The Pall Mall Gazette publishes a letter from " Stepnialc,"
the Nihilist author of "Underground Russia," upon the position of the party during the recent coronation. The letter was -written on May 24th, but the writer prophesies an unimpeded -ceremony, declaring that the Revolutionary chiefs have changed -their method. So great was the excitement caused by the death of Alexander IL, that they were overwhelmed with recruits, and were obliged to reject many, lest they should admit men too weak-minded for the work. They have, however, stopped their assassinations; for they suddenly see a chance of proceeding by insurrection, and abolishing not this or that Czar, but the Czardom. The statement is nearly incredible, in the face of the huge Army of Russia and the peasant feeling; but the absence of any attempt during the coronation is to be noted, as well as the public statement about the officers of the Guard, who were arrested as the "Revolutionists, but not Nihilists."
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