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Show BROKEN BY- POLICE I " . - : Most Widespread Conspiracy in History of Empire Unearthed; Twenty-Five; rrests Made in St. Petersburg and' Several Others in Minsk. A plot which contemplated the assassination of every; known influential enemy of the Terrorists and Social Revolutionists, Rev-olutionists, and- perhaps the Emperor himself, has just been nipped in the bud in Russia. Twenty-five arrests were made in St. Petersburg and a number also ii Minsk. . In the f ormer list were seven women, known as dan-! gerpus characters, and a man recognized as an accomplice? in the attempted assassination of Premier Stolypin. : The police say they have punctured the most ambitious ambi-tious and far-reaching conspiracy against human life ever evolved in "Darkest Russia." I ST. I PETERSBURG, APRIL 18. PLANS FOR A NEW SERIES OF ASSASSINATIONS, AS-SASSINATIONS, DISCOVERED BY THE POLICE, RESULTED YESTERDAY YESTER-DAY IN THE ARREST OF TWENTY-FIVE TWENTY-FIVE MEMBERS OF THE FIGHTING ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL REVOLUTIONISTS. REVO-LUTIONISTS. ONE OF THE' MEN CAPTURED WAS IDENTIFIED AS AN ACCOMPLICE OF THE TERRORISTS TERROR-ISTS WHO MADE AN ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF PREMIER STOLYPIN AUGUST 25 LAST. A BOMB WAS FIRED AT THE PREMIER'S MANSION) MAN-SION) WHILE A RECEPTION WAS IN PROGRESS. A SERVANT WAS KILLED AND SEVERAL PERSONS, INCLUDING STOLYPIN 'S DAUGHTER, DAUGH-TER, INJURED, BUT THE PREMIER ESCAPED UNINJURED. IN THE LIST OF PRISONERS AL- SO ARE A NUMBER OF .WOMEN,. MOST OF WHOM ARE KNOWN TO BE DANGEROUS ' CHARACTERS. SOME HAVE BEEN ACTING AS DI-1 RECT AGENTS OF THE TERRORISTS TERROR-ISTS IN THE FORMATION OF SEVERAL SEV-ERAL DARING CONSPIRACIES. The police attach the greatest iin- porta ace to the captures. They hint that through the arrest the most far-, reaching plot ever formed in Russia has been nipped. Although the authorities do not confirm this, it is generally believed be-lieved that the object of the conspiracy was intended to reach even to the pal-aee pal-aee of the Emperor. It is believed that a number of as- sassinations were planned for execution on the same day in the near future. Every influential person regarded as an enemy- by the Terrorists and Social Revolutionists was marked for death. Not only this city, but 'every other place where there are ttwrnbers ofT these"" ". personages was to be the scene of attack. at-tack. For that reason, orders, were given to break up the gangs of assassins wherever wher-ever they were known to exist. As a result, important arrests were made yesterday in Minsk also. . MINSK, Russia, April 16. In consequence conse-quence of the plot to assassinate the Governor of Minsk, which was discovered discov-ered April 14 by the police, who cap-' tured two Terrorists who were hiding opposite the Governor's palace, the local lo-cal authorities have arrested all the members of the Terrorist organization here. |