Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-01
SAD SCEN[ESg
WAR CAPITALS
pen Picture OF Events in
St, Petersburg.
Russians Suspicious Of Their
own pdDerS-COnne 10
americans FOR News.

T HE special correspondent OF the
New York Herald In ST. Peters
burg wires that paper;
ST. Petersburg. saturday.--It is al
most touching to see the people here
standing In groups reading the official
bulletins, In hopes " finding therein
some note Of comfort Failing TO re-
ceiNe news the people imagine that
matters are worse than they really are.
Special war issues Of the various
newspapers, which had large sale at
first, now scarcely sell at all. The Rus
SLAMS are by nature suspicious, They
suspect their own newspapers are con-
cealing the truth from them The news,
papers in turn complain that the gov
eminent Itself gives out no news.
was dining out yesterday When
left the waiter OF the house rushed ar
ter me, pleading that | tell him what
the foreign newspapers were saying,
w h'l'N h'lhllS lluHl hul ONHt Ht
said.
The truth Is that the tension Of pub.
lie feeling under the utter absence Of
news is very severe and made much
worse by the sudden interruption OF the
wires. The telegraph is closed entirely
for private messages. This strikes the
people as awful at such time as this,
but 1t IL absolutely necessary.
Even for government needs the exist
ing telegraph facilities scarce suffice.
and II II an open secret that the wires
have been repeatedly cut and this, pain
ful as II may be to say II, not by the
red bearded relentless liunzees of
Manchuria, but by the enemies OF their
country nearer home, Yes, even ~
near as In the nelghborhood OF Mos
COW.
Already the people are realizing with
terror the possibility that later there
may be an infinite probability that tele-
graphic communication with the far
east will be entirely cut OFF
Unless the Russian forces make some
grand sweeping and victorious move
ment very soon It Is freely accepted
that the japanese will surely cut both
the telegraphic and railway commune
cations.
As the yastness Of the undertaking
which this war means dawns fully
uIon the minds OF the more intelligent
people here they realize how almost i'm
possible It viii be to guard effectually
such long stretches OF wires and rail-
ways as will need protection, At the
same time they realize how terrible
might be the effects Of serious block
on the railway at such a time In the
prevailing cold.
All over the country manifestations
Of patriotic enthusiasm continue az the
departure of soldiers
MOSCOW, OF course, IL the grand Cen-
ter OF all such sentiment 1t would not
be Moscow otherwise In Moscow also,
In keeping with traditions that II Is the
Holy city, there have been great re-
ligiOus demonstrations when the favor
ite churches are filed with people, who
also surround them and pray outside.
In front Of the lberian Chapel, for In
stance, there have been crowds OF a
thousand people or more on their knees
In the snow. crossing themselves, pray
ing for long periods and listening TO the
echoes Of the sacred music OF the reli-
glous service waited through the open
door. They were praying for the sue
cess Of the Russian arms.
Perhaps one Of the most striking feat
ures of today In summing up the condi-
ton OF mind OF the Russian people Is
the frequency with which one hears the
chances of Russia being beaten dis
Cussed
Another Is the opinion prevailing al
most universally In the minds of those
intelligent enough to think that,
whether the Russians or the Japanese
win, Intervention and international ar
ranRements are sure to occur
The idea OF international compiler.
tons resulting from the war does not
today meet the same amount OF popular
credence which obtained "A few weeks
ago,
Gifts OF very large sums continue to
pour In from all over the country.