New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-15
( REACTI0NARY PLOT.
RUSSIANS TAKE UP ARMS.
Signs of Rene5ced Disorder-Plans
for General Strike.

ST Petersburg March i4.-Premier White
warmly supported by Prince Alexis obolensky
Procurator General or the Holy Synod. and Count
John Tostoi. Minister OF Education. at to-day
session Of the Cabinet. insisted on the suppress
sion Of the organization known as the League OF
The Russian People through which the agitation
Of the reacuonary BLACK Hundreds" is propa-
gated II is reported that he was forced to ar
rive at this decision. hut this is not absolutely
confirmed. The Prefect of Police NJ. Won der
Launitz. was summoned 10 the meeting ana
asked TO explain how il happened that the pub
LEGATION OF the proclamation calling for the ex-
termination OF the Jews was printed In the ofn-
cial printing office attached TO his department
The project denied having any personal knowl-
edge Of the printing
Evidence is accommodating that the plot to
rroduce a counter revolution in the hope OF
sv,eeping away the reforms outlined in the mani
festo OF October 80 had its origin in a court
cabal. The conspiracy includes General Irepou'
oonmandant of the palace; General Count lg-
naffeff. NJ Stchinsky. former chief adjutant of
the Interior Department; Count Sheremetieh. a
noted reactionary. and General Prince Putiatln-
The r,lan Is 20 provoke riots and massacres Of
Jews and revolutionists over wide an area as
possible in order TO justify still more terrible
methods Of repression ana thereby prove to his
majesty that the people not ripe for any
sort Of self-governnlent. This desperate game
IS backed by many % the provincial authorities,
and the support Of the governor generals has
been enlisted. the former using the police and
the latter the troops. among whom proclama-
,tions against the Jews and revolutionists, which
ere understood TO have been printed at the army
Headquarters in Odessa. have been distributed.
q The completely OF NJ Durnovo Minister Of the
Interior. in the conspiracy is not proved. al
though it is suspected. Premier White and the
"a Cal he ed
TO fight the conspiracy, and consequently break
in the Ministry is not regarded improbable.
II is understood that fifty thousand members
Of the Black Hundreds" in ST. Petersburg are
armed, but il is not believed. in view Of the
warnings they have received. that the conspira-
tors win attempt 10 provoke massacre at the
capital The authorities here. however. are in
sympathy with the conspirators. and the danger
OF an outbreak about Easter is regarded as real
In the mean time the proetariat organizations
which were ruthlessy crushed by the govern
nent's repression measures are trying to or
ganize another general strike. Negotiations are
going with the telegraph and railroad en-
ployes, whose cooperation is regarded as vital
The Socialists of Finland have promised their
support. Some rioting has already occurred at
Moscow and in the vicinity.
The ''Strana" says that NJ. Durnovo has tele-
graphed 70 the governors Of ten provinces in Po-
land not 10 proclaim the elections until further
orders.
The rumor that the officers Of a regiment Of
the guards had met and resigned in body
upon receiving orders recently TO go to the Baltic
provinces was confirmed to-day. The officers
belonged the LIST Regiment Of Artillery of the
Guards.
9 n. Krustaleff, former president Of the execu-
tive committee Of the Workmens Council is still
In 1,arc IN he oF
Peter and St. Paul. and is reported TO be very
81 owing bad treatment
Yesterday being the anniversary of the
ssssination Of Emperor Alexander II, the present
Emperor's grandfather who killed by the
explosion Of a bomb in the streets of St. Peters
burg, March 10. 1881, services in his memory
held IN the churches. The newspapers
published articles recalling the murder which,
for twenty years. put end TO the projects
of reform for Russia.
The ''Novoe Vremya" asserts that Russia is
again at the parting Of the ways"