The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-06


nor of the so-called Empire of the C,.I
Nicolas Ignatiew always arranged thai Il.
acknowledged car. Alexander Ill. sb.s
never approach the Russian people saJ
that the People shall see in the czsr -, -.
their protector, but the friend of the nohS
ity and the officials.
This policy, so perllous to the Rus,;..
throne, Ignatiew maintains systematicsii.
and with an iron hand. 1t should he -.
derstood that the car Is not only devosa
of civic ability, but that an important 81.
ment in his character IS cowardice Ever.
body will recall the death of De R.its.s
aide-de-camp to the car, whose fam,
was minister of finance and P,ss;'
dent of the ministerial council sns
a rnemb Der, therefore, of the most poversri
class of Russian officials. One dav wbs.
Young De Reitern, who was personaI,.
liked by Alexander Ill, was on duty i.
the cars apartments, he yentured -
smoke a cigarette in the reception roo,n
Suddenly the car entered. In ords.
to conceal the smoke De Reitern prom MI.
put the cigarette in the skirt pocket -
his uniform. The cZar saw the acf ana
this. with De Reitern's evident cansterra.
ton. was sufficient proof TO him thar n.
had put his hand into his pocket in oras.
to draw a pistol. Without further thoush,
the car, who has tremendous physes,
strength, especially in the arms and 6sts
struck De Reitern upon the temple with
such violence that the aide-de-camn fsIl
dead. Then they showed him how aim
pie cigarette had frighted the monarch ~
Russia, of country containing I60, Doom,
of inhabitants.
Ignatiew plays skilfully upon this pe,.
sonal cowardice OF Alexander Ill. Whsn
the car was about to be crowned at Mos.
COW. on May Is, 1888, Iguatiew feared that
the leaders of the peasantry assembled
from all parts Of Russia to take part +
the ceremony would return home with
favorable impression of the new ruler
Ignatiew saw that il was imperative N
view OF his old designs, that the car should
declare himself frankly and wholly A.
the enemy of peasants. This was brought
about in this way: Just before the Corn.
nation at Moscow, several people in al
Petersburg dressed in peasants costume
tried to enter the palace of the car By
force, the palace called Anicskow, stiu.
ated In the center of the Perspective New
sky, the most important street in the can.
ital. These people. who, without doubt,
were perfectly well known to the perfec.
of St. Petersburg, General Pierre
de dresser, a devoted adherent Of
Ignatiew, ran away; nobody gave
chase; nobody tried to arrest them, bu.
everybody in til capitol was astounded at
the episode, which was laid before fhe
car as plan OF the peasantry, prohtins
by his absence, to effect revolution. The
car was frightened and irritated, and IN
der the influence of his excitement he de.
livered to the peasants who were pre-.
scented to him an address Overlooking
with anger. Thanks to this speech, ali
l. l. r<rrv xIor - 4 -.
the car was against them. Ignatiew bad
won.
Five years after. that is, in 1883, Alex.
ander III. proposed to make a tour Of
Russia with his wife and children. This
journey had its perils for Ignatiew, because
the car might chance to meet well-in.
formed and candid men who could open bis
eyes to the truth. in which event Ignatiew
would lose all. To ward off this catastro.
phe the wrecking of the train bearing the
cars retinue, which will be remem-
bered by everybody, was arranged. IL
occurred on October II, 1888. at Borki,
near Kharkow. This was bloody lesson,
a terrible warming addressed TO the ear,
and the moral was that Alexander iii.
would better not travel in Russia for the
purpose of learning anything about his
dominion. Anatol Kroi. solicitor-general
to the senate, a man devoted soul and
body to Ignatiew, investigated the
wreck in such a manner that the Grim
inals never were discovered. For this
service, aided by Ignatiew's influence,
Koni was made senator. Not very long
ago the Kolnische Zeitung announced that
General Seliwerstow had been killed in
Paris because of the Borki affair; that he
knew who had planned the wreck, and
why it had been done. Now, am posi-
nxx-fn I do
to top, that the assassination of SeliWer.
stow was one of Ignatiew's jobs.
Systematic and long-continued exhans
ton of the soil and complete and lasting
anarchy in the social life and economic
policy of Russia have produced. by reason
of the consequent distress in many PROV
inces, such plague that it threatens the
country with peril today. The famished
Russians, who have ceased to trust the
officials and the nobility, appeal to
the car and beseech him to aid them.
That the car may not listen to this
plaintive voice; that he may not approach
the people, which would he dangerous fos
Ignatiew's designs, ne is kept in such
state of terror that he dares not set foot
outside of Gatchina, his residence.
Everything is effected by Ignatiss's,
clique. To this end they arranged
the breakdown near Orol on the
Opuchta river Even the No,ooje WremaA
at present Ignatiew's official organ "a
newspaper which, between us be it said.
will soon betray Ignatiew, for it has o.
come prosperous and no longer needs
financial backing), avows the breakdown
was absolutely mysterious. arranged puf'
posely and with cruel malice. In No.
1866 of this newspaper we find proof De-
yond all doubt that Ignatiew desires 70
cast mystery about the wrecks at BofK,
near Krakow, and, at Opuchta, cost wns
it may.
No,coje VIENNA reports that the gen.
darme, Bouchwostow, and the conductol;
WoskresienZki, who were on the train ana
fell from the bridge into the river, are nov
insane, and that they have been taken 70
an asylum where nobody can see then.
According to this newspaper 1t IS pro
posed TO send them to Moscow, and kep
them there. Those who understand Rus
STA know that powerful men there e..
deavor ordinarily either to kill witness
who may injure them or make out tnas
they are insane. Without doubt Boucn'
wostow and Woskresienzki could r.
veal something that would prove thss
the wreck was brought about W
design. In case this were proves
the intention of alarming the ca
would be indisputably evident. But thy;
repeat, would not be beneficial. 1t woula
rather be detrimental TO Iguatiew's plot
this lgnatiew who for many years na
been awaiting the disruption Of Russ.A
preparing. as did the Gar Boris Coude
now under similar circumstances, to piscs
upon his own head the Russian crown
VINCENT JURAwsKI.