FATE OF SERGIUS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 43, 20 February 1905, Page 5

FATE OF SERGIUS.

; REJOICINGS IN ST. PETERSBURG ! CROWD SINGING THE MARSEILLAISE. DETAILS OF TEE TRAGEDY. ■» ■ • [NJZ. Peess Associahok".—Copteight.]

_It is not yet possible to judge the extent of the influence of the assassination of the Grand Duke Sergius upon the revolutionary movement. In St. Petersburg crowds of revolutionists celebrated the occasion by e_ul_ngly singing "The Marseillaise outside the residence cf the dead Grand Duke. Full details are given of the bomb explosion, though the statement of a secend story, in which the sledge does not appear, and in which the assassin was an unaided student, renders the account a little unreliable. The conspiracy was of Nihilist origin, and the Grand Duchess had been warned not to accompany the Grand Duke out of doors. AFTER THE ASSASSINATION. SCENES IN ST. PETERSBURG. SINGING THE MAS,SEILLAISE. OTJTSIBE GRAND DUKE'S HOUSE. ( Received 8.32 a.m.) ST. PETSISSStTRG, Feb. 19. Tb.B assassination of the Grand "D__c Se_rgi__s __s made _ profound impression in the Russian capital. Many of tbe political malcontents make no effort to conceal t_eir satisfaction tbat one of tbe most o___?-_c„_ve and rc_ctio__._y, as well as of tbe least scr_p_lo_s of tbe Grand _>__es, _____ been removed from the power to do further harm. In some quarters this feeling is _rea_i_ag ont into open public rejoicing. Outside the St. Petersburg residence of tbe late Grand Dnko a large crowd of revol_.tio3__-__-y sympathisers gathered, and joined in singing with exultation the Frsnch national hymn of libex-ty, *" The Mars eillaise.'' The demonstration was carried through to a conclusion, the authorities being appa_re-_t2y powerless to stop the proceedings.