Baptists have given for the war, they have given more mon ey than ever before in a single year. This will put them upon their mettle and will stimulate them to bigger things in the future than they have ever at tempted in the past. As patriotic Amer icans they have caught the larger vision and will now do their thinking about the million-dollar mark. From present indications a big debt that has been resting on the body will be wiped out and it can turn its face to a future that will never more be crip pled by debt. The convention owns a number of pieces of very valuable property, Mer cer university at Macon, Bessie Tift college at Forsyth, the Georgia Baptist Orphans’ home at Hapeville, the Geor gia Baptist hospital in Atlanta and a number of secondary schools at differ ent places in the state. For years each has been hampered by a heavy debt. For the last three years the feasibility of wiping out these debts has been con sidered by the convention. They amounted to half a million dollars in round numbers. This sum seemed eo large that the Baptist buiness men hes itated to take up the task of raising it. Bast year at Commerce the movement was decided upon ai\d a committee with Dr. F. C. McConnell, of Atlanta, as chairman, was appointed to go among the Baptists and raise this money dur ing the year. Many were doubtful as to the outcome of the campaign, but Dr. McConnell, ably assisted by Mr. C. J. Hood, of Commerce, a banker, organ ized his forces and went to work. It has been more in the nature of a still hunt for large sums than a public cam paign and now, success seems certain. In answer to a telegram asking what was the outlook. Dr. McConnell wired me on Thursday, ’.‘lmpossible to give exact figures. Very hopeful. Prepare to shout." If this debt is wiped out it will mean that Georgia Baptists have raised this year in addition to their lo cal finances, close on to a million dol lars. Saw Captive British Crucified and Bayonets Lift Heads High in Air NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—New York gasped today over the statements of Captain David Fallon, who told an au dience he had seen captive British cruci fied and their heads lifted on bayonets above the German trenches. Fallon is a young Australian-Irish veteran, of Gal lipoli and Belgium. He told of nuns crucified and other horrors committed by the Boches. ' “What has happened to our boys will happen to your boys,” he said. "Now you have joined us and when the time comes for the great spring drive we’ll deal with the Germans as they have dealt Belgium. With your help the allies will drive the Hun from the consecrated soil of France and Belgium, drive him to the dugouts and hub of Berlin.” Captain Fallon related numerous In stances of Germany treachery In sur rendering and waiting for help after a charge. Hog and Cottonseed Products Contrasted By Bureau of Markets The state department of Agriculture through its bureau of markets. Satur day Issued a statement drawing a com parison between hog products and cot tonseed products, and suggested that the cottonseed crushers ought to be de riving a better price for their products. While before the war. it is pointed out. it was az well-established rule that refined cottonseed oil should stay' around 2 cents a pound under hog lard, that It is now around 8 cents a pound under lard; and that manufacturers are claim ing they.are not making, a large enough margin of profit to do business. It is suggested that in order to raise the price of cottonseed oil to its former parity with lard that producers sell sparingly. Fuel Administrators Are Directed to Check Coal Prices in States WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. —In its ef fort to hold down retail coal profits to a reasonable margin the fuel adminis tration today directed state fuel admin istrators to carefully check prices of coal. Earlier in the week the adminis tration empowered state administrators to direct revision of the retail prices. The instructions sent out today call ed for • eports by retailers to local com mittees to get the exact amount of gross margin charged. Where complaints are made the retail prices are too high lo ; cal fuel authorities are required to ob- I tain from dealers complete statement.® I of the costs of doing business. Louisiana’s Sugar At U. S. Disposal NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 10.—.1. C. Le- Bourgeols, charman of the allotment committee of the American Cane Grow ers’ association, announced tonight the sending of a telegram to George M. Rolph. in charge of the sugar division . of the federal food administration, stat ing that Tx>uisiana's entire crop is at the disposal of the government, and that | the industry will observe all orders of the food administrator. Specially Low Rate Qn Live Stock is Made WASHINGTON. Nov. 11. —To relieve ; conditions in Texas where cattle are i starving and suffering from drouth, ' southeastern railways have agreed on special low rates on livestock shipped before January 1. the agriculture de partment announced tonight. It said oads will let lowered rates go into ef fect without the usual statutory delay. L President Hopes to Bring Down Price by Making Loaves Uniform WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—First grade wheat bread, the country over, costs wholesale bakers just under 7 1-2 cents a 16-ounce loaf. Chain store bakers can turn out the same product at just under six cents, the federal trade com missioner reported tonight after months of cost investigation. Figures Include overhead charges, salesmen’s commis sions and similar costs, but not prof its. Extraordinary importance is attached to the report, because President Wil son within the next few days is ex pected to issue a proclamation regulat ing the bakery business. In all pre vious price moves, his decisions have closely followed trade commission con clusions. His proclamation is expected to set standard sizes and quality of bread. The commission recommended: That size of loaves be standardized as a means to cheapen production. Sixteen and 24-oilnce loaves to prevail because of superior keeping qualities and better flavor. One delivery a day by bakeries to grocers. Retail dealers not to be allowed to return unsold ■ loaves. /_ With these reforms, still cheaper bread should result, the commission de clared. Its estimated costs tonight are based on sll a barrel flour—a price in excess of current prices. In a 16-ounce loaf, material costs wholesale bakers 4 1-2 cents; manufacturing costs one cent plus, and overhead, selling costs, etc., one and two-thirds cents. Decimally the total is 7.4855 cents for wholesale bakeries; chain stores, 5.8454 cents. Lowest production costs were found in the Potomac district, and the high est in Illinois. lowa and Missouri. Robber Gets $58,000 — In Cancelled Checks NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—Somewhere in New York tonight a bold robber is curs ing his Jate. He knocked down Walter Thomas? bank messenger, beat him and escaped with his money satchel. It con tained $58,000 —in cancelled checks. Proposal For Armistice To Be Issued by Austria LUCIANO, Switzerland. Nov. 11.—The Austrian press today gave great promi nence to a rumor that Austria is soon to formulate proposals for an armistice. IT ONCE! 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