St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-27

preliminary Work, without Whlcn tue
annexation would not have been pos
Sible or thought of, fastened to aquaint
st. Peterburg with what he had done,
claiming all the merit of the affair for
himself.
This achievement gave lgnatiew great,
if unmerlted, distinction in Russia and
Europe generally as dIplomatist, and
il brought about another promotion; he
was appointed ambassador at ConStanti-
nople. 1t is well known that the art of
diplomacy, as practiced in the Orient. is
colored very greatly by intrigue, and
Car Alexander was soon convinced
that he had only to push the Rus
sian forces to the banks of the
Danube, and all Turkey. like Jer-
icho of old at the sound of the trum-
pet, would fall before him. lgna-
tiew rejoiced that he had so easily hood
winked his monarch, and of the millions
sent to him expended but small por-
tion for the purpose of corruption. The
remainder, after the manner of the
typical Russian statesman, he pocketed.
He OWNS lands to the value of many
millions in various provinces. and has
millions in ready money at st. Peters
burg, which he loans at uSur!ouS inter
est. He enriched not only himself, but
his family and his wife's family also.
His wife was a pOverty-strlcKen prin-
cess of Tartar extraction.
KEis Brother Il Manufacturing Mag
nate.
AS intrigue succeeded intrigue at
Constantinople, as each brought its
profit to Ignatiew. Nine. lgnatiew'S
brother established factory after factory
on his property in the Province of Ria
zan. where at last he nearly, If not
quite, controls the industries OF carpet.
cloth. glass making, etc. SO matters
went on until 1876, year that marks an
epoch in Russian history. At this time,
side bY side with other cOnSpiracleS
more or less insignificant. cOnSpiracieS
by different organizations, Sociallstic,
anarchiStic. nihilStic, and so On-nine
out of ten Of which were made up by
the pOlice-side by side with all these
lesser cOnspiracies there arose one of
enormous proportions, one that pos
Sessed and still possesses international
Importance.
To great part of the operations of
this conspiracy | was an ocular witness,
and many OF the leaders were person.
ally known to me.
1t originated as long ago as 1856 in
ST. PeterSburgh. There was nothing
whatever of liberalism in its programme
no patriotic aim to curtail the power of
the throne and give to Russia a consti-
tutiOnal or parliamentary government,
no design of effecting needed reforms.
lis object was nothing more or less than
to overturn the cZar and set Up new
dynasty on the same lines. Such an
event had happened before in Russian
history, and the originatOrS of the con-
spiracy saw no reason why it should not
happen again. The conspiracy is in ex-
istenee today.
a Conspiracy Involving Great
Names.
To this conspiracy have belonged
MANY ministers. WalupeW, Retern,
TOlstoi. mot the celebrated author. but
a relative.) and several members of the
royal family: for example, he who died
recently, Prince Constantine, brother
of Alexander H., and Prince Peter of
Odenburg. Some time after the in
ceptioH Of this conspiracy the leader
ship passed into the hands of man re-
nowned for energy and activity,
Ivan Aksakow, of Moscow. He
began 10 aspire to the Rus
sian crown. Following tile sug-
gestlons Of those of the conspirators who
were in the Russian army, AkSakOw
gained the aid of Servia, OF, to speak
more precisely. Russian agents were
sent into Servia, who eventually in
famed public sentiment there to such
an extent that the unequal war or little
SerVia against Turkey was lnaugurated.
and tins provoked the declaration of
war 10y Russia against the Ottoman En-
pire. Trusting to the assurances of Ig-
mathew, Gar Alexander ii. was not Suf-
ticIently prepared when he threw HIM
self against Turkey. Near Biela, in
Bulgaria. he was surrounded by the
Turks, and at Plevna the brave Osman
Iacha checked the Russian advance.
Tlien at last Alexander IL. Saw thatIg
mathew had deceived him. and when,
reproaehed by the czar, the former am
bassador to Turkey began to explain
matters in an inpertinent fashion, the
car lost all control OF his temper and
struck bis taithless servant several times
1t goes without saying that Ignatiew
saw in this an end to his official career,
and all that was left for him was to de-
eide how he could revenge himself
most effectively for his fall and dis
grace.
Becomes Head Of the Conspiracy.
Admiral Nicholas Tchichatchow, of
Odessa The is now Minister of Marine),
an old friend of Ignatiew's aided him in
this matter. He showed Ignatiew how
he might take the place of AkSakow,
and then the Car would be in his
hands. Ignatiew followed Tchschat-
chOw'S plan, and made a propOSitisH to
AkSakuw to the effect that they should
cooperate. Aksakow knew that such
an alliance threatened him with certain
peril, but at the same time he recog-
nized the character of Ignatiew and the
methods he employed; there was no
thing but to accept Two mortal enc
mics to the Russian throne and to each
other because oStcnSibly allies, each
meanwhile making attacks upon the
other.
Such state of things could not en-
du:e long. At last Aksakow himself
was poisoned. Thanks to lgnatiew's
far-reaching power there was no effect
i've search for the aSsasSinS, and for the
same reason nothing had been done
about the murder of the two men lit
tie previous to this time-officers of
gendarmes at Kew, Baron Won Kicking
and the solicitor to the military tribu-
nal, Gen. Stelnikow, shot at Odessa.
Both these men we're grave obstacles in
the way of Ignatiew'S designs.
At this point if he had not done so
before, the reader will probably ex-
claim: But where are the proof for
these astounding statements?
There Is Ample Proof of 1t.
The question is fair and demand sat-
tentiOn, but l trust the reader will see
the difficulty, if not the impossibility of
returning categorical answer. l have
said that many of the operations of the
great conspiracy came under my per-
sOnal observation, and that many of the
actors are personally known to me.
Fifty busy years spent in Russia q have
been but few months in EnglanO fit
ME, may venture to presume, to speak
with some confidence on Russian affairs.
Moreover, l speak not from my own
knowledge and observation alone. |
how In O,.H 0f I, II.