Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-07-05
PALACE A PRISON
Emperor Of Russia Uses Every Pre-
caution to Protect Himself
from Harm.
GAITY OF COURT VANISHED


AWAY
ST. Petersburg, June 30-An oinciai
denial is given of the report that the
emperor and court are leaving Petcr-
hof and returning to Tsarkoe-Seio
owing to the discovery Of revolution
ary plot among the palace servants
The report is officially accounted TOT
nv rumors following the retirement
of Gen. Plesko, the commandant at
Peterhof, and the appointment OF COL
Lermentoff, commander OF the I'M
perial regiment of Uhlans as MS sue
cessor. The formers retirement is
stated to be due purely to private
considerations but several officers Oh
his staff are indignant at the promo
ton of Col. Lerementoff over their
heads and have asked to be relieved.
This rave rise to the report OF the
discovery of revolutionary pioI'
While the official explanations are re-
~arded with suspicion. as it is beyond
questions that the terrorists and reVo-
lntjonists are constantly attempting to
gain foothold in the palace, there IS
M cause to doubt the truth Of The off,
c,al statement that the court has no
intention of returning to Tsarskoe-
selo this summer. Peterhof. in real
,tv Is much safer for the Imperial
family than Tsarskoe-Selo, being 10
Gated on a gulf, enabling the imperial
Yacht to be moored at wharf 2OO
Yards from the palace, always avail
able to convey the emperor and MS
family to Finland, or some other place
Of security.
There is an elaborate system OF
wireless telegraphy connecting the
nalace at Peterhof with the fortress
Of Cronstadt. Wiborg and Helsingfors
and with the warships in the gull
thus insuring the emperor against De-
ing cut off from the outside world as
he was during the telegraph operators
strike of last fall. Since the reVeaia-
!. tions that disloyalty had invaded even
' "His Majesty's Own" regiment, tine
r Preobraiensky regiment of the guards
v IL is asserted here that nothing would
g be surprising. Gen. Trepofr' COM
4 n,ander of the palace, who is person.
r aIly charged with protecting the safe
y ~ of the emperor's person has re-
n doubled his precautions. The garri-
a son at Peterhof has been strengthened
II nv a guard of Circassians and the de-
II ktachment of Cossacks about the palace
/ has been doubled The servants at the
Il palace. as heretofore, are the emper'
" or's faithful Mamelukes and Tartars
y some of whom do not speak the Hus
! sian language, The Russian servants
10 are confined for the time being to triet
y lackeys and Wallets but among thes'
the terrorists have frequently boastet
that they had spies. Newsboys carry
inc sacks are forbidden to enter th'
grounds of the old palace, to which tn'
:, nublic is admitted, and no one IS al
:. lowed within the walls surrounding
i the grounds Of the small palace wher'
:; the imperial family resides withou
: permit. Secret police by the hun
- dreds. in civilian clothes throng TN
parks and streets. The emperor neve
: drives out beyond the grounds OF TN
" small palace and the members OF tn
:. court are practically prisoners withil
- =, its walls. The principal amusement
" a tennis, but all the customary gaiet'
Of court life has vanished.
n The general staff no longer con
:. Goals its fear that the morale OF Tn
- entire army is profoundly shaken an
- that with parliament championing IN
: cause of the mutineers in each In
- stance as It arises the first big ties
- NAV find troops line up as the Frenc
- troops two days before the Bastll
" fell on the side of the people an
against the monarchy.
. The Slovo Friday says that In
troubles in the army have routed II
reactionary court camarilla and haN
precipitated a definite decision ne
onlv not to dissolve parliament b.
70 dismiss the Goremykin cabinet an
that in the meantime the emperor nj
=, directed the ministers to reply to
interpretations in parliament.
Count Witte from his self-impos'
sxile abroad has dispatched sever
urgent kilograms here emphasizing u
necessity Of putting stop to the ami
Jewish outbreaks, the impression
which has seriously affected Russia
credit abroad