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RUSSIA WILL
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NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—Sergius
Michallow Trufanoff, better known as
“Illodor, the Mad Monk of Russia,”
who up to the beginning of the war
was a chaplain of the imperial court
in Petrograd, and an intimate of
Gregory Rasputin, the Siberian peas
ant priest and court confessor, made
his first public statement last night.
He said that Rasputin was now the
strongest “separate peace” advocate
in Russia and that his efforts to take
Russia away from the allies he had
the support of the czarina and other
powerful influences in Petrograd.
Furthermore Illidor said that there
was no reason to doubt but that Ger
man money had something to do with
the change in front on the part of
Rasputin. In Illiodor’s opinion Ras
putin stands a good chance to win in
the fight for supremacy between the
pro-German and allied adherents,
which he says is now being fought
out in the Russian capital.
“The mad monk” is a pleasant
faced Russian of middle size, laughing
most of the time. He met newspaper
men in the studio of Lazar Samoiloff
in Carnegie hall. With him were a
group of Russians, among them Count
Leo Tolstoy, son of the Russian nov
elist and philosopher; Ivan Okuntsoff,
editor of the Russkoye Slovo, and
Ivan Narodny, who interpreted the
Illidor’s statement. Count Tolstoy
said he was present only as an “ob
server,” but when asked if what Illio
dor said was true he replied that “in
the main part” it was.
Illiodor entered the studio a few
minutes after 7 o’clock. He leaned
against M. Samoiloff’s piano as he
talked.
“First of all, gentlemen,” he said,
“perhaps I may recall that when peo
ple want to kill a dog and need an
excuse to do it they spread the re
port that the dog is mad. Well, in
Russia they wanted to kill me or do
away with me in some other fashion,
and s > they told the people I was
mad—crazy perhaps is a better word.
“This is my first public talk, al
though I have been in America since
the 18th of last June. I am a Cossack
of the Don, and a graduate of the
Petrograd Theological academy of
the class of 1905. For seven years I
was court chaplain to the imperial
family of Russia, and as such was for
a considerable period the confessor of
both the czar and the czarina.
“The czar first became attached to
me because I was against the revolu
tionists and the Jews—against the
latter, however, for religious and not
for political reasons. When I first
came to the czar he instructed me to
despise the nihilists and the Jews. It
was then that I first met Rasputin, the
ignorant Siberian peasant, the man
who wields more influence than any
other man in all Russia.
“Before the war—that is, in the
few years that preceded it—the impe
rial family looked upon and revered
Rasputin as a prophet. Today they
look upon him as a sort of God. For
several years Rasputin -and I were
friends. Then I began to find out
things and I came to know Rasputin
as he really is, a man of no character
and an impostor.
“Then came my fight against him
which ended in my defeat, and to save
myself I managed to escape into Nor
way. For nearly a year I remained in
Christiania, and it was while I was in
that city I was called upon by the
Russian Generals Petroff and Che
cherigan. They came to me as mes
sengers from the czarina and offered
me 100,000 rubles ($50,000) if I would
ga back into Finland with them and
turn over my manuscripts dealing
with. Russian court life and the activ
ities of Gregory Rasputin. You can
imagine what would have happened
had I been fool enough to return to
Finland. Instead, I sailed for New
York.
“Now I want to say some things
about Rasputin. He is the man who
named the late Count Sergius Witte
as one of the Russian peace commis
sioners at a conference in Portsmouth,
N. H., and he is also the man who,
during those negotiations, tried to
break up the peace parley and start
Russia fighting again.
“The Austrian archduke whose as
sassination precipitated the present
war was killed on June 27, 1914. On
that day the czar was in the Crimea,
and Rasputin was with him. The
next day Rasputin began the blessing
of arms; which in Russia means get
ting ready for war. Before leaving
the Crimea, Rasputin told officers of
the army that when they met again
Russia and Gerrfiany would be at war.
“In October of last year Goremekin
was premier of Russia. Rasputin de
cided that he had to go, and Chvostoff,
then minister of the interior, sought
the aid of Rasputin in getting the po
sition. But Rasputin turned Chvos
toff down. He wanted a premier who
was in favor of immediate and separ
ate peace between Russia and Germa
ny, and so he named a pro-German.
That man was Sturmer, who was soul
and body for separate peace.
“A few weeks ago came the down
fall of Sturmer and the appointment
of Trepoff as premier. It was printed
in the papers that Trepoff’s appoint
ment was a victory for the Duma.
Such, however, was not the case. It
was a victory for England, which de
manded the dismissal of Sturmer.
“The facts in the case of Rasputin
and the influences that put Sturmer
at the head of the Russian council of
ministers were in the manuscripts of
the articles I wrote for the Metropol
itan magazine.
“Prior to the suppression of my ar
ticles I was called upon by an agent
of the British government and to him
I told some of the facts in my posses
sion concerning Rasputin. I have, I
may add, every reason to believe that
for about four weeks my manuscripts
were in the possession of the British
embassy. Those articles told all about
Rasputin, his influence at court, and
his efforts for a separate peace. Whe
ther or not those facts had anything
to do with the displacement of Sturm
er by Trepoff, and at the demand
of Great Britain, is another question.
But you can draw your own conclu
sions.”
To Print “Mad Monk’s” Tale.
The story of M. Trufanoff, which
was suppressed from a recent issue ot
the Metropolitan magazine, is to ap
pear in instalments in the Daily Jew
ish Warheit.
It was not until after the November
issue of the Metropolitan was on the
newsstands that it became public that
the story had been suppressed at the
last minute, and that a broad black
line on the front cover of the maga
zine effaced a line which had read:
“Rasputin, the Sacred Devil of Rus
sia.” The cover- depicted a sinister
dark figure standing behind a girl. At
the top of the page the announcement
remained that the issue carried the
greatest story of the year. After the
suppression of the story Illiador
sought in the supreme court to recov
er his manuscript, and he finally got it
back on returning to the magazine
$2,000 which had been advanced in
payment for it.
In his affidavit Illiador said the
Russian consul general in New York
approached him and others and beg
ged him not to publish the articles,
offering him a full pardon so that he
could return to Russia if he agreed to
withhold them.
I. Gonikman, editor of the Warheit,
last night confirmed the report that
his paper would publish the articles.
“We have been negotiating for
them,” Mr. Gonikman said, “and the
negotiations are just about completed
now. The articles will be printed in
the Jewish language, in daily install
ments of one or two columns each.
There are about 200 columns of the
material altogether.”
ANCHOR CLUB WHIST PARTY.
The Anchor Club will hold its regu
lar Whist Party Friday night, Jan. 26,
at 8:15. 348
Mexican Chili Con Came, Riffle’s
Kitchen. 278
Wood—Phone 40-R.
186
If the story of Bob Griffith, the
man who brought the half million of
gold from Iditarod, could be told as
it really is it would make a tale of
thrilling interst.
Bob came to Forty Mile, Alaska,
first in 1889. Before that he had
been driving stage in the Black Hills
and in other wild places. While en
gaged in that work he was held up
several times. Twenty-eight years
ago he hit out for the Alaska wilder
ness and got to Fortymile. At that
time only 50 men were in that part
of the country and they were engaged
rocking on the bars, making good
money. Only one steamboat plied on
the Yukon river and one season that
boat jot on a bar down near the
mouth. Jack McQuesten, who was
aboard sent Indian runners out across
country to inform the Fortymile min
ers and this Indian kept going till he
found another who took up the run
ning. The course of these runners
was by the head of the Tanana river,
but the news got to the white men
and they started down stream to get
provisions. This was called starva
tion year on the Fortymile. In 1892
Mr. Griffith was sent for to drive a
tally-ho at the world’s fair in Chicago
and he left Fortymile in a poling boat
for the great journey. He poled all
the way up to Lake Linderman and
went out over the Chilkoot pass. At
Five Finger Rapids the boat was
portaged over the big bluff at the left
hand side of the rapids, going down.
At Whitehorse rapids the boat was
lined up on the same side and port
aged over the famous canyon. After
the fair Bob again hit out for the For
tymile and was there when the Klon
dike was struck. Today he has a
store in the Tolstoi, a summer mall
contract which he fills with his own
boat for the Iditarod, and at the same
time packs millions in dog teams
over the trails. The number of miles
traveled by him over the Alaska
trails would make a journey far
greater than around the world. When
questioned about the possibility of a
hold-up of gold trains on the Alaska
trails, like those in the Black Hills
days, Bob said: “They’d be crazy to
try it.”
PAPER PROBLEM
WASHINGTON. — Public hearings
in the federal trade commission’s news
print paper investigation will be re
sumed soon. The commission an
nounced that phases of the situation
not completed at the previous hearing
will be taken up, including reasonable
ness of prices, cost of manufacture and
jobbers’ profits.
“It is hoped,” said the announce
ment, “that a plan will be devised
which will prevent the suspension of
publications now dependent on the
open market for their paper supply.
It is also expected that information
being collected now will throw much
light on the problem.”
Committees of the interests con
cerned now lire co-operating with the
trade commission, in accordance with
an agreement reached after last week’s
hearings, to ascertain the extent of
next year’s paper needs and the prob
able output of the mills. In the pro
posed distribution plan small publish
ers would be supplied with paper at
the average price sold all customers.
After the movies a nice lunch at the
North Pole Bakery. 328
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night.
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
French ( winemakers are experi
menting with ultra-violet rays for
ageing wines.
The People’s Church opening serv
ice next Sunday, 7:30, 5th and G. 337
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