Show t ATTEMPT TO KILL i DUKE NICHOLAS I I I Soldiers of Imperial Guard Fire on Him at Review PLOTTERS TOO IMPATIENT Fired fore Before Exact Was mis us Secured Se So- cured Oar Directs Direct S I si c Measures of or Strictest t Kind IUnd St. St Petersburg Aug 12 The 12 The at attempt attempt at- at tempt to kill the he Grand Dul Duke e Nicholas president lm of tho time na- na lonal council of defense e h by the tho first 0 of the sharpshooters han of the guard at the lc I review w in the camp at atI I Sa Saturday t a Is lII likely ey to have havea haven a n wl widespread result on the Internal matters in Russia la Although h the lie newspapers news papers paper have been f to print an any Intimation of oC th the occurrence the news Is ia spreading rapidly throughout th he the empire and the consensus of opinIon Ion on I la is that time the attempt would have been successful ful were It not for Cor tho tim act that certain of ot tho those entrusted ted wIth the deed were too Impatient and tired Ired before It was possible to secure th the th exact range of oC the grand duke kc anil and the he hated haled members of or the general staff who were acting as an escort It Is reported the czar has directed that hat the most extraordinary precautions precautions precautions he be taken takemi front from now on to prevent prevent pre pre- v vent nt even ven an attempt on the life of an any member of the royal TOul family or of or orthe the high official class Members of oC the hc secret police pollee have been l Instructed that from n now w on It Is their duty to kill all aU persons who arc are believed to be plotting a assassination n and these or orders oc- oc tiers ders are re vcr very likely to bo be literally obeyed The result will be outrages that are likely to Inflame all an R Russia la Hc Reviewing I n Troops The Tho grand duke was personally re reviewing reviewing re- re viewing the tho maneuvering and putting the troops through blank firing pm-ac- pm tice tree when hen he hp suddenly was startled by th the wasp like hiss of ot bullets b about his hea head Fortunately neither himself nor hi his was US as touched Tho The l command Lm l f to c n l I Immediately tt h l O 1 ts r rUm tU Um nt th the bullets UHeL came cam were were marched back to thor quarters and an nn Investigation was ivas be begun begun begun be- be gun In th the hope of oC ascertaining from the barrels of the rifles which of or the lie 1 soldiers tired fired ball bail cartridges s Several era arrests are aro understood to have o been made mad 1 The Thi hold on the tho erand dukes duke's life Ce caus caused ci an ii Immediate rn c i- i ie change In the time plans of th the tha emperor who had arranged to go to Solo Selo today and SI spent II a week with the soldiers of his Imperial guar guards s It was learned that the Ih troops were In extended order older and engaged In volle volley volley vol vol- le ley firing when the accident oc occurred oc- oc curved curled rendering It to determine determine deter deter- mine amine the r regiment from which tho the bullets canto came The grand duke dulc surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded by his and ond aide de decamps camps was off olt on one one- sl side o of or tho time lino line of fire Creates I Deep l Impression The affair has created a deep ImpressIon Impression Im Im- nm In military circles and amid is the theone theone one nc topic of oC conversation in the clubs but jut the attempt on the tho grand dukes duke's life liCe Is not generally known here no word on the subject having ha been published published pub- pub in the time newspapers Afterward It was was definitely established established that the shots were fired b by the First battalion of ot the sharpshooters of the guard who advanced in rushes while making a sham attack on an in In- In trenched position Full Fully a hundred shots were fired but the Impatience of the conspirators le led them to open Ire fire at nt such a distance a as to frustrate their theil object Before the maneuvers began all tho time jail ball cartridges were ta taken en from Crom the troops and und the officers had taken the precaution to make a complete ex examination examination ex- ex of or the cartridge ge pouches of oC the time soldiers immediately before the Inauguration in- in of oC the mo movement moment ment of the troops Con Conditions in Finland continue crit ical Ial By lly order of oC the governor gen gen- eral Captain Koch leader lender of oC the tho red guard has again been arrested It Il beIng being be be- ing lug alleged that he heas was as re responsible for Cor the recent mutiny at s Refuse to Cheer Chr All of aC the time prisons in Finland are arc filling with patriots whose only crime Is 18 that the they have ha declined to cheer for forthe the time czar an and the Russian government There are ugly mutterings amon among the people and I it Is freely reported that tho the Finnish revolutionary re organization ion tion is planning a general attack upon all Russian soon who will twill be bema ma made e to release all political offenders At Sebastopol the time situation is quiet and the sailors In lit the garrison s are arc sImp simply held In check b by the time vigilance of ot their thell In the Caucasus fighting continues but It is not of or the Intensity of the time past few lew da days and amid the officials there state that the troops ar are gradually regainIng regain- regain lug Ing control S Three who are arc declared to have been ringleaders leaders in the Sveaborg mutiny have been found round guilty of Ir mutiny an and amid sentenced to bo shut shot SPIES SPI UNSAFE IN IX POLAND n. Hc Kill III Ten Police AS ASand and amid Wound Six Twenty Y Warsaw Aug l 12 The The The state tato of af- af faIrs airs In Poland has lias reached a 11 most extraordinary stage The conflict be between between be- be tween governments government's secret men nn and the revolutionaries now Includes a phase diase In which the life of a police spy RPY is Js sought with a n deadly purpose by bythe bythe bythe the extremists which has resulted In hi Inthe hithe inthe the killing of ten police agents an anthe and amid the time wounding of ot tW twenty ut The army amy spies are now devoting e their attention to surprising small meetings of revolutionists re und and arresting arrest arrest- st- st lug ing those pre present nt On the lie other thu thit revolutionaries having Identified Continued d on Page lage Two A ATTEMPT PT TO KI KILL LL DUKE NICHOLAS Continued from front Page Pago One a spy shadow him to the headquarters head head- quarters When the headquarters are discovered they are arc raided anti and all aU the spies are slaughtered or captured Several of those raids have been successfully suc suc- carried out Olt recently Largo Meeting Unmolested Only the time small gatherings s of or 1 10 revo- revo 0 are molested b by tho to police The Time large meetings arc aiu h hold held with wih Impunity Im Im- im- im unIty The revolutionaries s at these meetings s are In part armed and th the tho protection thus titus afforded makes make them them safe from fm police visitation the police having an force to engage In battle bOtte with wih the de desperate extremists Cl Andt aspect of lf the present sit sit- nation Is shown by the tito fact act that tat whore former formerly thi time police constantly constant stopped tI pas lS l'S in t the he street and amid S demanded their ther passports the revo revo- now stop people and pick out the lie spies When rhen one is i found the time revolutionaries Immediately provoke pro pro- voke yoke a n quarrel the agent and amid In the he Ime is usually killed The regular ri-gular police have be been n so FO o t terrorized terrorised that the tIm authorities are arc now now- as giving G a guard each policeman twelve o soldiers |