The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-18
LAYS FINLAND'S
UNREST TO SWEDES
Assasslnated Governor General
Dies Leaving an Extraor.
dlnary Statement

TO the senate at Helsingfors, died early
| this morning. Al requiem mass was
| celebrated at the governors palace
during the day for the repose of the
soul of Gen. Bobrikoff. 1t was attend
ed by the Russian officials. A small
crowd of Firms assembled outside the
| building.
The body of Schaumann. the assas-
sin Of Bobrikoff, will be buried tomor-
row. In order to maintain public tran
quillity the authorities have. established
| a strict press censorship.
Inc governor general Of Warsaw
was stricken with paralysis when in
formed of the death of Bobrikoff
| Bobrikoff's Last Statement
What may be regarded as Gen. Bob
| rlkoff's dying declaratiom concerning
| the conditions in Finland is contained
In statement made to NJ Belaieff, a
RUSSIAN literary man, who has just
completed tour of the country and
VINO had long talk with the governor
| general on Tuesday
Boprlk0n regarded the present sit
uat1on with satisfaction The Firms. he
| said, thoroughly understood the state
OF aHalrS and were manifesting cor
rect relations toward the Russian ad-
ministration He concluded:
| The trouble is all with the Swedes.
SWedomania is still very strong
propaganda and is pushed in the most
| underhanded and diSreputabIe fashion.
! In order to poison the peoples minds,
proclamations are showered from
| Sweden. We seize what we can. but
| they form regular hydra. Wherever
one head is chopped off, another grows.
| My sympathies are on the side of
the Old Firms, who form seven-eighths
OF the population. I believe in them.
| The majority of the senate is COM
| posed of. old Firms. selected them. /
| prefer them to the Swedes, hence the
| hostility of the latter.
| Gave Him No Rest
| 'Helsingfors gives me no rest night
or day. The city is a hotbed of dis
| sension. 1t seems to boil automatically
/ because of the hostility and rivalry be-
tween the parties. I repeat that / rely
mostly on the old Firms. The young
/ Firms and the Swedish party are much
1 the same, the only difference being
/ that the former are more eowardly
than the latter. The Socialist party, of
which the young Firms are the heart
and soul, is a cunning, time-serving
| organization.
| THE CONSUMPTION this year passed off
| quietly. Only a small percentage
| proved submissive. The Swedish
Lproclamations are having little effect,
I the cOnScriptS themselves bringing
| them to us in bundles.
| 'Of course, the Firms do not sympa-
| thiZe with us. They rejoice at the Jap
anese victories and pull Wry faces over
| our successes. There is no denying
that it is difficult time for us, espe-
| ciaIly in regard to our frontiers. Con-
| cessions are necessary but at the same
/ time they are not advisable yet. The
/ Firms attitude toward Russia is OUT
wardly correct. They have freely sub
| scribed to the war funds. The Swedes,
| of course tried to organize hostile
| demonstrations, but we kept them
| down. The streets of Helsingfors are
quiet, but no one knows what goes on
| in the houses"
/ Hard Time for Loyalists
/ M. Belaieff said:
/ Il visited all the towns along the
west coast of Finland and called on
| the best people. Everywhere I was
/ greeted with discoura ging opinions.
/ The people loyal to Russia have hard
/ time. At Pango the inhabitants are in
| constant communication with Sweden
!. and England, and Russias authority is
represented by single policemaster
| and thirty policemen. The fjordS are
! the scenes of ceaseless activity and
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| aginable.
| AT Aabo the Swedes are stirring up
| the people by calling seditiouS meet
| ings. At the clubs and in the restau-
rants nothing but politics is discussed.
| The Firms are resisting stubbornly, but
are inclined to give way. The young
Firms are masters Of the working
| classes and the SWedeS are masters of
the young Firms.
/ "At NickOIaiSfad the Swedish
stronghold, and further north, at
| UIeaaborg, the anti Russian move
| ment is steadily growing. There may
| be heard such expressions as guerilla
! warfare complete defeat of Russia
| by the Swedes,' and assurance of Brit
| ish aid I heard the most gloomy and
| diseoura ging statements on all Sides"
| Tragedy Is Detailed
HELSINGFORS. June 17.-Senator
| Linden. vice president of the senate
| who witnessed the shooting, furnishes
| the following account:
''Schaumann reached the building a
| few minutes before Gov. Bobrikoff and
| did not betray unusual emotion. He
/ aScended to the third floor and was
seen peering over the railing. Bob
rikoff, in full uniform, drove up to the
| senate, dismissed his aides at the door
| and started up stairs. At the same
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| stairs, and he and the governor reached
| the second landing simultaneously.
| Schaumann held a revolver concealed
| in his hands, and as he passed Bob
| rikoff he shot him through the body.
| Gov Bobrikoff walked toward the office
| of the commissioner of justice and
1 Schaumann followed, firing two more
shots, one striking the governor in the
| neck. The murderer then pressed the
! muzzle of the revolver to his heart,
pulled the trigger and died fifteen min-
utes later. Not a word passed between
/ Sehaumann and the governor. The
| latter in the meantime had opened the
| door and entered the. committee room.
/ I asked him if he was wounded and he
| replied, NO, Then 1 noticed that blood
| was flowing from him and Bobrikeff
! tainted.
| The injuries inflicted were SO terrible
as to indicate that the bullet was of an
explosive nature.
| How far the Swedish party is impli-
| Gated in the killing of the governor
/ general has not been established, but
| the authorities are convinced that
Sehaumann had accomplices, who
| found in the brooding, half-fanatic
| student a ready tool. SchaumanIl' 5
/ father, who was member of the SEN
ate, retired from public life because he
was opposed to Finland becoming an
| integral portion of the Russian enl-
I pire.
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