THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Waikato Times, Volume 88, Issue 13469, 26 April 1917, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

TSARITZA'S PLOTTING DISCLOSED RASPUTIN'S INFLUENCE. AN EXTRAORDINARY LETTER. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received April 25, 10.15 p.m. LONDON, April 25. A Moscow newspaper publishes private telegrams between the Tsaritsa and the Tsar from December to March while the Czar was at the front. All the telegrams are in English, : n I show that the Empress actively interfered in politics. On# asked the Tsar to immediately stop the prosecution of Manuiloff, Stunner's private secretary, who was accused of blackmail. The telegram ended: ''This is absolutely necessary for your peace-of mind." The Csar replied: "Will'stop the case at once?" Telegraphing on March 12th the Tsaritsa said: "Yesterday's riots were shocking. Many of the troops have gone over." Later in the day she telegraphed: "The strikes are spreading, and the troops are joining the strikers. Some concessions are unavoidable."

The Tsaritza sent an astonishing letter to Rasputin, written in ungramnlatical Russian, in which she says: "What joy that you came to see us today. With one's head on your shoulder I say nothing. I just feel with you in peace and forgetfulness. What heavenly bliss; don't leave me I am weak. love you; I have faith in you alone." t was signed, "Your Daughter." The Tsaritsa's grief at Rasputin's murder is reflected in a number of telegrams. PRO-GERMAN MACHINATIONS. DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST AMERICA. (Australian and NZ. Cable Assn.) Received April 26, 11.13 a.m. NEW YORK, April 25. The New York World's Petrograd correspondent states that a mob led by a pro-German Socialist, who said America was the enemy of Socialism, threatened the American Embassy, but soldiers dispersed the crowd.

German agents circulated a report among- the Russian soldiers that land was being distributed, causing a number to leave the front, consequently M. Gutchoff, the War Minister, issued a denial, reassuring the soldiers.