The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
GEAR DEGRADES
CRACK SOLDIERS
discovery Of Disaffection in Life.
Guards Drives Emperor to
~ Drastic Measure.

st. petersburg, June 29.-IhG crush
Ing blow inflicted on the emperor by the
regiment, the Preobra jensky regiment
adoption of resolutions UNFOLDING ali
the actions of parliament and announc-
Ing that the men wanted no more police
duty entailing the Staying of brothers
tor fathers, has so affected his majesty
Ethat he has ordered the name of the dis
loyal first battalion to be stricken from
the roll OF the Imperial Guards.
In addition the soldiers and officers
Of the battalion have been deprived
forever of the special rights enjoyed by
guardsmen and hereafter the battalion
will be designated the Especial infan-
TRY battalion.' H.
The general staff no longer conceals
Hts fear that the morale Of the entire
army is profoundly shaken and that
kwith parliament championing the cause
Eof the 1nu5i neers, in each instance as it
sarises, the first big test may find troops
Elined up as the French guards was two
days before the bastile fell.
The S}ovo today says that the trOu-
bles in the army have routed the reac-
ItionaTy court camarilla and have pre-
feipitated definite decision not only to
dissolve parliament" but to dismiss the
Goremykin cabinet, and that in the
meantime the emperor has directed the
ministers to reply to all Interpretations
In parliament.
Warnings from White. .. -
Count White from his self imposed
exile abroad has dispatched several urg-
ent kilograms, urging the necessity of
putting a stop to the anti-Jewish out
breaks, the impression Of which on the
outside world has seriously affected
An official denial is given Of a report
that the emperor and court are leaving
Peterhof and returning to Tsarskoe Selc
owing to the discovery of a revolu
tionary plot among the palace servants
Peterhof in reality is much safer fol
the imperial family than Tsarskoe Selo
as it is located on gulf and the I'm
perial yacht is moored at a wharf 200
TO convey the emperor and his family te
FINLAND or some other place Of security
There is an elaborate system Of wire
less telegraphy connecting the palace
OF Peterhof with the fortresses of Cron
the wvarships in the gulf, thus ms insuri Ing
the emperor against being again cut Of
from the outside world as he was dur
ing the telegraph operators strike O.
last fall. ~. 49, ~. d.
Precautions Are Redoubled.
General Trepoff, commander of tn,
palace, who is personally charged witt
protecting the safety of the emperor
person, has redoubled his precautions
Late last night it was reported tina
most serious disorders had broken gu
in the garrison Of Osowiec, one Of tn
great fortresses defending the Polls
frontier against German invasion.
Osowiec is classed as fortress o
the first rank and is located thirty-fv
miles northwest of Bialystok
Revolutionary Spots.
The Interpolation in parliament re
earding the communicating of twenty
seven soldiers at Tifiis for fomentin
disorders in the Mingrelian regimen
discloses another danger spot.
Other items in the revolutionary buc
get are mutiny at Samara, whic
bears the" familiar earmarks of revc
lutionary participation, and where o.
der has not yet: been restored; tn
shooting by revolutionary sympathize1
Of an officer Of the mutinous artillel
lists In the streets Of Batum, and tn
whole of the Eighteenth battery Of tn
yladikavkaz garrison to the militar
fortress at Kars.
Property in the vicinity Of Samar
valued atSzabout $250,O00 has been d
stroyed by the peasants during the lax
mouth.
The peasants of Mimi Novgoro
province are not only annexing the Ian
Of the gentry, but are taking portion
Of the land Of the Well-to-do peasants.