The New York herald., 1879-12-11


THE PEOPLE"
BY CABLE TO THE HERALD
LONDON, Dec. IL, 1879.
The Standards Vienna correspondent reports
that great excitement prevails at St. Peters
burg. The gendarme and police forces have
been largely increased They necessarily
patrol the streets of the city and are
especially numerous and viglant near the
Winter Palace. These circumstances indi-
cate that fresh attempts upon the life
of the Gar are anticipated. The Ncws' Ber-
lin despatch says:-"A st. Petersburg let.
ter states that ON the same day the Czar arrived
at st. etersburg the Revolutionary Committee
issued Il most violent proclamation, which is
being distributed daily. and in which they avow
that the late attempt on the Cars life was
made by their order, and, though the attempt
failed, they not disheartened, but are ready to
try again. M. Walujef who was formerly
favorite with the Gar and the author Of vari-
GUS reform plans, has now fallen into complete
disgrace, the Gar having flung his constitu-
tional projects into the fire when M. Walujeff
submitted them, and dismissed M. Walujef
himself.
GoRTsCHAKOFF REGAINs POWER.
gained all their former influence. NJ Markoff,
Home Secretary, will probably be dismissed
and General Ignatieff designated as chief of the
Asiatlc Department Of the Russian State Chan
celery The ST. Petersburg correspondent of the
National Zcitung says he thinks that the Russian
Imperial Council, which was to have been held
yesterday under the presidency of the Emperor,
was summoned not SO much to consider the
question of peace how best to retire
from the present diplomatic attitude of
aggression. A new would produce
an explosion calculated to shatter the
whole organism OF the State. The last
war proved that foreign enterprises
do not remove the peril involved in the passive
opposition of society to the present system Of
governmental peril greater than the desperate
conspiracies Of the nihilists. Intelligence from
st. Petersburg says:-"Another number of the
new revolutionary journal, entitled The Wa Of
the People, has been distributed i'll st. Peters
burg and other parts of Russia. This number
was printed subsequent to the recent court
martial, and contains comments on the trial of
the nihilist Mirsky. The Norre Vrcmya of ST.
Petersburg states that the Governor of that
city has ordered every householder to display u
red lamp before his door nightly bearing the
number of the house.
PROGRAMME OF THE CARS REFoRMs-HAs HE
DISCARDED IT?-wILL ALEXANDRA ABpI-
cATE2
The London Standard has published the fol.
lowing forecast of Russias prospects of reform-
EAT present nobody can say what the outcome
of the forthcoming Council will be. One
sion of the question to be debated is whether the
present system of absolutsm shall be continued
whether reforms shall be introduced but the ques-
ton is framed thus only to soothe the outer world.
The real question is whether Russia wishes for
peace war; and it is expected she will decide for
the former. his recent tour has convinced the
Czarewitch of the necessity OF observing the
Berlin Treaty. and the Prince has hitherto
been the Chanccllor's trustest friend. Should the
Princes CONVICTION Do overborne Prince Gortschakof
and his disciples who are now in Office WILL it IL
affirmed by these prophets, be dismissed. the Czar
will abdicate IL he does not accept the necessity OF
giving up absolutism, and the Czarewitch then
Czar will introduce reforms, of which the folio wing
is an outline Universal suffrage. Legislature to
be created, consisting OF two houses the lower
house elected by the peasants and tho upper house
composed of mobiles nominated by the Emperor
Asiatic Russia-that is the Caucasus, Siberia and
Central Asa-not to participate in the representa-
tive system, but to form Viceroyalty under tho
rule of the Grand Duke Michael now the Governor
Of the Caucasus; the press to have inde-
pendent position, although its entire freedom will
not be granted the Independence of the judges.
who are not to be removable by the government
Provincial Diets to be charged with the duty OF
administering the affairs of the provinces; the com.
plete development of a recruiting system; the mill
tary colonies of the Don the Ura the Azof the Cas-
plan and the Czernomoran Cossacks to be abolished
as SUCH the system of taxation to be reorganized the
poll tax repealed and the universal obligation to pay
taxes to be realized; book of tho State debt to
opened and department for tho control OF the debt
to be created ministers to be responsible Parlia
men; the personality Of the Car to be considered
holy inviolabe and irresponsible: Lord Lieutenants
to be responsible to the Provincial Diets the auton-
omy of the Communes to be contrmed the i'll famed
Third Division to bo abolished; the number OF
court officials to be reduced. and the existing thr-
tnen cassca Of the OWL Service to nm andn