The San Francisco call., 1906-07-06

ST. PETERSBURG, July Emperor
Nicholas has taken the almost unpre-
cedented step of publicly directing
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch,
commander of the forces in the military
district of st. Petersburg, to investi-
gate and take measures to stop the
disorders" among the troops. Accom-
panying these instructions were orders
relieving Prince Vaszelchikoff, COM
mander of the Guard Corps, from duty,
and dismissing, in disgrace, General
Ozeroff, commander of the First Guard
Division, and General Gadon, COM
mander of the Preobrajensky Regi-
ment, the first battalion of which was
recently disgraced for expressing sym
pathy with Parliament and protesting
against doing police duty. Gadon is
said 70 be a descendant of an American
named Gordon, the name having been
4 Russianized by lapse of time
All attempts to purge the army of
the spirit of disloyalty, now that 1t has
invaded the pampered regiments of the
/ Guard, however, probably viii prove
futile.
] No isolation of the troops will any
! longer suffice to prevent the spread of
the contagion. While the majority of
the troops probably are still faithful
the undermining of the military sup
ports of the Government is proceeding
very rapidly. The revolutionists are
rejoicing at the success of what they
regard as being the final phase of the
work of preparing for the coming revo-
/ luton.
GROUP of TOLLS SCHEME.
The members of the Group of Toll in
Parliament are secretly celebrating a
plan to force matters to head. As
! the first step they propose that the
I lou q INF q
ing the country is not bound to pay It's
obligations to the Government so long
as the Emperor refuses to yield to the
demands of Parliament. If the Con-
stitutional Democrats decline to join
them in the programme of reputation
the Group of Toll proposes to issue
| a manifesto to the country. Their
purpose plainly is to compel the Gov
ernment to attempt to dissolve Parlia-
ment, and thus to force rupture.
Premier Goremykin and all the mem
bers of the Ministry except Stolypin
were present at today's sitting of the
Council The tone of their remarks
tended to confirm the surmise that the
fall of the Ministry has been postponed
on account of the refusal of the Con-
/ stitutional Democrats to participate In
a coalition Cabinet. Premier Goromy-
kin today reiterated in conversation
that he was anxious 10 retire.
Inc OOuUCll Ol Inc luud9 SOh-
firmed the credentials of all its mem
bers, though there remains some ques-
ton as to the validity of the election
of NJ Oshakoff owing to his having been
convicted and exiled to Siberia forty
years ago for participation In the plot
to assassinate Alexander II. Oshakoff
subsequently was pardoned and
changed his views, being now consid-
cred almost a reactionary.
PLACATING THE wORKMEN.
The methods of the Government to
counteract the revolutionary spirit
d among the workmen is illustrated by q
proclamation issued today by the Pref
ect of Police of Moscow. While pro-
| hibiting, under heavy penalty, open-air
meetings, the carrying of arms and the
fomenting of strikes, ii orders employ
ers of manual artisans, such as bakers,
carpenters and shoemakers, to intro
duce the ten-hour day instead OF the
twelve-hour day, not to require Sun
day labor and to provide food and lodg-
ing for the employees.
| Police activity against the patriots
who are trying to incite anti-Jewlsh
risings is reported from various sec
tions of the country The local author
tiles evidently have taken warning
from the change in sentiment In official
circles in st. Petersburg since publicity
was given to the Bialystok events. The
policemen of Bialystok who were
caught firing revolver shots which were
ascribed to Jewish revolutionists, pre-
cipitating a renewal of the massacre,
| Ioaar d{cr1iasad from the service.