Show savagery eBy attacked and a dud may be fought because of the criticisms appearing in a News st petersburg july 12 strong in fluentes fluen ces have been brought to bear on emperor nicholas to induce him to re placa M Muravi eff as peace plenipotentiary tent iary although the ambassador has taken passage on the steamer kaiser welhelm der grosse sailing from cherbourg Cher bourg july according to reports the emperor Is wavering it he has not already become convinced of the fact that his choice was un wise the russian newspapers whose criticism compelled M mura gieff to relinquish the portfolio of justice havo attacked him with great savageness as being utterly unqualified to conduct such important negotiations tiati ons and the foreign office has all alond been supposed to share a similar view the peace party at court has done its utmost to secure the of M left under the belief that hla conduct of the negotiations would be sure to lead ta unfortunate complications it not to the complete wreck of the hopes of peace the members of this party profess to believe today that they have won a victory and that while M witte will not head the washington mission M russian minister to china M wittes right hand man will head the mission they say the emperors attitude was apparent on monday when he received M Muravi eff cordially and remarked that he did not believe his health would stand the strain of going to washington and the imperial intimation was of a character hot to be disregarded moreover according to a usually reliable authority the emperor when he received foreign minister lamsdorff in audience yesterday declined to approve the instructions prepared for M mura guidance and during the evening it was equally significant that the foreign minister made it a point to tell a foreign ambassador who called that M health was not good the newspaper criticism of M Muravi effs fitness for the post may result in a duel between M sky of the eremya and prince editor of the st petersburg the former has not been sparing in his attacks on M Muravi eff and yesterday prince took AI personally tp task in the whereupon assailed prince in ja fashion the prince can hardly overlook he says in so many words prince is a fool but recalls victor hugos observation while every man haa the right 0 o be a fool he should not abuse the right M proceeds personally to arraign prince for the alleged subsidies which he receives from ahe government saying 1 I am not prince nobody grieves for me I 1 have no sine cures subsidies or interests in railroads and fanta tc mongolian gold mines which compel me out of gratitude to compose servile panegyrics |