The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-22

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THE THAR OF RUSSIA.
snunicate by a covered passage and are ex-
ctly the same in outward appearance, so
. hat no outsider may be able to discover in
which carriage the tar is travelling. During
he emperor's journey last autumn he passed
> most of his time in a carriage that from the
outside looked like a baggage car"
y Strange as the news item seems to be, it is
put one of the many pertaining to the tar
( nd the deeds of the nihilists that are of vital
interest and grave concern to very many in
he wide world, not excepting the United
states. A greater or less safety of the tar
rom the never ceasing Vaccinations of the
ihilists strengthens or weakens the value of
russian securities in the hands of bankers
- nd other capitalists. To the emperors of
Europe the tar is a scarecrow, for with his
ali and the fall of Russian autocracy they
Slso will be doomed To the free American
itizen any fact indicating an increased sta
= ility or defeat Of Russian despotism means
efeat or triumph of those great principles OF
popular government aud universal liberty
hichS Ee the soul of every American, and
Fhich are bound, soon or late, to be the prin-
! piles o., tho whole human family.
81 Full4aware of the Importance attached to
lal news pertaining to the tzar's safety, and
!! moving good many things in that connec-
on-1nowing of the many means employed
b the tzar's servants to insure the safety of
i heir master against the nihilists, and of all
: lch things that are kept strictly secret from
= be public, and for the disclosure of which a
= laxative subject of the tar would surely go
ID Siberia, will narrate here what the lin
IS of space permit.
1t is many years since became an Amer
&an citizen and renowned my former de-
-ading subjecture to the tar. 1t is also
any years since had personally anything
do concerning the safety O of Russian
ar The above cited news reminds me of
~ occurrence of years ago. At that time the
bar Alexander II had in his train only one
lrriage of that peculiar construction which
= ave it likeness to q baggage car. The rest
the train was different. Knowing this, We
9 hat is, I and my friends exploded the bag
Rge car with dynamite from under the Mos
,w-Koursk railway in Moscow. But it was
wrong car; it was real baggage car, while
e imperial conveyance was left intact. We,
oreover, made another mistake at that
me time hut it was not our fault. We
all; he left it in lonely and isolated place
the road and got into another train, one
hich was ahead of his, and which we al
wed to pass by unmolested.
1t seems to me my deed suggested to the
1ssian srFernment the improvement in the
nstr6co bn of the new travelling fortress.
Appropf-iate to myself likewise the honor of
wing suggested to the present tar the
visibility of surrounding the immense
litchkofH palace in st. Petersburg on the
evsky perspective (street)-the Broadway
the Russian capital city-with q deep
inch, excavated and vigilantly guarded
day and night by the imperial guards.
vas the initiator of the nihilistic under
ound operations, and it was with the OBJ
It of preventing that sort Of engineering
future that the trench was built.
In cablegram received from Russia some
hat recently there is another bit of informa-
n, which, by the way, strengthens the con-
ttion in which my former experience and
servations resulted; that is, that a direct,
en astack upon the tar is no longer posi-
NY friends in Russia know it very well,
Wing been fer years so deeply interested in
subject of Russian autocracy and its rep
entatives.
: This is why they resorted to new device,
It of placing dynamite packets in a chest
the railroad station of the Peterhof palace.
e telegram bringing this information adds
It the dynamite exploded at the time the
was expected to be present, but he was
|s there. No stranger can approach the
r nearer than 5000 feet; whoever does is
t dead on the spot.
ome ten years ago, however, any one
I'D approach him At that time Alexan-
- II relied for his safety upon his steel
in shirt-which was supposed to be i'm
etrable to bullets-and upon his train
to retaip his presence of mind and ma
ver orvsAe sight of gun or revolver in
b manner as. to face it with his narrow
side-with the edged side of his body
presenting the smallest area to aim at
had his horse carriage steel plated-a pre-
Ition which actually saved his life, for
EN- G:inevetzky, in 1881, exploded his dyn-
lie bomb under the carriage, while the
Il was seated there, the tar was not killed.
most every Russian tar since history was
item has had to devote part Of his reign
sevising means of self defense against his
B subjects.
Tith the present emperor things seem,
1891 ever, TO De more acuIe, anu require more
e, and more thought, skill, engineering,
at and fruitful imagination 70 keep up
the times. Effective means are needed
rotect him from afsr, on the land and on
seas. from ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS even
above-from those clear spheres above
CHI, however, may carry and drop down
se .azad suspicious looking aerolites, or
I'd. deadly bullets. Should the tar in
to leave his palace to walk along the
cts of st. Petersburg his safety is insured
thousands of detectives, gendarmerie,
+ hers and police iuina the s--eatS- Srrpt-
hg the passers-by, watching the windows
very house, that no man or woman should
2|'l to put ais or her head out of it, The
q roofs o. the houses are guarded.
hen be Eavels by railroad, soldiers with
bayoneSs and loaded guns line it, no
Per how long the road, 100 miles or 900.
osity, however strong, cannot tempt a
to risk his life by approaching the road.
he railroad switches are SO sealed that
bne can turn them the wrong way will
!, or Internationally. But those ara not
bnly precautions to insure personal safety
Sravel OF recent years no employe
railroad along which the emperor
els is allowed on his train except the