THE LATE COUNT TOLSTOY.

Grey River Argus, 24 November 1910, Page 7

THE LATE COUNT TOLSTOY.

THE BURIAL

YOUNG AND OLD REVEREjNCE

HIS MEMORY

THE DUMA DENOUNCES

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ST. PETERSBURG, Nov 22

The Czar wrote on the margin of the official report of 'the death, a eulogy of Count Tolstoy's creations of the Fatherland's type of character.

Count Tolstoi .befone his death dictated the "message: '.'I am going away. Others remain who understand' the purport of thi s life. To them be it given out that I aimed at doing and failed."

The body, clothed in peasant dress, in a ppl an: <n oak coffin, iwas conveyed to Yasnaya Polyana. To-day's t)urial rites in accordane'e with Tolstoi's wish, were without relig-ious ceremonia>l. ■

Young aiad old, rich and poor, reverently kissed Count Tolstoi's hand.

There i s been resentment at the churches interdict of any rel:>gious observanoes at the funeral.

■The extremie right of the Duma passed a resolution" denouncing Tolstoi as the enemy of the Church and State.