Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1913 — THEIR LIVES FOR THE CZAR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THEIR LIVES FOR THE CZAR

St. Petersburg.—At the reception of rural delegates recently the chief of a rural district council delivered a con-

gratulatory speech to the czar, which concluded as follows: "Believe, sire, that our lives are for you. Believe that at the first call wo will rise like a thick wall, and will sacrifice our lives like Ivan Soussalne

(a peasant who is said to have saved the life of Czar Michael Romanoff in 1613 at the cost of his own) for your precious life, your family and the glory of our country. "Reign for ou; glory, reign in order to Inspire fear in our enemies, oh on thodox cur!” The emperor embraced the orator amid cheers and the playing of the national hymn.

Cur of Ail the Russias.