Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
POLAND REMAINS
STORM CENTER
Continued from Page 0ne.)
of the Polish population which are
adverse to Revolutionary movement
VLADIMIR EXPLAINS
Ayers Acuon Taken Was Necessary
and Forecasts Future

Grand Duke Vladimir uncle of EN-
peror Nicholas and commander of the
Imperial Guard, granted an interview
to the Associated Press at the dukes
palace in the Quay de la Cour. The
grand duke wore q simple blue undress
blouse over uniform trousers, and
everything about the apartment, with
reports heaped upon the table before
him, bespoke the man of work. The
study might well be mistaken for the
office of some busy American railway
manager. The grand duke is a man of
ance as well as in fact.
I'VE know he said. that behind
this peaceful procession was an anarch-
istic and socialistic plot, of which the
overwhelming majority of workmen
were merely innocent TOOLS We know
from examination of the dead ard
those arrested that the alleged priests
were actually revolutionary agitators
and students in disguise. We had to
save the city from a mob. Unfortu-
nately, to do so, innocent and guilty
suffered alike. Suppose 100000 men had
reached the gates of the winter palace;
they could have sacked it as the mob
sacked Versailles. From the palace
they would have gone elsewhere and
the whole city would have been de-
livered over to anarchy, riot. blood.
shed and flames. Our duty was the
duty of every government.
THE same situation has confronted
cities in other countries. Why. be-
cause in Russia, should the whole
world point a finger of scorn at us?
Why should America, especially, mis-
interpret and think i'll of us? We have
always been friends-friends of a CEN
tury. friends when America needle
friends.
why has all this changed? What
has Russia done to deserve it? What
has Russia done to America? Why
should the foreign press, especially
that of Great Britain, not hesitate be-
fore any calumny? No invention seems
too horrible for them to print. They
do not explain that on Saturday every
dead wall in st. Petersburg was pla-
carded with warnings to the people
not to assemble. No; but they tell
that thousands of innocent people
were killed and other thousands
wounded, and paint the streets as run
ming red with blood. They even say
the dead were pushed under the ice
Of the Neva at night. 1t is infamous
They say nothing of isolated officers
set upon by mobs in the streets and
hammered into insensibility or of po-
licemen killed or wounded. AS a mat
ter of fact, complete returns show that
exactly 126 are dead. Several hundred
were wounded; / cannot give the pre-
else figure of the wounded but you
shall have an opportunity TO see the
full reports
Then, without being asked, the grand
duke went on;
People speak of a constitution. A
constitution would mean the end OF
| Russia, as the state would be gone, an
archy would supervene and when II
ended the empire would be dlsntegrat-
ed Finland, Poland and perhaps other
| frontier provinces would have broken
away Russia is not ripe for a consti-
tuition. Go out among the peasants
who comprise the vast bulk OF the EN-.
pire's population and try TO explain tC
them government by suffrage. Th'
peasant knows nothing OF government
he does not even know what the wore
means He knows his emperor. Fol
him the emperor is everything. Giv'
the peasant a vote and all would b'
anarchy, Still. there is necessity foi
reform ana they win be granted by the
autocracy."
Maintaining the principle OF autoc
racy, then, the people will have al
opportunity to be heard in the govern
ment?" questioned the correspondent
Yes" was the reply. "They can
and / am sure they viii be given 1
voice, OF that l am certain" and n
repeated the words emphatically. Z"
q am certain" and continued even NOR