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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, March 23, 1917, LAST EDITION, Image 13

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"THREE FATES" THREE SCHEMING WOMEN
BEHIND FALL OF THE ROMANOFFS
BY MARY BOYLE O'REILLY
New York, March 23. There are
Three Fates behind the Russian rev
olution three women, the ex-czar's
nearest and dearest, who played
upon their victim's known weakness
to enhance their own power and
who succeeded in .bringing down the
very dynasty for which they In-jtriguecL.
The "Three Fates" of Russia
Left, Czarina Alix, ex-czar's wife;
top right, Czaritsa Marie, his mother;
bottom right, Grand Duchess Xenia,
ex-czar's sister.
Marie Feodorovna, dowager em
press of Russia, and mother of the
czar, was the most powerful polit
ical personage in the empire.
When, in 1905, the world's protest
against horrors like Kischenef and
Odessa startled the czar into a hys
terical wish to reform, the astute em
press mother induced her son to re
ceive two "extraordinary astrolo-
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