The Florida star., 1905-03-10
SIDELIGHTS0NSERGlUS
Incidents That Depict Russian
Grand Dukes Character.
CONDEMNED BIZ REVoLUTIoEIsTs.
Unele of the EmPeror Was Calles
-Rss.iz'. EVIL GeaIs.--stsrtes sf
His RiEsre.s and Harsh Measures.
HIS Exp~riesee with a Woaiea
naasfsctsrer is Moscow.

The late Grand Duke Serslus OF Rus
sia, who was a brOJheT-In-Iaw As well
ss uncle Of the emperor and exercised
immense influence At court. was re-
gnrIicd as the most reactiOuary OF the
grand dukes and has been Caiitsi "kuS-
sla's evil genius" says the Philadelphia
Public Ledger. As goyernOg general OF
Moscow he was Intensely unpopular.
His zdtent hs governor general OF
Moscow was followed 10y expulsion OF
the Jews from the central provinces.
and throughout his administration his
rigorous and harsh measures aroused
the greatest hostility. especially among
the students
Two years ago. after the student riots
In which many were killed or wounded.
several hundred expulsions 20 Siberia
followed under the orders Of Grand
Duke SergIus and General Trepoff
now governor general Of 81. Peters
burg then chief of police OF Moscow.
As there were many threats made
against his life. the grand duke was
Obliged TO fee TO his summer residence
twenty miles from the city During
the recent strike disturbances the
grand duke left the Diskoutohny pal
ace. on the outskirts Of the city. where
he had been living. and tOnS refuge
InsIde the ramparts OF the kremlin
where he had since lived in what Is
known as the Little palace, opposite
the famous statue Of Alexander IL
TIE trip 20 the krenlin on that ooea-
sion was made ar night between solid
lines OF troops
The sentence of death on Grand
Duke Sergius was contained In n
procIama ton issueSi by the soCial revo
lutioutsts OF Moscow after the demon
stration on Dec IL of last year At ST
Petersburg was put down Ii Rad.
If our demonstration At Moscow
dec. Is and i9l II crushed In ~
oIoudy q manner ~ that ot our broth
on OF st Petersburg. then le 'hr guilt
therefor upon the bead ~ Grand I'uk"
Sergius and General TTep"T. and we
,h. Commitre~. in that event hay" f"r''
ordained their death
Much IT the responsibility Tor III"
s>,taSrrnpb~ at the ,-,ronatiop of En-
peror Nicholas IN Moscow. when S"v
eraI thousand people were crushed :"
death at the time of the distribution
~ thu imperial EiftS. waS lad al ''r7ud
Duke S@rsiuS' dooE u was held that
he had rot taken surfi"isnt precautions
and ,irr I.Tl,-ralS. after the afair IN -
Prt,rSl,,,-- nf Ian - last. V.H"''i To-
major Yortion 80 thr bls me- f'r that -
..urrrn~e ou hts shoulders
Serrius was tsnrn ~ TSsr>k - Solo az
.rrit ~ 1877 lie was mATri,~i ir i~>'
90 III. Princess Elizabeth of He~~'
r,zr-u<tadt As one % Usr lesd!uS sp'T
if IN the Russian rS-aCT.onSTy pHT'V ~
xss cr,Sutsi With l-vinc -" ch."f o.
rhe rnaU-u !u-usnC,- which sur-onn'
- The rrSr. forrins m ibr war With j
nan and r,-,,-eSSIDG aii the cLsrs !aS'
nations to grant a" i;u~~iso '~'i.r
rnorr literal form Of EoVeFnraeut
One Of the -ssSorS why tie cEa- de
pr,xs.i him Of the gcyeruoT~hsD ~ NJ
.-,u WIS the discovery AMI Vu'acati"
~ the fact that hr saJ .-.'su Zee l.t>i
CroxS funds nj sToss AMI sod ~i''i''~
that had tsSu furn!~as~i ~ p-o-.c -
lied Russians fo- tie Cs,---tart ~ ~
soldiers IN the asld
The most ry~--nt -p-zuS" - >-:~,-i-
Sae that thrcatrDei - - dangerous.
VAS that 81 posting Tiscs0t~ ~ NJ
.,sw In which he chs-Se~i tta; ErS-- ~
had lncfsr>i arr a'tei Jhe reV"-' IN
Russia The grand iuAr- asN-'r7i = =
nA-oIuteIy reliable .u<1-I-aI:1n t-1s.l
Moscow. turned o. ~ ;Ae te.s7-TS II IL
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