Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-30
Report that Imperial Family is to Go to
TsarskOe- -selo Denied.
GARRISON At PALACE IS DOUBLED
Terrorists Make Attempt to Win Employees
Of Household.
CONFLICT IN THE LOWER HOUSE
Liberals and Constitutional Demo-
Gratis Lock Horns over Law
Limiting Right of
Assembly.

sr. PETERSBURG, June 2.-An Of-
heial denial is given to the report that
the emperor and court are leaving Peter
hof and returning to Tsarskoe Selo. owing
to the discovery Of a revolutionary plot
among the palace servants. The report
Is oficinlly accounted for by rumors fol-
lowing the retirement Of General Plesko. the
commandment at Peterhof. and the appoint
ment Of Colonel Lermentoff commander Of
the Imperial regiment of Uhlans hts
successor. The formers retirement is
stated to be due purely TO private con-
sideratohs. but several officers of his stsff
are indignant at the promotion of Colonel
Dern over their heads and have
asked TO be relieved This gave rise to the
report OF the discovery Of a revolutionary
plot.
While the oficial explanations are re-
garded with suspicion, It is beyond
question that the terrorists and revolu
tonists are constantly attempting to gain
q foothold in the palace, there is no cause
TO doubt the truth OF the officisl statement
that the court has no intention of return
ing TO Tsarskoe selo this summer.
Peterhof in reality is much safer from
the imperial family than Tsarskoe Selo,
being located on a gulf, enabling the I'M
perial yacht to be moored at a wharf 200
yardo from the palace. always available
TO convey the emperor and his family TO
Finland, or some other place Of security.
There is an elaborate system of wireless
telegraphy connecting the palace at Peter
hof with the fortressess of Cronstadt,
Viborg and Helsingfors and with the war
ships In the gulf. thus insuring thei en-
peror against being cut off from the out
side world as he was during the operators
strike last fall. Since the revelations that
disloyalty had invaded even ''his maJesty's
'"ow~,1I regiment OF the guards II is asserted
hef- snst nothlnk would be surprising.
General Trepon, commander OF the palace,
who is personally charged with protecting
the safety Of the emperor's person, has
redoubled his precautions.
Garrison, strenEihened.
The garrison at Peterhof has been
strengthened BY a guard OF Cirosssans and
the detachment of Cossacks about the
palace has been doubled The servants at
the palace, as heretofore, are the emperor's
faithful Namelukes and Tartars some OF
whom do not speak the Russian language.
The Russian servants are confined for the
the heing 70 tried laolSeys and Wallets. but
among these the terrorists have frequently
boasted that they have spies. Newsboys
carrying sacks are forbidden to enter the
grounds of the old palace. to which the
public is admitted. and no one Is allowed
within the walls surrounding the grounds
Of the small palace where the imperial
family resides without a permit. Secret
police by the hundreds. in civilian clothes
throng the parks and streets. Tho em-
peror never drives out beyond the grounds
OF the small palace and the members OF
the court are practically prisoners within
its walls. The principal amusement IS
tennis. but all the customary gaiety OF
|. court life has vanished
Favorite Regiment In Disgrace.
The crushing blow inflicted on the en-
peror by the discovery OF dIssatisfsction in
his favorite regiment, the PreobraJensky
regiment OF life guards. shown by its
adoption OF resolutions recently upholding
all the actions OF Parliament and announc-
ing that the men wanted no more police
duty entalling the Staying of brothers or
fathers. has affected his majesty that he
has ordered the name of the disloyal first
battalion TO be stricken from the roll OF
the imperial guards. In addition the SOL
diers and ofieers OF the battalion have been
deprived forever Of the special rights en-
Joyed By guardsmen and hereafter the bat
talon will be designated "the special In
fantry battalion"
The general stan no longer coneeals fits
b, fear that the morale OF the entire army ia
profoundly shaken and that Parliament
championing the cause Of the mutineers In
each instance as Il arises the FIRST big test
may ind troops line up as the French
guards did two days before the bastile fell
on the side OF the people and against the
monarchy.
The slovo today says that the troubles In
the army have routed the reaetionary court
oamarilla and have preclpitated a definite
decision not only not to dissolve Parlla-
ment. but TO dismiss the Goremykin cabinet
and that in the meantime the emperor has
directed the ministers to reply to all inter.
pellatlons In Parliament.
Count Witte from his self-imposed exile
abroad has dispatched several urgent telc-
grams here emphasizing the necessity OF
putting a stop TO the anti-Jewish outbreaks
y the impression OF which has seriously az
feoted Russia's credit abroad
The Bourse Gazette today reports an out.
break Of muunous spirit among the Grena.
diers OF the guard.
The NashAshni Cour timel was again con.
hscstsd today. This is the liberal news.
paper whose Writers In January 1915. wers
incaroerated In the fortress Of 81. Peter and
81. Paul and which was eonhscated in oe-
tobe- OF the same year and again In April
last for expressing its views on the Russian
loan.
struGgIe- In Dana.
$50 r. m,-The constitutional democrats
and liberals locked horns during today
session OF the lower house Of Parliament
over the project OF the law OF the assembl!
drafted by the committee OF the eonstitu
tional democrats. Tho project retains
number OF the features OF the provisiona
law promulgated last winter such as tn,
prohibition Of meetings within mile o.
the residence OF the emperor and OF IN
Parliament building, the requirement Of tn
presence ~ police representatives ana
day's notice ~ the intention 10 hold meet
4 ings, an Of which were strongly attacks
by the liberals The discussions we're pre-
lrninars 70 the difference 10 the project o
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