The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-14
WAR FEVER
 IN RUSSIA. Empire AwakenS to the
 Situation. WILL FIGHT TO THE END. Defeats Have fingered the, Northern Bear.
FIGHT TO THE END
Newspapers at Last Given Pe,nais. sion to Print the Rsverses Sustained at the Hand ef
 the Plucky Jap.

i St. Petersburg. Feb i3-For the first time since the beginning of hostilities in the Far East, the Government tonight gave the Russian newspapers permission to publish the, accounts received from abroad of the naval engagement of Cne- fnuipo. in which the warships variag and korietz were destroyed.
 The war fever has been aroused here and apparently all over the Empire. or at least all over European Russia. in a single week. Such patriotic denionstrS- tions as have been witnessed in St. Pc- tersburg since hostillties began have been all the more astonishing because of the public indifference during the period Of negotiations and. almost up to the time when Japan struck the first blow at Port Arthur.
 s But now the whole Empire seems to have been iashed nto fury by defeat and like bear when 1t is wounded and an- gered. 1t is prepared to fight to the end. The dreamy Russian character has been stirred to the depths of resentment which it will be difficult to understand abroad. E. Patriotic Eemen:t atlons.
 The patriotic demonstrations have been almost continuous for three days and they have been spontaneous; some of them were extraordinary in character. Today tttS cttiOOl UOS Sc anu StuuGHL6, thousands, marched bafeheaded for hours up and down the Nevsky Prospect beai- ing flags, shouting and singing patriotic airs.
 They were followed by an enormous crowd. Like previous processions. tf:s one went first to the Anichkoff palace where the, Dowager Empress. who Is pop ular with the people, showed herself. Later the boys and students surrounded the winter palace and. in response to their enthusiastic cheers the Ezar and the G$arina aE,peareds When the Czar- ipa. threw kisses 10 the boys a vast shout, which walked echoes across the Neva. went np
 At tue French Embassy, which was next visited bs tho proeession. Madanifi.s pomuafd was eofnpAflaa in the absence Of tiie Ambassador, 10 appear at q bal cony and acknowiedge the cheers fUr
 In front of the barracks regimertal bafds played the national hymn to hur- raining crowds.
 There were demonstrations tonight out side the theatres and the performances going on inside were stopped while the orcnestra came out to the street to play folk-songs.
 Feelings cf People ToscSed.
 The fact that poor house porterS pay their last cent foP extra newspapers and that cab drivers do not charge military men for carrying them around shows how deeply the feelings of the people have been touched.
 TeIegrams from almost every town in European Russia tell the same story of popular. demonstrations. At Moscow there were great manifestations in iron. of the palace of Grand Duke Serglus and. before the Iberlan Chapel. whci z stands the sacred image of Our Lady of Siberia, before which the Czar invokes blessings when he goes to Moscow. Thousands of persons knelt for hours in the snow in front of the chapel praying for victory.
 The mobilization of the reserves fn Si- beria and the Kasan District calls to tne culors 300,00O men. All men who have served five years in the army and are under 4S years of age must report. Iris will result in the Reorganization of daily life in this part of the Empire and it VII have an i'll effect upon every profession and calling.