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

case the demand were granted. The Chinese
| yielded. Amoor became Russian territory,
and Isnatiew, regardless Of Mouravief'a
preliminary work, without which the an.
nexation would not have been possible OF
thought OF, hastened to scquaint st. Peters
burg with what he had done, claiming all
the merit of the affair for himself
This achievement gave Ignatiew great, il
unmerited, distinction in Russia and Eu-
rope generally q Q diplomatist, and 1t
brought about another promotion; he was
appointed Ambassador ct Constantinople.
1t is we'll known that the art of diplomacy,
| as practiced in the Orient. is colored very
greatly by intrigue, and Gar Alexander
was soon convinced that he had
| only to push the Russian forces to
the banks of the Danube, and all
Turkey, like Jericho of old at the sound of
the trumpet, would fall before him. Igna-
winked his monarch, and of the millions
sent to him expended but a small portion
for the purpose of corruption. The re-
mainder, after the manner of the typical
Russian statesman, he pocketed. He owns
lands to the valne of many millions in var
ious provinces, and has millions in ready
money at St Petersburg, which he loans at
usurious interest. He enriched not only
himself, but his family and his wife's
family also. His wife was q poverty
stricken princess of Tartar extraction.
His Brother a Manufs cturing Magnate.
As intrigue succeeded intrigue at CoEstan-
tinople, as each brought its profit to Ignatiew,
Mme Ignatiew's brother established factory
after factory on his property in the
Province of Riazan, where as last he nearly,
if not quite, controls the industries of car
pet, cloth, glass making, etc. So matters
on until 1876, year that marks an epoch in
Russian history. At this time, side by side
with other conspiracies more or less insig-
nifcant, conspiracies by different organiza-
tions, socialistic, anarchistic, nihilistic, 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 enor.
nous proportions, one that possessed and
still possesses international Importance.
To . great part OF the operations of this
many Of the leaders were personally known
to me.
1t originated as long ago as 1856 in St.
Petersburg There was nothing whatever
OF liberalism in its programme, no patriotic
aim to curtail the power of the throne aud
give to Russia a con stitutional or parlia-
mentary government, no design Of efecting
needed reforms. Its object was nothing
more or less than to overturn the Gar and
set up new dynasty on the same lines.
Such an event had happened before in Rus
sian history, and the originators of the con-
spiracy saw no reason why it should not
happen again. This conspiracy is in exist
ence to-day.
Conspiracy Involving Great Names.
To this conspiracy have belonged many
Ministers, Walupew, Reitern, Tolstoi (not
the celebrated author, but Q relative), and
several members of the royal family; tor
example, be who died recently, Prince Con-
stantine, brother Of Alexander IL, and
Prince Peter of Oldenburg. Some time
after the inception of this conspiracy the
leadership passed into the hands of a man
renowned for energy and activity, Ivan
Aksakow, of Moscow. He began to aspire
to the Russian crown. Following the sug-
gestions of those of the conspirators who
were in the Russian army, Aksakow
gained the aid of Servia, or, to speak more
precisely, Russian sgents were sent into
Servia, who eventually infamed public
sentiment there to such an extent that
the sunequal war of little Servia
against Turkey was instigated, and this pro-
voked the declaration of war by Russia
against the Ottoman Empire Trusting to
the assurances of Ignatiew, Gar Alexander
II. was not sufficiently prepared when he
threw himself against Turkey. Near Biela,
in Bulgaria, he was surrounded by the
Turks, and at Plevna the brave Osman
Pacha checked the Russian advance. Then
at last Alexander IL saw that Ignatiew had
deceived him, and when, reproached by the
Gar, the former ambassador to Turkey be-