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Show MEMORIAL TO CZAR Russian Minister of the Interior Placed in a .. Delicate Position. . ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 24. Interior Minister Sviatopolk-Mirsky went to the Tsarkoe-Selo palace today to present the Zemstvo memorial to Emperor Nicholas. Nich-olas. The situation is extremely delicate. deli-cate. Two Incidents have occurred, both of which militate against the Liberals and increase the difficulty of Prince Svlato-polk-Mirsky's position. Prince Mestichersky, editor of the Grach Da in. who Is head of the reactionary reac-tionary press, this morning unmasked his batteries, attacking the Interior Minister in such a fashion for his liberal lib-eral tendencies that Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky. Sviatopolk-Mirsky. for the first time since he assumed as-sumed the Ministry, ordered the confiscation confis-cation of the issue. On the strength of the Influence behind such an attack lies the real significance, of Prince Mestich-ersky's Mestich-ersky's act. At the same time, from the opposite direction, the Nasha Zlesn (Ouf Life), a new Radical paper, authorized by Minister Min-ister Sviatopolk-Mirsky, indulged in a direct attack on the Emperor with the result that the Minister ordered the sus-I sus-I pension of the publication. |