CZAR AT MOSCOW.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2946, 2 June 1891, Page 2

CZAR AT MOSCOW.

(11V KI.KITHK' TKI.FiiUAPII. -■C'II'VUICMT ) ST. PETKIiSIiriUI. /J IV US. Tm-: Czar lifts sin-iv.-.'l a Moscow. The entire line of route was ltu-i ! <li-l by troops, the ;tulhoi t -aring thai advantage might be taken of lb" Czar's trip to assassinate lii.'ii. May '.'!». Owing to the li-:>sini :inlhorit;<-.--hnrussing exhibi'ors :in 1 vi-itors to the Moscow Exhibition, sour' imple'|sall!n< S-i with France !i:is been occasioned. Notwithstanding that ev.-ry preparation linil b i'ii m I'l" for the Czar'.< visit, Hi the Exhibition, nt the lust moment, he 'l-'ciili'il urn !o li'ivi- tl.i' Royal Palace, aid it i:, MEg-M that ihe cause of tin poslp meiii.'nt, was due to the discovery of a plot to assassinate him. May 30. The Czar and Czarina arrived at Moscow to attend the French Exhibition. Three days before it opened four large boxes of dyn.unite bail been (liscoveied, and were evidently intended to be used in a plot against: the life of the Czar. Tbo Customs Department of tho Exhibition allowed the boxes 1o puss tlie French and liussiun frontiers unj opened, as they believed them to contain exhibits of machinery. It is rumoured that a mine has been discovered leading from the residence of tho Governor of Moscow across the road alone; which the Cz ir would proceed to the Exhibition : also that a second mine had been found under the railway line. Extru'-nUnary precautions have been taken u.:uiust, an attempt on Jlii Majesty'.-. ii.'e. Even triumphal areie-s have been dismantled in tiie search for explosives. A feeling of terror now exists in Moscow, and the owners of all hous--s commanding a view of the square where the Czar proposes to review the troops have been onh'ivd to close their windows.