EX-TSAR'S DIARY
THE DECISION TO ABDICATE
"TO SAVE RUSSIA AND KEEP THEi
ARMY QUIET.
(PUBLISHED IN THE TIMES.)
(Received August 17, 2.30 p.m.)
LONDON, 16th August. The- Russian paper Isvestia (a Bolshevik organ) is publishing the diary of the ex-Tsar, seized after his execution.
-Entries on 11th March, 1917, written at Pskoff, read :
'"Wont for a. walk after tea, and read and played dominoes. General Russky came in the morning and said the revolution is spreading, and the opposition of the Social Democrats makes the Cabinet powerless, and that my abdication is necessary.
"Geueral Russky transmitted the conversation to the commanders at the front, and they replied that to save Russia and keep the army quiet I must make up my' mind to this step. I have consented. I left Pskoff after that, with my experiences weighing heavily upon me. May God help'us. All around tire treachory, co waijdiee,. aud docopfeion.' '■
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 42, 17 August 1918, Page 8
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