Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-25
TREPOFF, THE TYRANT
NOTED FOR HIS STERN AND UN.
RELENTING CHARACTER.
Sweeping Powers in Decree of Appoint
ment as Governor General of
St. Petersburg.

A cablegram from ST Petersburg last
night says that what the workmen will
do next, If, indeed, they will be able to do
anything, remains to be seen, but the ap-
pointment of Gen. Trepoff to be governor
general of St Petersburg leaves no I'M
certainty as to the action of the authori-
ties. Until today the project of police
was Gen. Fallon, who enjoyed the repu-
tation of being a man of tact and not
favoring extreme measures. Throughout
his regime he had contrived to avoid
serious trouble.
Surprise was universal therefore, when
information filtered through from the
palace that Fallon had been removed to
perform similar functions in Warsaw.
CONSERVATION was as universal when it
was learned that. the man nominated to
replace him was Trepoff, the hard, iron
listed eX-chief of police of Moscow, where
his rule has been marked by the continu-
Gus, unrelenting suppression of every
manifestation of popular opinion. He took
up quarters Immediately at the winter
palace.
To Exercise Extreme Energy
His first act was to convene all chiefs
of police and all commanding officers of
military units and inform them it is his
intention to act with extreme energy. 1t
is expected that Trepoff will issue a proc
lamation at once, warning the strikers
that all excuses will be suppressed with
the utmost severity, and that men wish
ing to return to work will be protected
While it is intimated that they are to
be punished, so far no arrests have been
made among the workmen leaders, but
are expected to be numerous later.
In st. Petersburg itself the day passed
without incident; the streets of the city
are still thronged with sullen, silent peo-
pie, apparently without fixed purpose but
to look on scenes where Sundays tragedy
took place, but from the provinces come
growing ominous rumors.
Extraordinary Powers.
The appointment of General Trepoff for
mer CHER of police of Moscow, to the gov
ernor generalship of ST. Petersburg was
accompanied by an imperial decree an
nouncing the creation of the post of gov
error general. The incumbent of this Of
fee, the decree states, will be in control of
all the departments of administration of
the city and government of st. Petersburg,
with power to demand the assistance of
the military and possessing all the rights
pointments for the municipal council and
the zemstvos and also the right to forbid
individuals to remain In the city.
The sixth section subordinates to the gov
ernor general all the gendarmes in the adj
ministration. and railway gendarmes in his
official district, as well as the authori-
ties and official personages in the zone,
are appropriated for railway purposes as
far as police matters are concerned
Under the seventh section, for police pur-
poses all government factories and work
shops in his official district are subordi-
mated to the governor general
Under the eighth section all the rights
of minister of the interior, with reference
to the confirmation in office of members of
the communal authorities and zemstvos
in the territory of St. Petersburg govern
ment, are transferred to the governor gen.
eraI
BY the ninth section the governor gen.
eral is empowered to prohibit individuals
remaining in his official district.
At his own request General Fallon has
been relieved of the office of project of
St. Petersburg and is given the rank of
aid-de-camp general.