Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-16
EUROPEAN LETTER.
Correspondence Of the Gold Hill Daily Ssvsl
Sr. PETERSBURG. Russia.
Dacembrr "a. 1879.

Sr. PErERsDrro. RUSSIA.
December "a. 1891
The recent attack upon the Gear has
brought the Russian police system once
more to the front. In the virtue Of tact,
the real Russian detective IAN teach q
lesson to his confreres OF London or
Paris. he IL not permitted to indulge
10 intoIicants, nor IL he. Is q rule, q
married man. He appears 10 all places
where his credentials IS q gentleman or
bis curiosity in roushsr circles permit or
induce him to enter. though the latter has
never reached that dignity or degrade.
ton. But he 10 always . salaried man. As
a rule. however. he Is q real Russian. Of
liberal lingual education and good per.
sonal presence. more or less ~cosmopoli.
tan. He reports to n authority only,
and yet that authority has q "shadow"
to this detective who reports him, on
the principle OF setting q thief to catch
q thief. Few OF us have q very clear
idea OF the personnel or the modus Of
tho Russian detective system. To the
present Imperial Chancellor. moro than
anyone else, il Russia indebted for q
complete chain Of detectives, as well a.
o completes Gordon Of diplomatists. He
has initiated and perfected these two
systems so thoroughly that there is not
a capital OF Europe without n Of these
"lookers.on." In Vienna they assume
various shapes, male and female. and
enter into the walks Of high and low
life as circumstances may demand. In
London there is q large corporal's guard
OF these detectives, and frequently they
exchange notes at Scotland Yard, where,
as Q rule. they are officially introduced.
The Russian detective 10 not necessarily
a Sclav-hs may be q Partisan or even q
Cocknsy.
After the recent attempt upon the life
OF the Gar. and on the very day OF his
return to his capital. the Revolutionary
Committee issued the following most
| violent proclamation. which was dis
tributed day after day. and in which
they avow that the late diabolical at
tempt was made by their order. The
following il an extract:
son the 10Th Of this month. on the
Moscow 4 Kursk Railway, by order Of
the Executive Committee. an attempt
was made on the life OF Alexander ii
by means OF an explosion. The attempt
failed. We do not find IL convenient to
publish at the present time the reason
Of the failure. We are convinced that
our agents and our party will not be
disheartened at the failure OF the at
tempt. but will gain from 1t o new e1-
perisnce. q lesson Of %precaution, and at
the same time fresh consciousness OF
their power and Of the possibility OF q
successful issue. Addressing ourselves
to all honest Russian citizens who value
liberty, to whom the national will and
the national interests are sacred, VI
once again point to Alexander II a. the
personidcation OF q despicable despot.
ism, OF all that 10 cowardly and
sanguinary. The reign Of Alexander III,
from beginning to end. Is o lie. in which
the famous emancipation Of the serfs
ends with Makeofrs circular. From the
commencement to the end II has been
devoted to tho consolidation Of the
classes hostile to the people. and the
destruction OF everything BY which the
people lived and wished to live. Alex.
andsr II is the usurpsr Of the nations
right. tho main pillar OF reaction, the
chief author Of the judicial assassina.
tons. Fourteen executions weigh on
his conscience. Hundreds Of sufferers
cry for vengeance. He deserves to die
for all the blood no has split, for all the
suffering he has inflicted"
It Is now stated that in order to pre-
vent tho Gar from becoming the victim
Of another incident similar to the Mos
COW attempt. three moro trains left Mos.
COW for st. Petersburg. almost stimuli.
~taneously with the n in which His
Majesty travelled. On the way the En-
peror repeatedly changed his carriage.