The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-10

of A1ukden. would be open and Kuro-
! patkins retreat threatened.
/ Further news is awaited with great
anxiety. Anything like a decisive Jap
anese victory would probably end the
war.
CZAR'S POLICE INADEQUATE.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb 2S.-The
utter impotency of the police in the
/ face of the terrorist organization is
shown by the increasing holiness OF
the latter all over st. Petersburg. Even
on the side of the public buildings
simple notices of Grand Duke Sergius's
death We're found They read: THE
sentence of death passed upon Ser
gius Alexandrevitch was executed
February Il.
(Signed
THE Fighting Organization of the
Social Democrat Party
Moreover the notices were neatly
printed, thing unknown in the days
of the late Interior Minister Won
Plehve, when similar notices were al
ways run off on copying machines.
The secret police then We're too close
on the heels of the terrorists to per-
NIT the use of a printing press.
The Grand Duchess Marie Paylovna,
whose husband, the Grand Duke Via
dimir, is high on the list of those con-
demned to death, is trying to shield
his life with her own. Since red Sun
day the Grand Duke has not only
been showered with threats and warn
ings but has twice received from
abroad formal letters signed by differ
ent groups informing him of his SEN
Of h. ION, ont
of men to execute it. At the same time.
the Grand Duchess Marie, like the
Grand Duchess Elizabeth, in the case
of Grand Duke Sergius was notified
that her life and her sons life would
be spared and she was appealed to not
TO go abroad in her husba nd's compa-
ny. The letters naturally terroriZed
the family and household of the Grand
Duke, who has aged greatly during the
last few weeks under the strain OF
what he insists is the unjust criticism
which placed the responsibility for the
bloodshed of January % wholly on his
shoulders. Although the Grand Dukes
health had been failing for over year,
he is now almost a complete wreck !
For a time the entreaties of his family /,
and the warning of the police sufflced |
to keep him within the walls of the |
palace, but since the funeral of Grand !
Duke Sergius, Grand Duke Vladimir |
has shaken off restraint declaring that |
he refuses to show cowardice and not
only drives out in closed carriage but
On Sunday walked for a short time
lp and down the quay in front of the
winter palace. At his side, however,
IN each occasion, was the Grand
Duchess Marie Pavlovna. The Grand
Duke tries to elude her but she insists
IN being Immediately apprised if he
goes out, donning wraps and accom-
,anying him. Today Grand Duke Via
limir received a letter from one group
which had previously warned him say
ng his sentence was temporarily sus-
pended, which is attributed either to
more correct appraisement of his
share in the events of January %, or
o a general decision OF the terrorists
o give the autocracy a breathing Spel
md await the result of the assassina-
ion of Grand Duke Sergius. The lat
er comedies with the views of those
cquainted with the methods of the
who point out that a suc>
ession of assassinations would defeat
heir object by compelling the Emperor
n the interest of the safety of the I'M
erial family to thrust aside all ques-
ions of concessions and to sanction
he most drastic measures of repres-
ion.