LIFE AT TSARSKOE SELO

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16584, 6 July 1917, Page 6

LIFE AT TSARSKOE SELO

-NICHOLAS IN CONFINEMENT. LONDON, .Juno 1 23. v The Petrograd correspondent of .the. Paris . .■ Journal describes the life -of/the ex-Tsar ': at Tsarskoe Selo. He seems to be in excellent health, and walks, in the garden ... daily, ' guarded by an officer and three sol- '.";;. diers -•'with. fixed bayonets. .;Nicholas, is generally cheerful, and never . makes j the slightest allusion to his : downfall. : ..>; He ■ reads the newspapers without : special in- '■'■•': terest. ..- The .■ only time he showed- concern ■■■: va's when he learnt fbat a movement; was ./: afoot to imprison him in '{ the fortress of Peter and Paul. He eats simple fare with ;; a good appetite, and his exercise vs. t,a,kfliv .;';;, by gardening :or cycling ]in the .:.■ palace grounds. Recently, Nicholas sadly remarked - to M. Beckendorff, "I am hardly more free - . than - formerly. I have been ■ a ;. prisoner all ray life." -' '" ■■ ; ; The Tsarina is dreamy or. ill-tempered. She speaks littlo and seems ill. She is unable to walk, and is wheeled in a bath chair. .> :■;■_ : .'>(.;v^ : -f^ ; -v'i-;:-^; ; -*;' ; ;: ; fk'f< The children are lively, and play noisy . games. The Tgaievikh has been completely restored to health, ;. ' V , / , : ! ;.•:'->-,■.• ■:-•:-,. :-.i-\-K^i:^.-.v..-^: ; -::'^;;v;.,.:, ;^-',::v;-.-:.-. *■-■;>,-.,-:;.-- >.--.-•-. ::-;-:-:.:---/,,,-.-..- ■,:■■ V. -.-'" .•■-.-.: ..■'.'■.•:;■ h: ! '-.i