The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-25
'THE QUESTION. IS, SHALL
RUSSIA.HAvESA A.NEW1CzAR'?;'
sRERo oRTlsAYs THE w HoEESTHlNei|
is a PLOT AGAINST 4
10 HoLAs SECOND
EAR las BEEN MI lslNFoRMED
AS TO He TRUE coNDl.
lion o f AFFAIRS.
sIByS Publishers, Press,) !

By Publishers Press
.oNDON, January 25.-Y our cor.
ndent this morning showed the
dispatch asserting that the Czars had
been misinformed regarding the
movement of the strikers to a person
who Is I'm receipt Of information from
the innermost diplomatic court cir.
cles in st Petersburg. He lis in a
position to speak with the highest au.
Fthority He said:
Every word in the telegram Of
your scprrespon ondent SIS true The ac-
tual3 fact IS that the present move Is
mo mere Industrial uprising; it Is
moi even a political insurrection. Its
real character is an attempt by the
grand dukes, led by Grand Duke vlad.
imir, to deposeS the 4Czar and seize the
Russian throne for Vladimir.
was Vladimir who permitted
The strike to grow. 1t was Vladimir
who prevented the Gar from receiv:
ing the strikers: 1t was Vladimir who
ordered Sundays massacre.
His obiect, assisted by other grand
dukes IS to foment discord between
the people and the Car, and when
the time IS ripe, If it ever becomes
ripe, he VIII sturn. to the army and
say to ITS & & Il q
See what a weakling occupies the
Russian throne. See how he trem.
blesi before the voice of the people.
sDepose him and place me in his stead
and you and 81 will save Russia +,
There IS no room to doubt, as far
as my nformation goes. the absolute
truth Of this fact. Grand Duke vladi.
mir, who before the birth Of the
Czarewitch, was second q in sue,
+ cessions TO stheS throne, now sees his
dreams Of egitimatelyE obtaining pow
ser dispelled by a tiny baby. He has
been driven to desperation and he is
nov selling the opportunity to mako
himself Gar
4 II is absurd ITO suppose the st. Pc.
tersburg police, with its dictatorial
power, could; not have prevented .the
: strike agitation growing as It has
;grown; Yesterday week, as a mat.
ter Of fact Vladimir assisted its
growthS by every means in his power,
In order to- cause just such. situa.
ton as has now been created.
The Gar has been kept practically
3Eins pletes ignorance of the demands
of the strikers and l have no doubt
but that he does not know as much
3 bout the present troubles as do the
American newspaper readers. He.
1 has received part of Father Gopon's
petition, but not all OF. It. He want.
;Esed ito see the strikers and discuss
their grievances with them, but vlad-
&imirs worked on his weak nature and
persuaded him that the whole affair
s.swas5as plot to sassassinate him. ~
yladimir's contention was combat
Ted the Czarina, who knows the III,
55stde situation, and who is doing cv-
erythingy TO save the throne for her
baby: She begged and implored to
meet the worklngmen but Vladimir's
influence esl e: outweighed hers, and the
Gar at the last moment declined to
Confer with the strikers.
How the matter will end nobody
can tell. Everything depends on the
army wIhtosoeyer 1T decides shall oc.
cupyS the the throne for the future. wheth.
er$itg. decides to continue Nicholas or
elevate Vladimir. Its word cannot be
changed by law .a:,i Z.