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Show PirmnzE mote a wmsimas ;tm see smi im wv- 42AR NICHOLAS WILL SPEND WINTER IN SECLUSION Of THE TS9RSK0E-SEL0, SUNMUNDED BY INFLUENCE OF CPU T Fears Popular Disorders in St. Petersburg; Peters-burg; Poles Will Continue in a Desperate Des-perate Struggle for Autonomy; Martial Mar-tial Law in Poland Denounced. s s 1 NO ALLIANCE IS FORMED AGAINST POLES. BERLIN, Nov. 14. The attention of the Foreign office was called today, to the belief held In St. Petersburg that an agreement exists S)N whereby Germany and Austria would assist Russia if it became neces- sary to suppress a movement for Polish autonomy. The Foreign office says nothing of the kind has occurred and that nothing of that nature will occur. Emperor William has had no communication on the subject w afith Emperor Nicholas or the Russian Government. The Polish ques- ijrtiiin. so far as Germany is concerned, does not exist outside of Ger- (7 many. Mi 5 ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 14. Empe- tor Nicholas and the Russian court will ; not come to St. Petersburg this winter. A snort time ago it was announced that the Emperor was about to return to the x winter palace, in an annex of which ' Count Witte has installed himself, but his Majesty has now decided to go from Peterhof back to Tsarskoe-Selo, where he has been living for almost two years with the exception of the last months spent at Peterhof. Except on the occasion of the ceremony cere-mony of blessing the waters last January, Jan-uary, when thi Emperor narrowly escaped es-caped injury, owir.g to a mysteriou ; charge of grape being fired in the direction direc-tion of the imperial party by a saluting battery, the Emperor has not stepped; inside the winter palace for over., eight-, een months. Unfortunate Decision. His decision not to come to the cap- 4wl4tr-Teai dwatnrnfortunater - not ! only for its moral effect, but because it keeps him surrounded by court Influences Influ-ences and out of close, immediate touch with Count Witte, who at the present time should have dally, almost hourly, conference with the Emperor. Memoers of his Majesty's entourage have strongly advised against the Emperor Em-peror being In St. Petersburg when the National Assembly meets, as well as on account of the danger of popular disorders dis-orders at the capital this winter, recalling re-calling to the Emperor's mind not without with-out effect the fatal results of Louis XVI. agreeing to leave Versailles and put himself at the mercy of the populace popu-lace of Paris in 1789. Poles Working Hard. The Polish delegation here is working hard to secure the co-operation of the Liberals. Social Democrats and workmen's work-men's organizations in another general political strike in aid of the Poles' battle bat-tle for autonomy, but thus far, while the have met with much sympathy, no action has been taken tox. their assist; ance, as Count Witte. whom the deputation depu-tation saw, was extremely firm in declaring de-claring emphatically that the movement move-ment would do no good for Poland under un-der compulsion, and that martial law could not be abolished until the separatists sep-aratists movement ceased. The Premier declared that the most the Poles could expect in addition to the rights granted under the reform manifesto mani-festo was a separate zemstvo for Poland Po-land and municipal self-government. Denounce Government's Action. The Polish delegates say that over 7000 Polish prisoners are languishing in the jails of Warsaw. The radical press today is not sparing In denunciation of the Government's action in putting all Poland under martial lav." ajid declaring declar-ing that It is a piain violation of the specific requirement of the reform manifesto, man-ifesto, but it Is evident that the Governor Gov-ernor has recovei ed his nerve and is determine! to use severe measures if necessary to restore order. The agitation throughout the country r.t the exceptional powers conferred on the aHes de camp of the Emperor, who will be dispatched to the central provinces, prov-inces, where It is said agrarian disorders disor-ders are spreading, is proof of this. Governors Dismissed. At the same time half a dozen Governors, Gov-ernors, including the Governors of Kazan, Ka-zan, Odessa and Tomsk, who signally fail to prevent disorders, have been summirily dismissed, at Count Wine's) i instigation. I The clergy, with othr classes, continue con-tinue thtir intercessions for the Oon-stsdt Oon-stsdt mutineers. 151 of whom have been condemned to death. A hundred orthodox ortho-dox priests at a meeting held at the residence of the Metropolitan Antonlus, formulated and dispatched tin appeal for mercy to the Emperor. |