Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-22
NEWS TN GENERAL
ALARM IN HIGH CIRCLES.
Special Precautions Taken for safcty Oh
..-----. w.. the Gar.


burg correspondent of the Daily In
press saws: Three hundred arrests
were made today (Monday). Inc
minister of Justice was fired at last
week, and the Life of another minis.
ter has been attempted"
St. Petersburg, March "0.--The
Official Messenger, which publishes
an account of the recent disorder
in various Russian cities, and OF sun
DAVIS outbreak in st. Petersburg,
says of the latter:
"When the crowd, which numbered
| 5000, became turbulent, the Cossacks
and police were summoned. Inc
demonstrators retreated to the "a
thedral of Our Lady Of Kasan, petit
ing the Cossacks and police with 'arl-
| GUS missiles.
1.-The students attempted to display
red and white flags bearing various
descriptions. On one side OF the
cathedral the crowd came into vio-
lent collision with the Cossacks and
police. A portion retired into the
cathedral, behaving noisily and sniok-
ing cigaretts, although the service
was going on, until forcibly expelled:
"AItogether 800 male students, 81
women, mostly students, and forty
| four other persons were arrested.
A police commissioner, twenty police
men, four Cossacks, and thirty-two
rioters, male and female, were
wounded
All the higher schools of the city
are closed and all the police head
| quarters are filed with arrested per.
sons. Others in custody who had
been confined temporarily in the
military riding schools, were taken
to various prisons today i'll omnibus
es. They were checred by the stu
dents as they passed.
\ remarkable feature of the dem
onstrations has been the prominent
part taken by the women of the high
err classes of the university.
Serious riots occurred in st.
Petersburg today on the occasion
of Il solemn mass in the cathedral
of Our Lady of Knsan for the reposc
Of the soul of NJ. Bogolicpoff, the
minister Of the public instruction.
who was shot and fatally wounded
by Kurpovitch. The police fired their
! rcvolvers, and it is rumored that five
students were killed and eighty 9th
crs were seriously or slightly injured
STANDS ON HER DIGNITY. ,
Russia Denies Great Dritain's Right to
Interfere In Manchuria.
st. Petersburg, Ma rch 2l.-Answer-
ing Il question of the correspondent
of the Associated Press, L competent
official said:
1T is not true that Russia has
Welded to the representations of any
of the powers and modified her de-
mands respecting Manchuria, be-
rause no representations have been
made. Every tentative attempt to
address the Russian government on
the subject of pour parlers with
China has been categorically declin-
ed. Russia is Il great po.er, and has
the right to hold negotiations with
any other government, and no other
power has the right to intel fere.
| rcntatives made in a friendly spirit
have received a friendly answer. But,
| plainly stated, Russia cannot reserve
inquiries regarding the above.
Regarding the above pour parlers,
| the results will doubtless be made
| known later"
The informant of the correspond
cnt of the Associated Press admitted
that the power rebuffed was Great
Britain. He was not willing to dis
cuss details respecting Mongolia and
| Iurkestan, but he repeated that Rus
Hia lbldes by the august declaration
and desires to safeguard the railroad
and her 10000 kilometer long from
| :ier.
The informant of the correspond
cnt riliculcd the talk Of military con-
tlict at lien Tsin. He said:
There is n misunderstanding about
certain lands which the English au-
thorities pretend belong to the rail
way company. Russia has expressed
| her willingness to examine the ques-
,tion.
THE claim of ownership before the
Russian occupation is established will
end the discussion. If diplomacy is
| unable to settle the controversy, Rus
STA is willing to submit it to arbitra-
ton, perhaps to The Hague tribunal,
| or to some other arbitrator. After
England captures De Wet, pcrha ps
she will have the courag e for mill
tary conflict in another quarter of
the world. While he is promenading
around the British forces, it is hardly
probable that England will seek
trouble elsewhere"
BOTHA Rejects PEACE OFFERS.
Declines to Recommend Terms offered
| by Kitchener to Beers.
! London, March 2O.-Mr. Joseph
Chamberlain. the colonial secretary,
has informed the house of commons
that General Botha has rejected the
peace terms offered him.
| General Botha, Mr.. Chamberlain
said, had conveyed the information
! in Il letter to General Kitchener, in
which he announced that he was not