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

saw the act and this, with De Reitern's
evident CONSERVATION. was sufficient
proof 10 him that De Reltern meant TO
kill him, and that he had put his hand
into his pocket in order to draw pistol.
Without further thought the cZar, who
has tremendous physical strength, es-
pecially in the arms and fists. struck De
Reitern upon the temple with such vio-
lence that the alde-de-camp fell dead.
Then they showed him how simple
cigarette had frightened the monarch OF
Russia, of country containing 100000
of inhabitants.
Ignatew plays skillfully upon this
personal cowardice of Alexander Ill.
When the ear Was about to be crowned
at Moscow on May 10. 1883, lgnatleW
feared that the leaders OF the peasantry
assembled from all parts of Russia to
take part in the ceremony would return
home with favorable impression of the
new ruler. lgnatiew saw that it was
Imperative, in view of his old designs,
that the cZar should declare himself
frankly and wholly as the enemy of
the peasants. That was brought about
in this way: Just before the coronation
at MaScOw several people in st. Peters
burg dressed in peasants costume tried
TO enter the palace of the cZar by force,
the palace called Anicskow, situated in
the center of the Perspective Nevsky,
the most important street in the cap
ital. These people, who, without doubt,
were perfectly well known TO the pre-
feet of ST. Petersburg, Gen. Pierre de
GresSer, a devoted adherent of Ig
mathew, ran away: nobody gave
chase; nobody tried to arrest
them, but everybody in the capital was
astounded a. the episode. which was
laid before the cZaT as plan of the
peasantry, protiting by his absence, to
effect revolution. The cZar was
frightened and irritated, and under the
influence of his excitement he delivered
to the peasants who were presented TO
him an address Overfiowing with anger.
Thanks to this speech all the Russian
peaSantry understood that the cZar was
against them. Ignatiew had won,
Ignatieyy Wrecks the Cars Train.
Five years later; that is. in 1883, Alex
andcr III. proposed to make a tour of
Russia with his wife and children. This
journey had its perils for lgndtiew, be-
cause the cZar might chance to meet
well-informed and candid men who
could open his eyes to the truth, in
which event Ignatiew would lose all.
To ward off this catastrophe the wreck
ing of the train bearing the cZar'S retI-
nue., which will be remembered by ev-
erybOdy, was arranged; it occurred on
Oct. II, 1888, at Borki, near Kharkow.
This was a bloody lesson, terrible
warning addressed to the cZar, and the
moral was that Alexander III. would
better not travel in Russia for the pur-
pose of learning anything about his do
minion. Anatol Koni, solicitor general
to the senate, man devoted soul and
body to Ignatiew, investigated the
wreck in such manner that the GRIM
inals never were discovered.
In the present famine situation. in
order that the czar may not listen to the
peasants plaintive voice, that he may
not approach the people, which would
be dangerous for lgnatiew's designs, he
is kept in such state of terror that he
dares not set foot outside of Gatchina,
his residence, Everything is effected
by Ignauew's clique. TO this end they
arranged the breakdown near Orol on
the Opuchta river. And so Ignatiew
continues his dark plans-this lgnatiew
who for so many years has been await
ing the disruption of Russia, preparing,
as did the Gar Boris COudOnOW under
similar circumstances, to place upon his
own head the Russian crown.
VINCENT JURAWSKI.