The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-30
Reactionary Duke Is fin Control of the
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 St. Petersburg, Jan. 30-G2:25 a. m.) I-Evidence Is accommodating that Elm peror Nicholas, throughout the present crisis. has acted largely upon the ad- vice of Grand Duke Sergius, who is the most reactionary member of the impe- | rial family, the head of what is de- nominated the war party and whom the Liberals stigmatize as Russia's evil genius.
 With the first appearance of Father Gopon in the movement. Sergius urged the necessity of putting down the demonstrations in the most ener- getic manner. Since Sunday last his hand is considered to have been visible in the appointment of General Trepoff to the Governor Generafship of St. Pe- tersburg with the exceptional powers conferred upon him.
 Grand Duke Sergius is known to be responsible for the charges played by deputy Chief of Police Roudeneff of Moscow, which is causing Foreign Min ister Lamsdorff embarrassment, and it Is now believed he Is about to prevail in the matter of naming Prince Svia- topolk- -Mirsky's successor in the Min istry of the Interior M. Bolagne, for Governor General of Moscow. who, like his patron. is an extreme reactionary.
 The Associated Press Is informed from high source that Grand Duke Sergfus. more than M witte is respon- sible for the elimination from the im- perial manifesto of the Ministry Svia- topolk- -Mirsky's place for an elected Zemstvo counsel of the empire. Against Sergius's influence the min isters at present are apparently pow erless. Sergius reigns in the little pal ace inside the strong ramparts of the Kremlin fortress in Moscow from | which he dispatches daily a courier to | Tzarskoe-Selo.
 Arrests Continue. Among those seized last night and conveyed to St. Petersburg and St. Paul fortress were Yakonobvich. the poet who served a term of exile in 1886 for connection with the revolutionaries; Mme Pimenoff. an aged writer, and her daughter.
 Father Gopon. it has not been defi- nitely established, escaped through Finland and was conveyed across the gulf to Sweden by sympathethic Films At present he is supposed to be in Stockholm. A story has been started and which is attributed to the police. that Gopon is a Jew.
 The Zemstvo's of Saratoff, Nijinis Novgorod and Vladimir have ad- journed because the St. Petersburg Zemstvo are practically in control of the governmental activity of the pro- vtnces and some of the liberals are trying to induce, others to close with the object of further embarrassing the government and compelling 1t to yfeId to the demand for the convocation of constituent assemblies.
 marshal of the nobility from one of the Central provinces has expressed the opinion to the Associated Press that the government could not extract itself from the present situation with. out very substantiol concessions. He believed that within three months, in the face of thfckening troubles, 1t would be obliged to create a Zem- skyzabor.
 The situation in Poland is increasing ly threatening especially in Warsaw and Lodi. In the latter place 1t is re- ported 100000 men are out on strike. There are prospects of extension of the strikes in Odessa and other manufac- turing cities of Southern Russia where the workmen are better orga. nized and more serious.
 Meanwhile principally all classes an- ticipate renewed terrorism. It is said that when the leaders notified the so- cial demonstrations that a truce had been proclaimed Immediately after the close of the Zemtvos congress they were told that the gauntlet would again be thrown down to the aristoc- racy but that this time the sovereign who was specifically declared to be ex- empt from danger during the recent ac- tivity as shown in the trial of Sasoneff the assassin of Minister Won Plevhe would be included in the challenge. At tempts especially are expected upon the officer who, a week ago ordered the soldiers to shoot
 The resumption of work here is ex- pected to become general today. The newspapers discuss the tragedy of Jan uary p, and are only able to hint strongly that 1t might have been avoid ed if proper measures had been taken in advance. It is extremely significant however. that all the papers severely criticise the information about Eng lands responsibility for the strikes As the editors had all been apprised of Grand Duke Sergius's responsibility their comments are indirectly aimed at him.