Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1920 — CZAR’S SISTER IN RAGS IN BOX CAR [ARTICLE]

CZAR’S SISTER IN RAGS IN BOX CAR

U. S. Red Cross Workers Find Grand Duchess Olga in Need of Food PRINCESS AIDS REFUGEES Is One of the Three Surviving Members of the House of Romanoffs —Thousands of Refugees Pour Into South Russia.

Washington, March 19.—Grand Duchess Olga, sister of the late Czar Nicholas of Russia, has been found by American Red Cross workers, living in a box car near Norvorosiysk, in south Russia, it was announced at the headquarters of the American Red Cross here. ' The grand duchess was found “toiling among fellow refugees from the territory recently conquered by the bolshevik), giving such assistance as she could, although herself in rags, and grateful for any food and clothing she could find.” Red Cross Announcement. The Red Cross announcement is as follows: “The Grand Duchess Olga, sister >f the last czar of Russia, and one of three surviving members of the house of Romanoff, has been found by American Red Cross workers, living In a box car near Novorossiysk. South Russia. A report reaching national headquarters of the Red Cross today stated -that this survivor of the most sumptuous court in the world was discovered tolling among fellow refugees from the territory recently conquered by the bolshevik!, giving such assistance as she could, although herself clad in rags and grateful for any food and clothing she find. Thousands Pour in. “Refugees have been pouring Into Novorossiysk by the thousands, all jeduced to the most abject poverty. The South Russian commission of the American Red Cross has been caring for them to the limit of its resources, and it was in the midst of this work that the plight of the royal refugees was discovered.” Grand Duchess Olga formerly was tne wife of Prince Oldenburg, whom she divorced, later marrying a young army officer, since which time, although the old Russian law permits her to retain her title, she has taken the name of her husband and has lived quietly at Rostov as Mme. Koullnkovsky. She has two children, but the Red Cross report does not reveal the fate of these or her husband. Another sister of the czar, Grand Duchess. Exenia. lives in London, while the only other Romanoff surviving is the dowager empress, who lives in Copenhagen.