The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-10-05
How the Czar is Protected.


The Berlin correspondent of the Lon
don Times writes: A Russian friend
sends me the following striking picture
of the state of imprisonment into which
recent events have thrown the Gar:
90 The Emperor still broods in sullen
retirement in the castle of Gatchina.
His Majesty has paid only two or three
fugitive visits to the capital during the
last month. On the last occasion he
was to attend the funeral cortege of the
late Prince Oldenburg to the railway
station. His Majesty's place was duly
marked out in the official programme,
but no two people who saw the process
sion agree as to whether he was behind
the bier or not, and the newspapers all
contradicted each other as to the Cars
presence. The most probable version
seems to be that he awaited the late
Princes remains at the railway station.
There is no relaxation in the vigilance
exercised at Gatchina. Gen. Count
ontzoff-Dachkoff is reported to have
been unable to get on with his imperial
master, and to have been obliged to
leave him for time, while, on the other
hand, it is stated that the Count has in
jured his leg and is obliged to keep him
self quiet. 1t has notyet transpired which
story is the true one. The contradiction
of the first reports as to the way in which
the village of Gatchina was protected. a
contradiction drawn up by Count Vo-
to the vicinity of the palace, which is
strictly guarded and watched. A
short time ago two of the young
Grand Dukes, cousins of the
Emperor, were stopped in the
grounds by a Cossack, who threatened
to spear them if they advanced. A
friend, who has occasion to visit the
castle to see an official, tells me that as
soon as he left the railway station and
took the direction toward the palace, he
felt conscious that the eyes of the police
were following him, but it was only
when he was about to cross the bridge
over the castle moat that he was actu-
ally stopped. Here the police officials
were all officers. They ascertained his
business and escorted him to the SERVICE
gate of the palace, the only one which is
allowed to be approached. He at once
found himself in the police Office, sur
rounded by officers. His passport was
taken, and his description, the time of
day, and business, were all duly noted
in a book, which the chief of police is
supposed to examine every day. An
officer was then sent to inform the Off
cial inquired for, while my friend was
kept by the police. On the officer re-
turning with a message that the official
could be seen, my friend was escorted
by police officer down the long corri-
dors to the rooms of the person he
wished to see. All the way Cossack
sentinels, with drawn swords, were
tramping up and down. 1t can readily
be imagined that no official of the pal
ace, however high he may be placed, is
particularly overjoyed at present by the
visits of his friends. My acquaintance
was therefore eXhorted, for the love of
heaven, to confine his conversation to
the merest commonplaces, and not to
stay too long. When he got to the
train on his return journey he felt
heartily glad and fortunate, though
he could not shake off the sem
sation that the police were still at his
back. Looking out of the windows of
the corridor into the court yards, of
which there are four within the castle
walls, he saw innumerable stacks of
piled muskets, denoting the presence of
a large force of infantry, and on the
open place in front of the palace were
picketed the horses of about a squadron
of cavalry. Persons whose business
calls Jnem udlly 10 Iue ptldcos anu VINO
are we'll known, are vigorously searched.
For example, priest employed in the
service of the imperial chapel was lately
subjected to such close inspection that
even his cigarettes were not overlooked.
A Cossack officer is stationed at each of
the doors of the sleeping apartments of
the Emperor, the Empress and the heir
apparent during the night. The last
canned complains continually of the re-
straint put upon his movements since
his fathers accession to the throne. He
Is not allowed to go out riding in the
park, which particularly annoys him.
! None of the officers or court officials are
allowed to be away from the palace
more than two or three hours at time,
and all are obliged to be in before in
the evening. The court will soon re-
move to Peterhoff, which has small
port at the mouth of the Neva. Here
four hghtships will be anchored, and no
other vessels will be allowed to 90 nesr.
The two yachts, Slavianka and Czarevna,
will always be in readiness TO convey the
| Emperor to and from St. Petersburg,
accompanied on each side by torpedo
boat, manned with four marines"