The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-09-17
How the Gar Travels.

The departure of the Emperor from
Peterhof was intended to be kept a nro-
found secret; but, as usual IN such cases.
it leaked out through one channel or
another that a move was to be made.
and the arrival here of General Kozloff,
Police Master at Moscow, gave a cline
TO the direction that would be taken
On the day fixed for the departure the
O6fc,Gt messenger, to the dismav of the
authorities, announced that the EN-
peror was about to start for Moscow.
an indiscretion of which the Immediate
| penalty was severe reprimand from
Count lgnatieff, who forbade the unof-
fetal press of the capital to reproduce
the announcement or to refer TO it in
any way The first intimation vouch-
safed to ST. Petersburg that the En-
iperor had actually left the vicinity was
7 contained in an official telegram pub-
lished on Saturday, and recording his
arrival In the city of the Cars. Since
then his movements have been duly
chronicled by the official organ in a
series of kilograms, which the other pa
| pers were graciously allowed to repro
duce IN gigantic type twenty-four hours
later, though without word of com
ment. The observance of all this mvs-
| terry can only be explained on the as
sumption that the Car is in imminent
darger of falling a victim to the machi-
nations of the Nihilists. As in the case
bfthe late Emperor last journey to the
/ 14lth, She line was guarded throughout
It's length by soldiery. At every hum
dred PAGES bayonets glistened, and at
intervals tents shone white and camp
fires CLEANED. Such places as offered
more than ordinary facilities to miscre-
ants OF the Hartmann type were special
ly looked after, but still not satisfied as
to the safety of the Imperial party, Cen
eral lgnatieAf, who accompanied it, re-
sorted to various extraordinary meas
ures to battle any possible attempt on
the part Of the revolutlonists.
From the Peterhof line the imperial
train ran through a loop intended for
goods traffic only into the Great South
ern Railway, sometimes preceded by a
pilot-train, sometimes itself taking the
lead. The speed all the way was some
what less than that of ordinary mails
(thirty miles an hour), and owing to
long stoppages, the time usually occu-
pied by the journey was considerably
exceeded. At Moscow the first warning
the public had of the intended visit of
the Gar was given by the sudden hustle
at the Governors house and at the
palace, where, two days only before the
arrival of the august travellers, hasty
preparations were made for their recep-
ton. Late next day il was intimated
that the Car might be expected at
eight o'clock the following morning,
and at the appointed hour a train did
make its appearance, but to the no
small disappointment of the crowd that
had gathered near the station it brought
only batch of police and detectives,
who hoped to find plenty of game in
the trap thus cleverly baited. Before
ten, however, preparations had been
made in earnest. Troops were stationed
on both sides of the route all the wav to
the Kremlin. The inhabitants of every
house in the streets through which the
Emperor was to pass were peremptorily
ordered to close their windows and the
anxiety depicted on the faces of the
police showed when the cortege was
nearly at hand. Presently distant cheer
ing was heard, and as it grew nearer
and nearer, the open carriage contain
ing the Gar, Czarina and their children
drove rapidly by, followed by that of
Prince Dolgorouky, Governor-G General
of Moscow, the foundations of which
were laid by his ancestors 700 years
ago.-COr. London Standard.