Show SPREAD 9 OF mm AMONG 54 RUSSIAN SOLDIERS soldiers selected to guard guar d the czar present petitions protesting against use of troops for po lice purposes st petersburg isburg the most alarm ing indication of jf the spread of the disaffection in the army extending even to regiments near the person of the emperor was given in the arrest at selo on thursday of a number of soldiers belonging to the yellow cuirassiers of the guard the hussars of the guard and the lite life guard riflemen for presenting a series of petitions including one against the use of troops for police purposes the regiments in question are those which have been specially selected by general to to guard the em geror and his family they have been counted upon as being loyal to the last ready even to be torn to pieces in defense of his majesty like the swiss guards of louis XVI the arrest although not for open sedition shows how the leaven of discontent s working even within the precincts of the imperial park at Tsar selo the incident gave rise to most alarming rumors in st petersburg in eluding one to the eff effect act that the em ern geror actually had been attacked and that a grand duke had been wounded while defending himself |