TSAR’S DAUGHTER?

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10508, 11 February 1928, Page 9

TSAR’S DAUGHTER?

SOVIET DISCREDITS PRINCESS STILL ALIVE WAS EXECUTED IN 1918 (United Press Assn— Copyright.) (Aust. arid N’.Z. Press Assri.j (Received Feb. 10, 7.5 p.m.) MOSCOW, Feb. 9. The Soviet authorities ridicule vbe stcry so persistently circulated that the Crand Duchess Anastasia, the youngest daughter of the Tsar, is still alive. They state that the whole Russian Royal Fomily is extinct. The official list of those executed at Ekaterinburg in 1918 includes the Grand Duchess Anastasia. “A PEASANT'S DAUGHTER" WA R CORRESPONDENT S VIEWS (Aust. and N'.Z. Press A sen.) (Received Feb. 10, 10 p.m.) NEW YORK, 1-Vb. 0. The-. war correspondent. Air F. A. Mackenzie, in an article in the Daily News, declares that the peasant girl claiming to be the Grand Duchess Anastastia is an imposter. Her claims were originally advanced in 1023. when they were rejbeted hy the leading Romanoff survivors. Ml- Mackenzie twice visited Ekaterinburg, saw the scene of the Tsarist murders, examined the. Communist records, which stated that the Duchess Anastasia feigned death, but soldiers accompanying the murderers smashed her head in with rifle butts. The Daily Mail, in view, of the possibility oi' the Duchess Anastasia’s claim to the Tsar's fortune, points out that, besides a considerable amount the Bolsheviks confiscated several millions lying in . foreign hanks, including English and American. The Tsar’s income from all sources in 1913 was estimated nt £6.000,000. His private fortune, inherited from his father, was increased hy judicious investments. Tlie Daily Mail's Berlin correspondent says that supporters and opponents of the Duchess Anastasia will meet race to face next week, ui i lulu aring of a libel action hv the editor of the i Nationalist paper Xaolitsausgahe against the editor of the Tngliche Rundschau. Dr. Strosoann’s organ. The Nachtsausgahe, in a series of articles favored the Ducli ess Anastasia but suddenly recanted, declaring that she was merely a Mecklenburg farm girl. The Tagliche Rundschau, which consistently championed the Duchess Anastasia immediately declared Xachtausgahe’s volte face was due to a handsome payment to a inemhor of the staff hv the Grand Duke Hesse, tin* late Tsar's brother. The. Tagliehe’s editor announces he wdl bring evidence proving rhe Grand Duke Hesse actually made a payment.