The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-21
BELIEVED W|TTE'S POWER WILL RETURN Claimed That Death Threat ened Murderer of Stoly-
 pin in Two Ways

St. Peterbsurg, November 20-Special).- There is a strong possibility that Mir Witte will return to power before long. M Kokootzof the successor to Stolypin was long one of Wittes most trusted lieu tenants and is a pronounced liberal. He is man of great ability has travelled widely and is greatly inclined towards a liberal policy for the Jews. His very good qualities which are likely to make his tenure of office short, for already powerful enemies have been developed. If Kekoetzoff finds his position unten- able it is altogether probable that he will be able to return Witte for whom he not only has a high admiration. but a warm personal friendship to power
 ar. al .ei n1s to the petty 1obil- ity of the Province of Novgorod. He was reared at the Emperor Alexander Lyceum at St. Petersburg, is happily married to Mile Anne Oehm, and is popular figure In Court circles and in St. Petersburg society," In fact, he is much more genial and sociable man than Stolypin, who was too imperlous, too ter ribly in earnest, too seIf-opinionated, ever to become a favorite in the great world of the Russian capital. He resem- bled in many particulars Germany's Iron Chancellor and has often been described as the Bismark of Russia.
 New bank notes to the value of G20o00 have been stolen from the office where paper money and securities are printed for the state
 taken to the State Bank, had not yet re- oeived the signatures of the cashier and the director.
 News from Kieff states that the arrest ed accomplices of M. Stolypn's murderer Bogroff, confirm the report that he was condemned to be killed if he did not rehabilitate himself in the eyes of the revolutionary party by taking the life of the prime minister while the latter was at Kieff, and that Bogroff was fol- lowed all the time to compel him to com init the act. The revoltuionaries finally lost confidence in him on account of his behavior in the following transaction. He was ordered to obtain explosive ma teria for 100 roubles. Some of this money he appropriated, and after delivering the explosive, as instructed, woman having charge of it was arrested through Bog roffs information to the police.
 Bogroff then tried to save himself by betraying to the police the first member of the party, Muravieff, who communi- cated to him the decision of the revolu- tiCnlStS. The dedln or tn1S man Murd- vieff soon after arerst is explained by the supposed conditions which Bogroff im- posed on the police in return for accom- piishing the arrest; but Bogroff could not escape.
 It is believed that the persons now un- 'def arrest were at the theatre watching Bogroff on the night of the murder, and there is reason to suspect that they also were in the service of the secret police.
 
 It is officially notified that there is no truth whatever in the reports circulated iii Paris and Berlin of an attempt on the life of the Emperor and Empress of Russian. These reports are character ized as apparently Bourse monoeuvres.
 The ''Berliner Tagebatt' stated that it received telegram that morning from Paris, signed "A. c. Czarakow," stating that the Tsar had ben shot at. and that his majesty and his chaufeuur had been mortally wounded, while the Tsalitsa had tainted The message added that a revo- ,,tion had broken out in St. Petersburg and that there had been collision be- tween the people and the Cossacks. Tho Emperor and Empress of Russia spent the summer at. Peterhof and they intend to pass the winter in the Crimea this being the first visit of the court tc the south of Russia for several years.