The Russian writer M. Breschko-Lreschkovsky recently published an interesting article in the "Figaro" in which he insisted that the Grand Duke Michael Alexandro= vitch, only brother of the late Tsar and heir to the Russian Throne in the event of the death of Nicholas LI. and his children, was not only not assassinated at the same time as the Tsar, but is still alive and well. The writer of the article when acting as war correspondent made the acquaintance of the Grand Duke while the latter was in command of a division of Caucasian cavalry operating in Galicia. The Grand Duke, he states, was adored by his Staff, seemed to bear a charmed life amid all the vicissitudes of the campaign, and like his father Alexander III., was able by the sheer strength of his fingers to tear a pack of cards in two, to double up coins, and to twist nails into corkscrews.
The Grand Duke Michael, according to this correspondent, had a disagreeable impression of William IT. "I passed some days in his company on a German cruiser," he said, "and saw him change his uniform five or six times in a few hours, He gave the impression of a quick change comedian and of being above everything a very disagreeable poseur."
When the revolution broke out Nicholas LI. abdicated in favour of his brother, whom Kerensky tried to persuade to renounce the succession. "It will be for the people alone to decide," the Grand Duke replied. The Bolsheviks after sacking his palace at Gat-chin exiled the Grand Duke to Perem, where he fell into dire poverty. By good fortune, says this authority, he was one day rescued by friends, who spirited him away to Siberia, whence with the help of Admiral Koltchak he was able after a long and _adventurous voyage to reach Siam and take refuge with his old friend, the King of that country. "The Russian Prince. who was the Tsar for says M. Rreschko-Breschkovsk "awaits, therefore, in a safe place the development of events in his own A large wolf escaped from his cage recently and caused great uneasiness among the residents near the Keihoku Middle School of Haramachi, Koishikawa, where the wolf was kept. As yet the police have not been able to recapture him. "Be watchful," the "Hochi" advises the people. "The wolf is vicious, especially when he gets hungry, and he will not hesitate to bite you."—That's a habit wolves have got. by the Radio Corporation of America. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company and the International General Electric Company."
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