The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-06-25

prItpBt.Iiu, June 70. Fifteen months
,..,.,-. .,, aimee the present Carr assembled
nav AM. ard set ho has Hlrcady triod three
r,,n,. T., govern his country which has be-
I'm. ,,rl-ni.h uu.".S...ri,lo. in the hTst
.,aso Count rI"likoif WIS the omnipotcnt Min
ii..of,no Interior. There was not the least
l,,b,hg' Lr. VIVA equal to his task; but as he
.,,1, Nh. car to sacrifice his autocratic pre-
,.,.- f,t tho welfare OF his people. the
c,,, ffi and the Cpnatitutiouulist party for
h Jim being lost its influence. Then an
otIer Count. ton. ignhiicl. was called 10 the
Ooat of Minister ul the Interior. and along with
Tim the old Siayuphilcs were taken into tho
vars council This Count sought to eStab-
ish orl.i in Russia by bringing the rest of
rcnrhcd he bad necessity of requesting the
Oar ON IN" pretcNt Of iil-health. TO relieve him
n Ern t." i,nnticir's Internal policy has been
wise ono At the very legtnning OF his admin
istratibn he issued II circular declaring that
witnou, delay system should bo adopted by
enabled 10 cooperate with the Government, and
in pursuance OF this project he twice invited Il
10 discuss but even to decide, some OF the most
vital State questions. The invitHtn" To tho
provincial statesmen was but pi minnry
measure to the calling oil GonoraI AsS;mDiy
OF the people representatives. The ldca OF
'hc cunning Count IgnatictI. was to relieve tho
Gar OF the task of ruling Russia and yet to
wanted 10 restore The lSmsky Sohor. or Nation
nj Legislative Assembly, Had Con. lgn9tieff
done grcut things but. unhappily; he was too
much OF II diplomat not TO look abroad. The
Austrian machinatlons on the BalSan PENN
took tho direction VI foreign policy which was
not his business NJ all. 1t is hardly necessary
the mouthpiece of Gen; lgnatieii. Whom the
young car realized that there WAS danger of "a
Russian, Gcrmrn conflict, and that ,Ivan's
4 t..4I a., In.
non the last hour OF Gen. Ignaticn had struck
Mr.. Giers. Minister of Foreign AiIairs who felt
the Minister of tho Interior. waited only a
chance to rebukc the usurper. and soon he got it,
The Jewish question had bcen brought before
the Cabinet OF Ministers. II is well known here
with what extraordinary enicncy Gen. lgna-
teti treated the gross neglect OF the local au-
thortica lnpreyont or suppress tho anti Jewish
in order 20 got popularity with the bulk OF tho
kussinn people, who for many reasons dislike
dignity, Of the law and the Government. The
Jews, h" declared. arc rs much the subjects
Of his Majesty ns any other nationality living
full right to expect from the Govern mont the
protection of their lives and property" Tho
other. minister's sided with Mr. Gers. Thus
ten. lgnaticn lost his influence. and he had to
enforce 'ho rules which hp could not approve.
IN pursuance Of u ukase OF the Car the Senate
issued on May % the following declaration:
The Emperor is pleased to inform his subjects that the
Cnvcr' nj has firmly decided to prosecute any crimes
committed against the person the OF the
jews they have the right the protec ton OF
law IS the rtst OF the Cars subjects.
Gen. IgnatiefT had to issue the order that this
declaration be read and posted in all the towns
aud villages OF the provinces mostly populated
by Jews. He had also to enforce another
declaration of the Senate that any civil or
military officer neglectng TO prevent or sup
press the anti Jewish riots should be dismissed
from the service.
Meanwhile in view of the Russian German
conflict, and particularly on account OF the
forced Jewish exodus. Russian foreign trade
has collapsed and Russian credit abroad has
fallen as low as ever before. russian capital
lists bitterly complain that Gen. Ignatien was
running the country. Under such circum-
stances the Count had no choice but to retire
from office.