Evening star., 1901-03-26
Startling Discovery at Refuge of the
Russian Gar.
PROMINENT PERSONS IMPLICATED
Police Held Responsible for Re-
cent Riots in St. Petersburg.
STUDENTS COMMIT SUICIDE

LONDON. March o6.-A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from Paris
states on the highest authority that mine
has been discovered beneath the palace of
Emperor Nicholas at TsarkOe-Sele, seven
teen miles south of st. Petersburg.
Several notabilities. the dispatch further
says. are implicated in the plot against
his majesty. The Russian press was not
permitted to mention the affair.
Reflection on the Police.
ST. PETERSBURG. March 26.-The cir
cular issued by the minister of the inte-
rior blames the police for not crushing the
demonstrations at the outset by the disper-
sion of the gathering crowd. 1t says the
police must learn when and where demon
strations are planned and mass their forces
there. Above all, order must be restored
at any cost, and the authorities must not
fear to use the necessary force and Sc
verify. The military, the circular further
says. can be called upon when firing is
necessary and the cavalry may be .>>m-
moned upon any occasion to clear the
streets.
The Russian Authors Mutual Aid Asso-
ciation, founded by the Russian Literary
Society, has been ordered to close its prem
ises. owing to a protest of the authorities
during the recent riots issued a short time
ago.
Students Commit Suicide.
A student at the st. Petersburg Univers-
ity named Proskuriakofr, who had been
sentenced to two years military service
and drafted into a regiment soon to leave
for Turkestan; a woman student named
Smirnova and Lieut.. Kutness of a sapper
battalion have been found dead near YAM
burg. in the st. Petersburg province. The
student held a revolver and it was evident
that the three persons had committed sui
eide
The press is beginning to display uneasi-
ness on account of tine position taken by
Japan with regard to Manchuria, though
the BOurse Gazette expresses itself opti-
mistically, declaring it's confidence that
this question will never become an apple
of discord between the two mightiest Ash
attic powers"
Czar in Very Nervous State.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg to Reu-
ter's Telegram says that in consonance
with what Is believed TO be the cars ex-
pressed wish the minister of the interior
has published Instructions for the authori-
ties of the towns and provinces, recon-
mending preventive measures against dis
tUrbances. as being more effective than Sc
we're repression after disturbances have
broken out.
The Birmingham Post. which is closely
in touch with Joseph Chamberlain says
news received in high quarters In London
Indicates that the cZdr is in very nervous
state, owing to the condition of the politf-
cal horizon. 1t Is said that he fears the
result of the policy of his ministers in the
far east. while the student troubles and
threats against his life, of which there are
more than have been published. have COM
pletely unnerved his majesty. His medical
advisers have strongly counseled a yacht
ing cruise. but the czar has refused to fol-
low their advice. Those behind the scenes
In Russia take very grave view of the
present agitation and think 1T Is the be-
ginning of more serious troubles