The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-10
IREPOFf DICTATOR
,,,R's UKAsE CAUSES A GREAT
SENSATION.
,n.t the precise Result VIII DC
No one Ca" rorefe''' but I" IS
Believed the Almost inevitable
ooouJsr Explosion will Be Con-
.,derabIy fastened.

:. Petersburg, June s.-The ukase
emperor Nicholas virtually creating
Of nw ,por General Trepof dictator, has
COWS o -ise TO mighty sensation. 1t is
eHo ;mneriaI recognition OF the crisis
tne ~ -. internal affairs in Russia and
iiDn, .Io recalls the step taken by
amneror's grandfather Alexander
tp' Immediately after the attempt to
~ ,,.m m the winter palace in 1880,
uIO" he appointed commission Of
WIZ MIC safety, headed by Gen. Loris
pwo1;hof except that the position Of
We Trepof will be more analogous
y, that occupied by Loris Melikoff
" ,sn later in the same year he was
.no;nted minister of the interior with
f FRI control of the police.
' REACTION and suppression" doubt
,.ss will be the quick Interpretation
nv, ~. mon the emperor's act as soon as
!. becomes known to the Liberals.
p,-;ed in the columns of the Official
Messenger and coming almost without
Gaming, the ukase is not yet generally
tnoVn. but to the initiated the figure
nf constantine Petrovitch Pobiedonost-
ssa chief procurator of the holy synod,
looms large. Behind the scenes the
ia man remains as stern and uncom-
n,omising as ever. He left what many
hsieyed to be his dying bed last Thurs
dav and went to Tsarkoe-Selo, where
ba spent almost the entire day with
bis majesty.
Crush with iron Grasp"
The decision to place in the hands
Of the strongest executive in Russia,
which Trepoff is universally recognized
as being, the power to crush with an
iron hand the political agitation which
has brought Russia almost to the brink
Of revolution, according to public be-
lief, is the fruit of Pobiedonostseff' 9
visit. for 80 far as can be learned not
single one of the emperor's ministers
was in the secret.
The ukase came like a bolt from q
clear sky. M. Bouligan, minister Of
the interior, could not face the humil-
iaton, and Immediately resigned, and
it is not impro bable that other minis
tiers will follow his example. It is ru-
mored in the city that Count Lams-
dorf, the foreign minister, has already
placed his resignation in the hands Of
the emperor and that he will be sue
ceeded by NJ. Muravieff. former minis
ter of Justice and now ambassador at
Rome. Admiral Alexief has also de-
manded the acceptance of his dennis
sion.
ReaCtiOnary to Be Promoted.
Sturmen, an extreme reactionary
who belongs to the Won Plehve school,
tits commonly reported at this writ
ing, will succeed M. Bouligan as min
lister Of the interior, but it matters lit
tie who may succeed to that portfolio,
as its holder will be a subordinate to
ten. Trepof in all matters affecting
politics
In spite Of the popular interpreted
uon, however, that Trepof's appoint
ment means repression and reaction to
tne bitter end, the latter conclusion
" 10 means follows, as it was under
LOFTS Aslkoff's dictatorship that the
reform program of Alexander II was
worked ont
Inc same thing may prove true in
,lls case. Indeed, among the contra
ulcsofy rumors which are current in
'ne city, one is that the ukase will be
'ompieted with the immediate calling
VI aemsky sober, but nothing definite
Known, and the emperor's most i'm
Iuenslai friends are not aware as to
"ast stand be will take.
whatever he may do it is now APP
PARENT that the emperor has decided
suas the hands of the government shall
~ longer be forced by political agita-
sS vu, ana that the legislative assembly
s saa1i Dear the hallmark of imperial
11'nlonlng and not that Of popular
clamor.
Hay Be an Explosion.
A.. ihs decision of the emperor was un-
S Svuotedly precipitated by the Russian
w. slsas1er In the Sea of Japan, as liber-
na ~, aho radicals everywhere were pre-
+ va ~ to make the best possible use Of
~ iurthering their wishes.
s,a .ae government also will be threat
S.s ou with peace demonstrations, the
oi w. VI which was to be a big meeting
wh ;ue zemstvoists in Moscow today,
o ~n,en Gen. Trepoff, as his first act,
sh ouio'ted On the surface of things,
nls sselore, it looks ominously like the
w;. wing a Of Trepof at the helm to deal
,erm W. 'ne internal crisis which the de-
n aon to pursue the war is liable
Of :, us Is dangerous to forecast the result
as ,h e enange in the situation. As lona
in o susre will be vent for escaping steam
did V Oa and assemblies pressure
ws;a Lo9 accumulate, but with the extra
the e s1s On the safety valve and with
ho,l If IS OF internal agitation burnina
D'''y there may be an explosion.