Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05

considerable measure of trust for my Owl
word.
In his capacity of secret but real Cover
nor OF the so-callsd empire Of the Czars
Nicolas Ignatiew always arranged that tn.
acknowledged Czar, Alexander Ill, shal
never approach the Russian people, and
that the people shall see in the Gear, moi
their protector, but the friend of the nobili
ty and the officials. This policy, SO peril
Gus to the Russian throne, fsnatiew main
tains systematically and with an iron hand.
1t should be understood that the Gar is moi
only devoid of civic ability, but that an i'm
portant element in his character is cow
ardice.
Death for a Cigarette.
Everybody will recall the death of De
Reitern, aide dc camp to the Gar, whose
father was Minister Of Finance and Presi-
dent of the Ministerial Council, and men,
Der, therefore, of the most powerful class of
Russian officials. One day when young De
Reitern, who was personally liked by Alex
ander Ill, was on duty in the Cars apart
ments, he ventured to smoke a cigarette in
the reception room. Suddenly the Gar en-
tered. In order to conceal the smoke De
Reitern promptly put the cigarette in the
skirt pocket of his uniform. The Gear saw
the act and this. with De Reitern's ev-
1dent CONSERVATION, was sufficient
proof to him that De Reitern meant
to kill him, and that he had put his hand
into his pocket in order to draw a pistol.
Without further thought the Gar, who has
tremendous physical strength, especially in
the arms and fists, struck De Reitern upon
the temple with such violence that the aide
de camp fell dead. Then they showed him
how simple cigarette had frightened the
monarch Of Russia, of a country containing
100, 900 Of Inhabitants.
Ignatiew plays skillfully upon this Per-
sonal cowardice of Alexander I'LL When
the Gar was about to be crowned at Mos
cow on May Is, 1888, Ignatiew feared that
the leaders OF the peasahtry assembled
from all parts of Russia to take part in the
ceremony would return home with favor
able impression of the new ruler. Ignatiew
saw that it was imperative, in view of his
old designs, that the Gar should declare
himself frankly and wholly as the enemy
in this way: just before the coronation at
Moscow several people in St. Petersburg
dressed in peasants costume tried to enter
the palace Of the Gar by force, the palace
called Anicskow, situated in the center Of
the Perspective Nevsky, the most i'm
portant street in the capital. These
people, who, without doubt, were per-
tectly well known to the prefect of St.
Petersburg, General Pierre de Gresser, a
devoted adherent of 1gnatiew, ran away;
nobody gave chase; nobody tried to arrest
them, but everybody in the capital was as
founded at the episode, which was laid be-
fore the Gar as a plan of the peasantry,
profting by his absence, to effect a revolu-
tion. The Gar was frightened and irritated,
and under the influence of his excitement
he delivered to the peasants who were pre-
sented to him an address overlooking with
anger. Thanks to this speech all the Rus
sian peasantry understood that the Gar
was against them. Ignatiew had won.
Ignatiew Wrecks the Cars Train.
Five years later, that is, in 1888, Alex
ander I'LL proposed to make tour of Rus
sia with his wife and children. This jour
ney had its perils for Ignatiew, because
the Gar might chance to meet we'll in
formed and candid men who could open his
eyes to the truth, in which event Ignatiew
would lose all. To ward off this catastrophe
the wrecking of the train bearing the
Cars retinue, which will be remembered
by everybody, was arranged; it occurred on
October II, 1888. at Borki, near Kharkow.
This was bloody lesson, terrible warning
addressed to the Gar, and the moral was
that Alexander III. would better not travel
in Russia for the purpose of learning any
thing about his dominion. Anatol Koni,
Solicitor General to the Senate, man de-
voted soul and body TO Ignatiew, investi-
gated the wreck in such a manner that the
criminals never were discovered.
In the present famine situation, in order
that the Car may not listen to the peasants