Show POLICE ROUND UP THE terrorists st petersburg feb 23 the skillful performance of the police in the round up of the great band of plotters has won praise throughout the city bearing witness to the thoroughness of tho the methods aneth evolved for fighting terrorists the secret pollee police are spending unlimited sums in bringing the terrorists to justice and have dratted drafted agents of international experience who arp are thoroughly familiar with the byways of western anarchists and who will introduce an improved technique into the system here the police department also hs has en agencies abroad and has organized an extensive service in all the centers where russian emigrants congregate particularly in new york paris paria and switzerland and are making a special sp ecial effort to penetrate within the innermost councils of the social democratic and social secial revolutionists organizations tiona in connection with the latest plots the members of the secret service were absolutely trusted by comrades of the revolutionists who attended the meetings held in finland where the final plot for the assassination of grand duke nicholas Nichola evitch and al minister of justice was celebrated two hundred plain clothes men were called in by the heads of the police department and given precise instructions as to what action should be taken and apparently they arrested without error the persons involved thus thui far he police have tailed filled to extract a confession from any of those arrested as to their identity identify but several undoubtedly are members of aristocratic to house it Is certain that numbers of conspirators have managed to evade arrest t and a careful watch Is being kept for those these the congress of delegates representing the provincial branches of tho league of russian people opened today the metropolitan of st petersburg antonius Anton lus and other prelates pr elates I 1 were present |