He became active in the movement resisting the Russification of Finland, and he tried to dissuade his son, who served in the Russian Imperial Army, from joining the Russo-Japanese War.
Он участвовал в сопротивлении русификации Финляндии, пытался отговорить сына, офицера Русской Императорской армии, от участия в русско-японской войне.