RUSSIA'S REDEMPTION
, "THE DECISIVE MOMENT" 'MESSAGE, FEOM NICHOLAS | Australian Press Association. i LONDON, 9th January. A message from Cannes states that in the presence of the remnant of the Russian Royal Family, nobles, and refugees of all classes, many of them taxi-drivers and waiters from Paris, the body of the Grand Duke Nicholas was placed in a crypt. Bight Russian generals were pall-bearers. Marshal Petain represented France. Shortly before his death the Grand Duke signed a message to the people of Russia that the decisive momentwas approaching. "Gather your forces with' a holy cross in your hand and resume progress along the road of greatness. Glory is marked out for you. Spare neither strength nor means for the country's redemption."
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 9, 11 January 1929, Page 7
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120RUSSIA'S REDEMPTION Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 9, 11 January 1929, Page 7
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