Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1905 — SEEK TO DEPOSE CZAR OF RUSSIA [ARTICLE]

SEEK TO DEPOSE CZAR OF RUSSIA

Zemstvos Would Establish Regency for Infant Heir. FOUR GRAND DUKES IN CHARGE Russians in Fever Heat Over Developments at the Congress. Meeting Has Been Prohibited bat Many Believe It Will Be Held —M. Witte Not Hopeful of Peace. Lodz, July 18.—Part of the EkaterLnenburg regiment stationed here mutinied and killed an officer. The mutineers were arrested. St. Petersburg. July 19.—1 t is announced that 475,24 b men will be called to perform military service during the present year. St. Petersburg, July 19.—A sensational rumor is current that a large party of the zemstvoists amhloumaists et Moscow are in favor of the proclamation of the deposition of Emperor Nicholas and the establishment of a regency for the Grand Duke AlexlsNikolalevltch, the infant son of the emperor and heir to the throne, under four grand dukes. It is alleged that for this reason the meeting of the all-Russiau zemstvolst and doumalst congress which was to take place at Moscow has been prohibited. Russian* in Fever Heat. Moscow, July 19. —Russia ns throughout the empire are reporte<*to be in a state of fever heat over the prospective developments of the congress of zemstvoists in this city. Many persons believe the emperor will be compelled by force of public opinion, which Is now developing, to abdicate in favor of his son and heir. From St. Petersburg. however, comes the report that Emperor Nicholas, having finally learned the real nature of the zemstvo gathering is Increasing his guard and taking all possible measures to defeat any demand for his dei>ositlon that any class or organized body of his subjects may make. In spite of the official ban placed on the meeting in this city of the zemstvoists and donmaists, it is believed the congress will be held. Reply Anxiously Awaited.

The governor general has sent to St. Petersburg the request of the delegates that they be allowed to meet on the assurance that they will adopt no radical measures. The reply is awaited with feverish anxiety. The delegates are determined to meet in secret if denied a public meeting place and permission to assemble openly. If the meeting is not permitted by the authorities the results will probably lie more ominous for the autocracy, as the delegates will doubtless feel driven to take radical measures to Improve the internal condition of the empire. They think the time has come to strike the last blow for reform.