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Show NO PUBLIC FUNERAL FOR SERGIUJ; DANGER to royal Family enSBBBBBBtajBieBsejBsBBBss ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. K.-It has now been definitely decided that the- remains re-mains of Grand Duke Serglus will not be brought to St. Petersburg for the present, but will be placed In a temporary tempo-rary receiving vault of the cloister of th Chauff monastery to await the completion com-pletion ef alterations now In progress In the Romanoff mausoleum In the fortress of St. Peter and t. Paul. On account of lack of space In the mausoleum It was decided last year henceforth to bury only rulers of the dynasty In the old mauso-leumTand'a'new mauso-leumTand'a'new sepulcher in the new wing ot the cathedral la now being buUt for other members of the Imperial fam- nThla. howevar, la not the only reason for th decision not to bring th remains to the capital. Even Oov.-Gsn. Treport has recognised the fact that no -precautions can furnish an absolute guarantee Of immunity against an act of terrorism, and at a great state funeral, where ancient an-cient custom requires that the Emperor and all of the Romanoff family assemble assem-ble and follow the coftln on foot, a single bomb might wipe out the dynasty. Regard Re-gard for the personal safety of the sovereign sov-ereign also has led to th decision tbat the Emperor shall not go te Moscow to attend the funeraL It Is possible that no members of the Imperial family will be present except those who are now within the walls of the Kremlin. So grave Is the danger of a repetition of the Moscow tragedy that several ot the Grand Dukes nave not stirred out of their palaces since the murder, and Instead of going to Tsarskoe-Selo to attend at-tend th requiem there, they have participated par-ticipated In special services held In the chapels of their own palaces. This was the can as regards Grand Dukes Vladimir Vladi-mir and Alexis. A special requiem also was held In the Winter palace, that Oov.-Oen. Oov.-Oen. Trepoff might attend. Gen. Trepoff is said to be under sentence by th fighting fight-ing organisation of the social revolutionists, revolution-ists, and so far as can be ascertained has not left his quarters since th assassination assassin-ation of Grand Duk Serglus. Dispatch I from th Interior say that requiems for th Grand Duke have been held throughout through-out Russia. The public Is greatly concerned over the developments of th Immediate future. fu-ture. According to reports, maay cities and towns are in a condition of political poli-tical ferment, and several official have been assassinated In southern Jlusala. Accordlng to a telephone message from Moeoow. th students there are afraid to appear on the streets in their uniforms. In addition the strlko situation has again grown menacing, especially in (he matter of the railroads, three of v.hlch entering Moscow are almost entirely titd 'up. In St. Petersburg the strlka has assumed as-sumed th form of a lock-out. the Putlloff iron works, the Franco-Russian works, tho- Ruseo-Amerlcan rubber works and a few smaller eonoems having discharged all their employees, with the notice that the works will b shut down Indefinitely., Consequently there are many alarming reports re-ports afloat as to what the men will Co. |