The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-06
WHOLE EMPIRE
UNDER DURESS
Trepoff Expected to Keep TerrOrists
IN Subsection.
AN ENERGETIC OFFICIAL
PROBABLE MARK FOR BOMBS OF
ANARCHISTS.

Q t PETERSBURG. June Gen
y eTaI TreDof went to Tsarkoe-Se-
lOe today to thank the emperor for
his appointment as assistant minister
Of the interior and to confer with his
majesty regarding the exercise of the
great powers entrusted to him
by the car. which was published in
the official Messenger this morning
CuTiOusly, the appointment of General
Trepoff to his new post is not gazetted
and comment in St Petersburg today is
chiefly busted with speculation on the
use which Major General RydzefsI1y
Trepon & predecessor as assistant min
ISter Of the interior. who is not a par
tculaTiy strong man and who now like
Nj fermlOff, former minister of agrj-
culture has been given a seat i'm the
senate will make of his new powers
In government circles. the appoint
ment of General TrepOff as assistant
minister of the interior, widening the
scope Of his authority so that he may
accomplish in the whole empire what
he has done in st. Petersburg since
January y, is regarded as an obvious
step for the emperor to take if he is
determined not to abandon the fuuda-
mental principles Of Russian rule and
transform the autOCraCy into a limited
monarchy of the west European type.
Has Maintained Order.
It is claimed that Trepof since his
appointment as governor general Of St
Petersburg has maintained order here.
has prevented recTUdescence of the
tUmults of January - without loss of
life, and has handled the situation with
the needed fiTmness- yet without Civ
ing cause for complaint. as the late Won
Plehve did by the adoption of unneCes-
sary stringent and arbitrary measures
Trepoff is one of the busiest and most
energetic officials in Russia. and he re-
quires the same long hours of attention
to duty from his staff. The general
is at his desk shortly after o'clock
in the morning. and his subordinates
are expected to be on duty at 9 O'Clock
Instead of keeping the easy hours ex-
acted by other OfficehOIders. TrepOf in
variably works late into the night and
his secretaries take turns at an extra
hour of duty early in the morning and
at night He viii not remove his head
quarters to the ministry of the interior
but will direct the affairs of his new
position from his present chanceIIory
in the ST Petersburg general govern
ment.
Mark for Anarchists.
One of TrepOffs secretaries said to-
day that it was realized that the pre-
cautions taken for the safety of their
chief must now be TedOubled as the
prominence of his new office and the
feeling of the radicals that he was ap-
pointed as dictator to pull down the
reform movement will make him a
mark for the terrOristS no matter how
moderately he may execute his duties
It is not considered improbable that
the general may find Immediately en-
plOyment for his new powers at Mos
COW. where the social democrats and
social TevOlUtiOniSts are planning to
hold conventions this week sinuItan-
eously with Shipoff's zemstvO congress-
to which it is now proposed to give
wider scope. the mayors of all the cities
in Russia having been invited to send
delegates and take a stand in regard
to the continuance of the war. The an
nOuncement that Minister of the In
terror BOuligan has rendered his resig-
nation is coupled with the report that
he did so partly perhaps on account
of the augmentation of the powers of
his subordinate TrepOff. but chiefly be-
cause the work of his commission is
finished and the project for the calling
Of a national assembly is in the hands
of the ministers
Russ Was in Error.
nv ANVNVt NiSitiH d tpud9 asserts lHdJ
the Russ was in error in declaring that
the report of the BOuligan commission
does not formally outline the form and
functions of the proposed assembly
and the Novoe Nrenya gives the prin-
cipal points of what it claims is the
new project. In brief. it is said to
provide for body of 400 to 500 mem
bers with limited rights of interpella-
ton. but having the initiative i'm Iegis-
lation and poweTssof discussing the
budget and auditing expenses.