Discontent . . . was now rife all over the country [of Russia]. Graft and profiteering were rampant. The newly-rich flaunted their furs, diamonds and glistening motor cars in the faces of workers suffering from hunger and cold. The disorganization of the railroads created a scarcity of coal and provisions when there was really plenty of these necessaries within easy reach. The resulting high cost of living caused strikes in the factories, which in turn caused more distress and discontent. The soldiers� rations had to be reduced, and rumors started in the ranks that grafting officials were getting rich out of it.
No story of skullduggery was too wild for belief, doubtless helped on by the ever-ready German spy system and propaganda mongers. The men heard tales of huge speculations in food, saw the luxurious automobiles purring up and down the avenues, and decided the food-scarcity was a clever piece of profiteering or a pro-German plot to incite a revolution. Either way, they were convinced that Russia was being betrayed. But if the soldiers were no short rations, the workers were sometimes on no rations at all. Boots and shoes ere also unobtainable. Mr. Robert Wilton,
Petrograd correspondent of the London Times, says in his book on �Russia�s Agony� that he saw thousands of people waiting all night in the hope of buying a pair of boots, glad to pay any sum, and actually having to pay anywhere from $25 to $50. Overcoats worth $10 or $10 brought $60 to $100. Under Bolshevism, which was supposed to bring heaven on earth, these prices rose tenfold. A pair of shoes took a month�s wages, says this observer, leaving nothing for food.
New York, Macmillan, 1930, pages 223-4.
Wilton, Robert.
Title The last days of the Romanovs : how Tsar Nicholas II and Russia's imperial family were murdered / Robert Wilton.
Imprint Newport Beach, CA : Institute for Historical Review, 1993.
Edition 1st IHR ed.
Descript 194 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Note "First British edition published in 1920 in London by T. Butterworth. First U.S. edition published in 1920 in New York by George H. Doran Co."--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index. [ New York Library ]
Poslednie dni Romanovykh / [redaktor A.N. Kazakevich ; sostavitelʹ, avtor predislovii︠a︡ i kommentariev V.P. Semʹi︠a︡ninov].
Publisher Moskva : "Kniga", 1991.
Description 495 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN 5212005302
Language Russian
Contents Ubiĭstvo t︠s︡arskoĭ semʹi / N.A. Sokolov -- Poslednie dni Romanovykh / R. Vilʹton.
The Last days of the Romanovs : from 15th March, 1917 ; part 1-The narrative / by Robert Wilton ; part 2-The depositions of eye-witnesses.
Imprint Hawthorne, Calif. : Christian Book Club of America, 1969.
Descript 333 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Note Part 2 contains a translation of the minutes of evidence obtained in the investigation by N. A. Sokolov, the magistrate appointed by Kolchak to conduct the inquiry into the Czar case.
Includes index.
Reprint. Originally published: London : T. Butterworth, 1920.
Bibliography: p. 322-329. [ New York Library ]
Wilton, Robert.
Title Posli︠e︡dn�e dni Romanovykh / Robert Vilʹton ; perevod s angl�ĭskago kn. A. M. Volkonskago.
Publisher Berlin : Izdan�e Knizhnago magazina "Grad Kitezh", 1923.
Description 124 p. ; 20 cm.
Language Russian
Note ʺKabbalisticheskai︠a︡ nadpisʹ, naĭdennai︠a︡ na sti︠e︡ni︠e︡ v komnati︠e︡, gdi︠e︡ byli ubity Imperator Nikolaĭ II i ego semʹi︠a︡.ʺ
Wilton, Robert.
Title Les derniers jours des Romanof. Le complot germano-bolch�viste racont� par les documents.
Imprint Paris, G. Cr�s & cie [1920]
Location Humanities-Genrl Res
Descript 303 p. illus. 18 cm. [ New York Library ]
Title The Last days of the Romanovs, by George Gustav Telberg...and Robert Wilton...
Publisher New York, George H. Doran Company, c1920] { London, T. Butterworth limited [1920] }
Description xiip., 1l., 15-428p. front., illus., plates, ports., facsims. 21cm.
Language English
Note A compilation and translation of the evidence obtained in an investigation of the murder of Czar Nicholas II and his family by N.A. Sokoloff of the Kolchak government, supplemented by the personal narrative of Robert Wilton. cf. Publisher's note.
Wilton, Robert, correspondent of The Times at Petrograd.
Title Russia's agony, by Robert Wilton.
Publisher New York : E. P. Dutton & company, [c1919]
Description xvi p., 1 l., 357 p. front., illus. (plan, maps) plates, ports., fold. map. 23 cm.
Language English
Wilton, Robert.
Title Russia's agony, by Robert Wilton.
Publisher New York, Longmans, Green & co.; London, E. Arnold, 1918.
Description xii, 356 p. front., illus. (maps) plates, ports., fold. map. 23 cm.
Language English
Note Printed in Great Britain.
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Wilton, Robert.
Title The Wiltons of Cornwall / Robert Wilton.
Imprint Chichester : Phillimore, 1989.
Descript xiv, 170 p. : ill., maps, facsims., geneal. tables ; 26 cm.
Note Includes index.
Map on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject Wilton family. [ New York Library ]