The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-25
SITUATION IN RUSSIA CRAVE
Cz4R MEETS WITH HIS CABINET no
CONSIDER III.
Decision Reached TO Refrain for the
Present from Applying the Law for
Drafting Recalcitrnnt students In the
Army University Statutes to be Re-
ported Killed or Wounded by Co.'S


saciSs.
st. Petersburg, March 25.-The politi
cal situation is so serious that Emperor
Nicholas held a meeting of the minis
ters yesterday to consider the state o.
public affairs. The czar presided at the
council, which was convened at the
Tsarskoe-Selo Palace. 1t was decided
not to abolish the law for drafting re-
calcitrant students into the army, but
for the present to refrain from apply
ing the Jaw. 1t was also resolved tc
revise the university statutes.
| The decision Of the council Of minis
ters is regarded as a step in the right
direction, because 1t is an attempt at q
partial remedy Of the grievances of the
students
Threatening letters have been receiv-
ed by Lieutenant General Kouraptkin,
minister of war; M. N. v. Mouravieff,
minister Of Justice, and M. Sipiagnine,
minister of the interior. Renewed DEM
onstrations on great scale are expect
ed tomorrow 1t is rumored that Prince
Viazemsky has been disgraced for petit
tioning the czar to consider the griev-
ances of the students. Lagowski, the
provincial official who last Friday at
tempted to assasslnate Privy Councillor
Pobedonostzeff, procurator general Of
the Holy Synod, Is q disciple Of Count
Leo Tolstoi, and he has asserted that
the act was one of revenge for the ex-
communication Of Tolstoi.
According to special dispatch to the
Rossya, the governor general of Kieff,
General Dragomiroff has published a
riot ordinance similar to that published
by General Klejgels in st. Petersburg
and declaring that the military will be
called out unless the ordinance is strict
ly obeyed.
The day passed quietly in st. Peters,
burg. Some forty thousand persons
promenaded about noon along the New
ekoi prospekt, particularly In front Of
the Cathedral Of Our Lady of Kazari.
The crowd dwindled to normal proper
tions when 1t became apparent that
nothing would happen. The promenad-
ers were for the greater part curiosity
seekers.
LOnuOn, MdTCU Zo.--IHG 81. TGL1TS-
burg correspondent Of the Daily Ex-
press says: "In the last encounter at
Narva Gate one hundred workmen are
to have been killed or wounded
by the Cossacks."
The Daily Mail publishes the follow
ing, dated March "a, from its st. Peters
burg correspondent: Yesterday (Sat-
urdny) five hundred workmen from the
Obuchower Metal Works paraded on
the Nevskoi prospekt. On the way
thither they demolished the state BRAN
dy booths. Eight hundred Cossacks,
with drawn swords, met the workmen,
and a sanguinary encounter ensued.
The number of killed and wounded is
kept secret"
"The police have discovered plot
against the life of the ozar. 1t appears
that a group of students drew lots and
that the fatal choice fell to the son of
4 prominent general. The student told
his father, and the latter informed the
gar, imploring him to leave st. Peters,
burg"
ST. Petersburg March 25.-Karpovich,
The assassin of M. Bogoliepoff, Russian
minister Of public instruction, has been
to hard labor for life. He will
De imprisoned in the Schleusseberg for
ress, on an island in the Neva.