Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-12
HOW THE GEAR TRAVELS.
Leaving Towns Unexpectedly and
Arriving In Them Unexpectedly.


st. Petersburg Letter to London Standard
The departure Of the Emperor from Pc
| terhof was Intended to be kept q profound
secret, out as IL usual IN all such cases, &c
leaked out through one channel or another
thar move was to be made, and the arrival
here Of Gen. Kozloff, police master at Mos
COW, gave a clue to the direction that
would be taken. On the day fixed for the
departure the official messenger, to the dis
may OF the authorities, announced that the
Emperor was about to start for Moscow, an
| fndtscretion which the immediate penalty
was q severe reprimand from Count Igna-
tieh, who forbade the unofficial press Of the
capital to reproduce the announcement, or
refer to It In any way The first intimation
| vouchsafed to st. Petersburg that the
Emperor had actually left the vicinity
was contained in an official telegram
| published 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 papers were graciously
| allowed to reproduce in gigantic type
twenty-four hours later, though without a
word of comment. The observance of all
this mystery can only be explained on the
assumption that the Gar is in imminent
danger of falling victim to the machina-
tions Of the Nihilists AS in the case of the
late Emperor's last journey 10 the south,
the line was guarded throughout its length
by soldiery. At every hundred PAGES bayo-
nets glistened, and at intervals tents shone
white and camp fires CLEANED. Such places
as offered more than ordinary facilities to
miscreants of the Hartmann type were
specially looked after, but still not salts
fed as to the safety of the imperial
party, General Ignatieff, who accom-
panied it., resorted to various ex-
traordinarY measures TO battle any
ha Of
tionists. From the Peterhof line the i'm
perial train ran through loop intended for
goods traffic only into the Great Southern
Railway, sometimes preceded by a pilot
train, sometimes itself taking the lead. The
speed all the way was somewhat less than
that Of ordinary mails (thirty miles an houT,)
and, owing to long stoppages, the time
usually occupied by the journey was con-
siderably exceeded At Moscow the first
warning the public had of the intended VISA
OF the Car 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 reception. Late next
day it was intimated that the Gar might
be expected at eight O'Clock the follow
ing morning, and at the appointed
hour 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 detec-
tives, who hoped to fed 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 way to the Krem-
lin. The inhabitants in 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 dis
tant cheering was heard, and as it grew
nearer and nearer the open carriage con-
tanning the Gear, Czarina and their children
drove rapidly by, followed by that of Prince
DolgoroukY, Governor General of Moscow,
the foundations Of which were laid by his
ancestors seven hundred years ago.