Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-27
LIKE COMIC OPERAS
SOME OF THE THINGS NOW
TRANSFERRING IN RUSSIA.
Special csDlesrsm to 1,se Star.

ST. PETERSBURG. April 27.-f they
were not 30 serious. some OF the things
transpiring In Russia might be said to have
In them all OF the elements Of the average
comic opera. For instance 1t was cur
rently reported that the large sum OF
money recently taken in broad daylight
from a Moscow bank had enriched the
Golfers of the social democrats. Now, the
social democrats do not like the leaders
of the revolutionary party even q little
DIT, and the leaders of their organization
have been trying to convince the authori-
ties and the general public that the social
revolutionists have the money. The social
revolutionists on the other hand are blam-
ing the social democrats and between
the two and the usual amount of false
swearing the authorities do not know
who to believe or where TO begin TO look
for traces of the money.
Characteristic of the elections and the re-
cent attitude of Russian court circles Is
the interesting fact that in the town where
the emperor resides Tsarkoye Selo, the
court servants in livery drove to the cleo
ton booths and recorded their votes against
the monarchist parties, electiDg democrats
In no other country Is such an episode con-
ceivable. An excellent result has been
achieved by the circular letter of the ober-
procurator of the holy synod to the Rus
sian clergy, exhortfng them to follow the
dictates or their own conscience In matters
political.
Carefully Arranged Plot.
The police have discovered a carefully
arranged plot to blow up M. Durnovo, the
minister of the interior. They anticipate
a recrudescence of outrages of this kind in
the near future here. 1t Is also affirmed
that they have cognizance of the existence
of conspiracy to destroy the duma by
fiinging bombs into the assembly from
the visitors gallery
Poland is relatively tranquil The work
men there are embittered by the police
measures but are in no mood for aggres-
sion. The peasants are peacably filling the
soil, and no serious political disturbances
are anticipated in the province.
No signs are evident OF the general strike
In Russia, just foretold, and predicted by
the workngmen in all parts of the empire.
But 1t Is believed that attempts the
lives of prominent functionaries will prob
ably be made
In all probability the differences be-
tween Finland and Russia respecting a dem
ocratic reform of the Finnish constitution
introducing universal suffrage, women vot-
ing and one chamber will be satisfactorily
settled in the near future, all reports to
the contrary Notwithstanding. The gov
ernor general remains at his post as 1t
was predicted that he would do.
1t is empha tically stated here that the re-
ports published in the English newspapers
that the bodies of the Black mutineers
Schmidt and his comrades, were exhumed
and thrown into the sea, are devoid of the
slightest foundation.
The official newspapers confirm the state
ments that Count White is well and intends
remaining in office until the opening of
the duma. However, after the organization
of the duma 1t is said ne will resign and
take the presidency Of an important bank,
the statement being made that he believes
he can do more for Russia in this way, and
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government from the outside he is only
Strengthening the government itself There
are many things which would tend to show
THAT this is really the case. though his
pans may be materially modified by the
future.
Naturally Are Biased.
The opposition organs continue to ex-
press themselves in no measured terms
over the acquittal of M Neidhart and Nj.
Kurloff on a charge of completely in the
Jewish massacres at Odessa and Minsk.
They point out that the judges in the SEN
ate are mostly recruited from superannuat-
ed governors who naturally are biased.
Moreover, M. Durnovo appeared as special
pleader on their behalf, declaring that per-
sonages like Nj. Nedhart and NJ. Kurloff
had not acted counter to the wishes of the
government. with whose wishes they were
well acquainted. Professor Hessen a
prominent Jewish publiciSt saws that the
panic and horror throughout the pale Many
newspapers have improved the occasion by
publishing further accounts from eye wit
nesses of the horrors perpretrated at Odes-
sa and Minsk last November
NJ. Zantchevsky, the rector of the univer-
sity, and M. Shtchepkin, a well-known pro-
fessor, have been sent to trial before the
senate charged with organizing the stu
dents militia which defended the Jews dur
Ing the November massacres, and with
giving refuge on the university premises
to many hundreds of Jews who were escap-
Ing from the murderers pursuing them
The Jews in various districts of the en-
pire, especially in the southern provinces,
apprehensive Of anti-Semiticriots, have be-
sought the government to adopt efficacious
measures to hinder an outbreak The
premier is understood to have insisted en-
ergetically on preventing a repetition of
the sanguinary scenes associated with the
towns of Mohileff, Homel and Kishineff,
with the result that M. Durnovo has tele-
graphed strict orders to the governors OF
those provinces, where the Jewish element
Is numerous. enjoining them to leave
nothing undone to prevent an outburst of
popular passion.