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PRESS WEDNESDAY, JULY 25TH, 1998.
BORGIA-LIKE FEAST. THRILLING STORY OF RASPUTIN'S DEATH.
REVELATIONS BY SIR GECCHANAN
Sir George Buchanan, who was British "Ambassador in Petrograd, has written one of the most readable books overwritten by diplomat la himself from the accusation of revolu the Russian
fought about,
tells the "inside" story- of. Rasputin's execution, Monis bis own desperate
efforts to save the Czar from rain, and des cribes the
of the Bolshow of Fransky and the re
(Cassell, two vols. 30s.)
to Russia
Sir Geogo Buchanan came home from Petrograd January
January, 1918, on the verge of collapse. He was cordially received by the King; A few months later he made u speech about Russia, and be now reveals that he was reprimanded by Lord Har dinge on the instructions of the Coalition *for having propounded a policy Cabinet,
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WT writes the scornful Amba
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Sir Geor Buchanan does not take it lying down..
One of Sir George Buchanana accusers
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1 that the British Lim uniol's Lloyd George, cento A favora propheard of the downfall of the Czar he and that when Mr. Lloyd George rabbed his hands and exclnitier One of the British war aus ia attained.”
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Buchanan replies with a touch antelous malice-
remind Princess__~_Falty," þe writes that the real promoters of the revolution were people like Rasputio, Stunner, Protopopoff, and binie. Wyro- bouwa, I was careful to keep them at distance, while Mine. Wyrobouws, who was directly reponsible for the influence gained by Rasputin over the Empress, was an honoured guest in her house."
"FALSE NOSZ AND BEARD.”.
Sir George states that many peopis sui- believe that he was the prime mover who pulled the strings and started the revolution on its course.
"Ever since my return to England,” he' addy
this charge has fastened on me, and I have never been able, to shake it off. The stories of my revolutiiculous.
activities are as nuraerons as they are
Оде story,
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a Russian in atten.
dance on the Empress Marie, was that he attended the funeral of the revolu tion victims in full uniform, and made
a speech belavding the revolution and the that England would
hope no distant date follow Russia's example and get rid of her King."
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Another story was that Sir George, to coun ter: German influence, decided to start a revolution,
and attended revolutionary
meetings with a false nose and a false beard.
The
name "Rasputin" means "the De
and
Sir George Pace drates
converted
drunkard
and sensualist, led a double life
"The seat which he founded, he te was an offshoot of the Khlysty, or Flagellants. Its members aspired, in some strange way, to direct communion with God; but their services, which were held at night voured rather of the Facchanalia of ancient Rome than of the rites of the Christian Church.
Singing and shouting, they moved round in a circle, quickening the pace at each turn till, after whirling round in a mad dance, they sank exhausted to the ground. There then followed a scene over which it is best to draw a veil.
RASPUTIN'S VICTIMS."
him in abdomen.
women.
Rasputin was well titted to be the high priest of such a sect, for he exercised in extraordinary fascination over Though as a general rule he behaved abominably to
them, his victims put un with every kind of ill-treatment sooner than leave him Only one woman tarned on him, and nearly killed, hit by stabbing
in the
Raputin with feelings akin to no Sho disbelieved |
of his debauchery the stories of his
The three chief actors in this historie drama, writes Sir George of Basputin's Prince Felix Yusupolt, assassination, were Puriskevitch, the former reactionary who bad led the attack on Rasputin at the opening sitting of the Dume, and the Grand Duke Dwitri. The latter's role was o
The Czarina
*
ly passiva one,
his
presencesionato
his approval of what all three as a judicial execution.
***** Rasputin, who
seemu
had been placed under special police pro
protection. to have had a premonition of his danger, and it was with some difficulty that Prince Feliz, who want to fetch him in his motor, pursueded him to come to supper at the Yusupolf Palace.
-
There a Borgia-like repast, with poison. od cakes, and poisoned wine, awaited him.
Haspucin partook of both, but was none the worse
After vainly waiting for the poison to work, the princo rose, and murk ing some excuse, went up a little winding staircase to a roomrun the door above, where the Grand Duke, Puriskosilch, and a doctor Ware waiting.
2
Borrowing the Grand Duke's revolver,
be rejoined Rasputin, and, as the latter was
at looking an old crucifix on one of the
walls shot him bebind the left shoulder.
Hearing the shot, the other three came down, and the doctor promotinced the death agony to have begun. Th
went out
to make arrangements for removing the
was not deal). Irising
1. But Rasputing
up and
ing himself or Prince Feix 45 the latter, on returning to the dining-room, was bending over him, bo panged to make way through an adjoining
pas- sage to an outer court. Here he was shot dead by Puriskevitch
was s
The body was thrown in the Nova, hat was recovered, and Sir George: Buchanan states that a few days later Rasputin was buried at night at Tsarskoe, in the presence of the Czar und the Camu
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Cairdom was tottering to its fall in January 1917, heforo Lenin and Trotsky. appeared, Revolution was in the air; and the only question was whether it would come from above or from below.
place revolution. was oper giglior of "whtaten Sir Georg
kinn: friondi pf Tmine,i who had occupied (Continued on" nezt column.)
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