, 1880-04-21
POISONING THE CZAR.

TampersnH with the Food on tic 1kuA-
a1nti 11onarcttss Df11AE~'Tab]o-Lnxfty
Of Discipline in tile Winter Palace Bee
fore the Recent Exploston.
Nrts Turk Iftratl
PARIS, April 17.-'rhe Ln,ttcrnc publishes
d telegram from st. Petersburg, which stntes
that poison wns recently discovered in dish
ATTEMPT at tho Winter Palaco tl1e Internal mr.
range.nents for the safety of tl,o Emperor
have been lintlcr thorough revision. They
are now completed, OH tho principle
that every main department Of tho palace
shall be PLACED under . guard, with MI ofl!-
Ger personally responsible for tho good order
Of Ills section. Before the attempt tho E,f,-
peEor, euriollsiy e1loHEl', was ti.o y, worst ~.
guarded i'a,, In iis Capita, i H. M N,11l, II !s
knew 1t. :i'llcro WIS q, conilict OF t!lrlsdic-
tto1s, or rather break In tho limo nt tl!e pal
ace gates. The police had absolute power
Dyfr Dce TIC s but es ssy y 1 M 70 o 9Ws5 poes Gyer 5 e
Ns these suspected no danger III ttlat quar-
Ter, uley were very lax In their a1,nfnstrG.-
tIoil. The danger came FROM the serynnts
and not from tho upner 1nGmpErs UT 0l t!ls
several hundreds of domestics III the n!acc.
and till tho other dny many of. these.
llad hnngerson from THO outside, wl'Q ll[
thetr work In return fer board aud lodging
enough work to shirk took pay for tlle ac-
conln!ndat1on, atnl suhlet their ronins. Tl,ns
the beginning Of domestic tro,tblo for tho
Czar. WIS when the n,nn In Ills gnrret took il
special attention 8 new inmate excttcs hardly
more attention than a new sparrow. Tho
city police tAtt no right Of question and the
pAlace tl0mcslics no Interest III making
:i', iii was iiere fs!low:scrvant and there fel-
low~seryant, and alt III tho livery" The
pace ltns thus mary inmatcs little above tho
class nf tTai,ps or yaRrants, who. could
;ii'ado ~ Immediately after tho, explosion
were without even the passport which
Is Indispensable. to every adult In Russia.
Gsn G.Gn,rko 4. r., wllo @ was then the G Gresponsibl9s s
4, sliarp wigglng from the E!npernr: The
General said lie was pUwerless within the
palace, 0na temporary powers were M given
hlm; 1io immediately NJ, arrested the court
the aafcty, Of tue Czar; but .tho Victim, being
rs quickly released. This gayo rise to the
ahst!rt! report Of arres,s within tho court
was nothing Of The sort. Thero wns only =
good deal d completely Will, n,ndlie-llea,led
disorder. The intcrlopers and ,hangcrs.on
from tho outside were exposed to all the
risk: Of Political dlsaiEcctlon.. They wsre
their places, The first note Of alarm wus
g[venby the discovery yof q arevolnsfo.lary proc
lamation IN tho blottng-pad OF tho Emperor:
1t was, perhaps, natural 10 suppose tint 1t
lind been placed there by solnU hikl, fuDc-
tlonary; but It Is nov. almost q Mlatter Of NIB
solute certainty tint the true delinquent was
way into tic room III tho course of his te1a-
porury, service. The palace WINS n city, self
dependent In regard to al! tho wants Of n
city. Every species Of establishment usually
| found III n city wns tn be found there. The
huge place sut1lcc;l fnr lis owl, needs not
only lit churches. bakeries, printing offices,
and the like, brt even In tho provision for the,
| lowest and most degrading pleasures. The
form iii It's entirety ono of the most curious
revelations iii the history OF court life.]