Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-04-12
The (Czar of All the Russiacs Takes
No Risks
THE IMPERIAL FAMILY LAY Low
For the First Time the Autocrat ~
Al the Russians Did Not Ventura
to Attend the Annual Parase of His
owl, Regiment and Only 'F= Young
err Grand Dukes Emerged From
Their Palaces.

st. Petersburg, By Cable-The annual
parade of the Horse Guards, 1lways
heretofore one of the most spectacular
military ceremonies, as we'll as social
functions, of the year, was chiefly no
able Friday by the absence OF Empe,
Nicholas and the imperial family.
Horse Guards is the Emperoy's
regiment. and never before has be fail
ed to attend it's annual parade. With
the Empress, Dowager Empress and the.
entire court. the Emperor remained ar
T~sarskoe-SelO.
The only Grand Dukes who ventured
out of their palaces were Nicholas,
Boris and Alexander MichaelOvIceh. the
first named representing the En- or,
Even Grand Duke Vladimir.
mander of the military district.
present, the explanation being
was detained at the palace on 4,
| of sickness. The danger to the impel.
family was regarded as especially great,
at it happened that this was the festi-
val of the Immaculate Conception. one
of the strictest religious holidays. All
business was suspended. The entire
population was in the streets and the
fear of an untoward incident, in view
vi L1G dCliNIIy VI lHN EtEEsl 1913, III
duced extraordinary precautions, The.
police made a number OF arrests. but
both military displays, happily, passed
off without disturbances.
Invate Cemeteries.
St. Petersburg, By Cable-The efforts.
of the police to smother the political
agitation have leo them even 70 invade
H. =. 4J,1;,, NornI, fn~ ~.
dence of treason. 1t has become the
practice of students to place on the
graves of comrades who were active
who suffered in the cause of freeaoe
wreaths bound with ribbons, on Whjc.
political sentiments are INSCRIBED.
The other day a harmless Inscription
in Greek, simply expressive OF SYM
pathy, was seized, and on wednesday
a red ribbon attached to a wreath al
though upon the grave of a well-knoWn
official, being Interpreted by the police
as a revolutionary emblem, was not
only cut off but created so much alarm
that a general order vas sent out to
all vendors of mortuary wreaths, pro-
hibiting the sale of red ribbons.
Red Flags at Funeral.
St. Pet ersburg, By Cable-The work.
men of the village OF Smolensk made a
demonstration Friday, the occasion be-
ing the, burial Of an empioye of
PAIL factory, Who was killed by
1icemen\a few $aXs- ago. Six thops
persons assembled earlySSn thu n.
ing in a heavy snowstcrm and awaltou
the funeral procession. There were
red flags everywhere, and a wreath le-
posted by Socialists on the coffin was
inscribed: Died an innocent victim
in the struggle for victory"
The wreath was seized by the police
and military, which later arrived on
the scene.
Had 5000 Chinese Bandits.
st. Petersburg, By Cable.-Chief Of
Staff Karkevitch, in a dispatch to tho
general staff. says:
yesterday, Il sharpshooters forced
the Japanese cavalry to retire from
Erdaheze and Tsulushu.
Zone OF our detachments, on arriv-
ing in the morning of April 4 at the
Santslung, engaged the enemy, who
had 5000 Chinese bandits with them.
l have not received a report Of the re-
suit of the battle"
Russians Resume Retreat.
Toxic, By Cable.-The main force Of
the Russians, which was recently de-
feated in the neighborhood of Chin
chiacheng, has deviated towards Shum-
%iencheng. and a part of it has retired
along the Fenghua road. On the even
ing of April 5 no Russians were to be
seen south of Hsinlitun, eight miles
north of C%hinchiatun. A small force
of Russians is occupying Talisvo, &c
miles east of Weiyuanpoamen.