The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
KOZLOFF IS
 GOVERNOR Is Head of MOScOW'S
 Police. HE IS A RIGID OFFICIAL People Expect Cruelty and Harsh Measures.
HE IS A RIGID OFFICIAL
First of Easter Services Were No< Widely Attended Owing to Threats of Dynamiting Ca-
 thedraI-F1eet Inactive.

St. Petersburg. April 27.-The post of Governor General of Moscow, which was temporarily abolished January 13, has been re-established by imperial decree and General Kozloff, former chief of the Moscow police has been appointed Governor General of the city. The administrative control of the police remains in the hands of General Wolkoff, who was appointed prefect in January. but the police will be under the general supervision of the Governor General.
 Kozloff's appointment as Governor General of Moscow. upon the eve Of the anticipated troubles at Easter and on May day, although accompanied by a rescript in which Emperor Nicholas speaks of the great interior reforms" contemplated by him. leaves no doubt of his purpose first to restore tram quality with a firm hand Kozfoff dis tinguished himself during tho Nihilist conspiracies twenty-five years ago by hunting down conspirators, which re- suited in an attempt upon his life
 The public generally interprsts his summons from retirement at the age of 6S as being an indication that the harsh measures of repression then sanctioned are to be revived. The Governor. however, takes the position that the execution or the reforms Is impossible until the present agitation and excitement are quiet. With Gen eral Trepoff in St. Petersburg and Koz- loff in Moscow 1t is considered that public safety in the two capitals Is as- sured. The liberals consider the ap- pointment another reaettonarX step. A prominent liberal said:
 I've expected the proclamation ot general amnesty for political prisoners as an Easter gift. Instead the Emper- or gives us Kozloff."
 Kozlofrs entire career nas been spent in the police or gendarmerle be- ginning as assistant chief of police al Riga in 1861.
 His Career.
 Kozloff's service later as chief of police of St. Petersburg cowsFed klae period following the assassination Of Alexander II In 1881 until after Alex ander III had thrown over General Lords-MelikofE. the famous soldier and statesman. who was Minister of the Interior. and other liberal advisers of his father and had surrendered to M :. Pobedonostseff, the procnrator general and the reactionary party. He re- tired after crushing the Nihilist con spiracies and the conclusion of the fa- nous trials. He was the head of the celebrated committee on public safety. composed of twenty-five persons, hts name appearing on all orders. 'Koa- loff.' means Goat and the public sar- castically denominated hls proclama- tions orders of Kozloff and his twen- ty-fiVe goats Nevertheless koxlofE succeeded in what he set out to do, earning the greatest praise from his imperial master who heaped oecora- tions upon him, conferring on Kozloff among other orders the Alexander Nevski order never previously given to q chief of police.
 Easter Crowds Diminished.
 The first of the great preliminary Easter serices were held in the churches and cathedraIs tonight, thG people coming to kindle candles and procure a blessing on the lights which they carry home burning; but 1t waa noticeable that there was a diminutiou of the usual throngs on account of the rumors of plots to blow up ths churches. The chief priest of the Smo- lensk Cathedral, in this city, received a note warning him of plot to blow up the cathedral, which he read to thG congregation, with explanations, in order to quiet their fears.
 Rumors of the intended use of dyna. mite apply also to banks and Governs ment buildings. These are believed to some extent by the more credulous and timorous classes, but the persons most concerned do not attach much weight to the rumors.