St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-27
WANTS TO Be A CAR
4 Tale of Russian Intrigue
That Discounts All Pred
eceSSOPS.
It Is Wild and Weird and
Somewhat Ragged Around
the Edges.
A Conspiracy That Is Not
Nihiiistic, but Includes
Great Names.
A New Dynasty Is Aimed at
With Ignatiew at the
Head.

starting pItScHldllOil VI lAC pO4lA'N"i
situation in Russia formerly practiced
law in st. Petersburg and attained no
little celebrity as a writer. The express
sion of his political opinions made 1t in
convenient for him to remain in his ma
tive country. and he now lives in Lon
don. He speaks and writes in tie
following letter TO the Pittsburg Dis
patch as one perfectly assured of his
facts, and there can be no question that
he has had ample opportunity to gain
command Of many facts that will be
new to students of contemporary his
tory.l
There are at present two cZars in
Russia. One wears the crown and is
reco2nized by the governments of the
world. The other is rs yet uncrOwned,
although he hopes some day TO possess
that final mark of the power he already
WieiGS. One mods his head and the
Russian EmDire seems TO shake; the
Other hides his head, and unseen brings
about such a relation OF circumstances
that the man with the title is compelled
TO shape his ways according TO the un-
suspected will. One sits upon the
throne; the other is not only the power
behind the throne, but his power Is eX-
ercised unknown TO the throne itself.
One is Gar Alexander Ill. the other is
Nicholas Ignatiew.
He Rose From the Peasantry.
How comes it that Ignatiew,
wealthy banker of st. Petersburg. a
man who has held no official position of
consequence, if any. for ten years. has
attained this extraordinary and peculiar
prominence?
He is the son of an ordinary peasant,
whose career shows that country need
not be democratic in order to offer ad-
vantageO2S opportunities for promotion
to station and wealth to those most
iOwly born. Paul Ignatiew. the father
Of the uneroWned cZar, was sent
by The lord CT his province into
the army as a recruit. Once enrolled,
he WAS assigned to the Imperial guard
because of his unusual stature. With
This advantage he combined exceptional
3lertness of mind. and he soon attracted
lie attention of powerful general.
wh0 made him his body servant, and
eventually secured him several promo
.iunS. During the great inSurreclion of
io23 Paul lgnatIeW, Ey happy chance,
was appointed chief OF the senate guard,
ara i'll this capacity rendered consider
able service to Gar Nicolas, for he pre-
vented tic soldiers under his command
from holding any communication with
che insurgents, and thus made it impOS-
siblc iUr reGciIiouS subjects TO enter tine
senate house. For this important seTv
ice the Gar Nicholas made Ignatiew his
a!de-de CAMP. and afterWard promoted
HIM so rapidly that at the beginning Uf
tie reign of Alexander H.. Paul Igna-
tiew was gOveTnor-geieral of St. Peters
burg, and his eldest son. Nicolas. with
whom we have LOW 10 do, had attained
the rank Of general of the imperial suite,
ard was dispatched to Bukhara at the
lead of an extraordinary Russian mis-
sion. ! may add that Paul Ignatiew. in
common with other Russian dignatarieS,
had paid due attention to filling his
pockets. and had accordingly become
Wealthy man.
The ACQUISITION of AmOor.
The mission to Bokhara met with
complete success, and, as a reward,
Nicolas Ignatiew was appointed ambaS-
sadOr 10 Chiua. There happy chance,
combined with conduct on the part of
IgnatieW aid his friends at court that
cannot be regarded as strictly honOra-
bic. brought great distinction to the
jiplOmatiSt. At that time the governor.
general Of Eastern Siberia was MOura-
VIeff. who was mali of good character.
No public or private moneys clung TO his
fingers. UnLappily.as is too we'll known
Russian OfhclaldUm is hOneycombed
with corruption, and 6y reason of
his probity MouraVieff stood head and
shoulders above his colleagues. He
saw that the country would never be
properly developed without a more
sOutherly approach to the sea, either
Behring or Okotski; that such an ap-
prOach could be secured by the anuexa-
ton of Amoor; and that unless Russia
could secure possession of that province
her interests would be in constant dan
ger from Chinese aggression. Moura-
vieff laid this scheme before the czar
and the government at st. Pc
tersburg, and repeatedly urged its
acceptance, but without positive
result. Then there was an unexpected
and terrible massacre of Christians in
China, and Western Europe was aroused
TO the point of cOnjOint attack upon
China i'll reparatiOn. u TO this time the
Chinese had been intoxicated with the
false notion of inaccessibility of their
country and the inflexibility of their
army. The truth appeared to them like
flash; they saw that combined attack
by European powers must be crowned
by success. and vain confidence gave
way to fright.
IgnatieVv Claimed All the Credit.
ignatiew saw how to make use of this
moment, of terror. He had never
broached to tie Pekin government the
subject of the cessiOn of AmoOr, but
now he suddenly demanded this, threat
ening war in the-event of refusal, and
he promised the friendship and support
Of Russia against Europe in case the de-
mand was granted. The Chinese yieId