Show BASELESS REPORT THAT WITTE WILL STEP 00 DOWN nevertheless a attack la Is being made upon the russian Ruf premier by his HI Enem engleh lei at court st at petersburg burg the report that count witte Is booked for retirement in a few days la Is again being persistently circulated the nasha which declares it ican can guarantee the accuracy of its ita instatement statement says that af M Duru durnovo ovo I 1 of the interior who to la wor shipped as an idol by the court camarilla which believes that his bis stern policy alone can put an end to the ex listing anarchy has accomplished the downfall of the count and aill be elevated to the premiership investigation however indicates that the report la is baseless certainly for the moment nevertheless it Is true that M durnovo has a powerful cabal of reactionaries behind him and temporarily seems to dominate th the situation it the government Is now proceeding on the theory that a victory over the reds Is assured it Is displacing a strong front and announces announce a that it will no longer tolerate in its service employed emp loyes who are plotting against it the tha ministers finist ra have been authorized summarily to dismiss such employed emp loyes not satisfied with the protection given by the secret police to count witte whose life Is in constant dan ear car officers of the guard regiment ft ere detailed to guard the premier but on friday they declined to do further service in this connection saying it was mas beneath the dignity of guard officers to do po lice duty I 1 |