The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
TREPG.F
 WAKES MOVE He Casts Lot With
 Democrats. IS AN OVERLOOKED ALLY Bloody General Demands Downfall
 of Goremykin. Biuntly Tells cnar'. Friend. That only Hope of Empire Rests With
 semi-Conservatives of
 Russian Douma. |

St. Petersburg. July 7.--General Ire poff's advocacy of a ministry compos- cd of constitutional Democrats intro- duces new element Into the situation which, though the fall of the Goreny- kin cabinet is momentarily postponed tary government as being the only ex- pedient which may ward of the im- pending storm of anarchy.
 The statement which he made during the interview at Peterhof yesterday shows that the constitutional Demo- tcrats have a wholly unexpected and perhaps undesired ally at court and in is held in contempt as procrastina- tor and drifter.
 Trepoff's conversion to the idea of a responsible ministry Is based how ever. not on regard for the constitu- tional Democrats whom he considers to be half revolutionists, but on the conviction that repression by a dfsaf- fected army and disorganized police would no longer serve.
 General Was Blunt.
 The General spoke with his usual re- markable bluntness, not attempting to cover the desperate condition of the country and the strength of the revo- lutionary cause and giving the lie di- rect to France. Urusoff, whom he fur
 
 sold himself in the hope of attaining a place in the new government. The fn- terview with General Trepoff will pre- cipitate remarkable sensation when 1t is published here and force an issue at Peterhof between the Goremykin
 The constitutionai Democrats will take no part in that portion of the pol icy of the radicals. which can only plunge the country into streams of blood Parliament must exist as the instrument Of pacification or not at all. The constitutional Democrats in the future are bound to actively com bat the tactics Of the extremists as well as those Of the government
 The inspiration for the disorders in the guards and other troops Is clearly traced to the socialist organization. The secret police are eAinvestigating the movements of M. Alladin. the present leader in the lower House. hoping to connect him with the nad5la muti5ny oi sne regiment.
 The resolutions drawn up by the mufinous garrison of Osowiec' one CT the great fortresses defending the Po- fish frontief include the usual social alization of the land, full amnesty for political offenders and the summcnlne of a constituent assembly. Tn. the reorganization of the guard corps the emperor has replaced the 'carpet knights" among the omcers py lighting soldiers of the type of Major General Letschitsky. the new comman der of the first guard division which includes the PreobrAjensky regiment I,etschitsky has spent almost his en. fire life in Turkestan and the Tar East commanding with distinction in China and Manchuria- He Is an utter strans- CT at court.
 The newspapers today print an ops" letter from the Letisch Royal Demo cratic League of Libau in regard to the execution of Makhovsky. revo. iutionist, who refused to go to the the scaffold protesting his innocence. .a. Ine guards handled him so roughly Lha' fhey broke his wrists and crushed in his chest. The man died before ne ne reached the place of execution. HIS body nevertheless was strung up'