The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-12
RlOIOUS SCENES IN
 THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL
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 While the mob stood those within managed to throw hundreds of revolu tionary proelamations over the heads Of their fellows. The police urged their horses fercely into the crowd, driving those who resisted into the court yards, the Hotel Europe and the Catholic church. The intense excitement lasted about ten minutes, after which mounted squads of the gendarmerie patrolled the streets and the policemen devoted themselves to keeping the crowd nov ing.
 Considering the sharp fight the riot CTS had made the police acted humane ly with the crowd. avoiding brutality and roughness in keeping the throng moving, and showing really more con sideration than the police of many Am erican cities would do under similar circumstances.
 In the meantime those confined in the court yards who were recognized as agitators were arrested, but others were allowed to go quietly home, the wound- ed first having their injuries dressed. There were probably a hundred broken heads and several were severely wounded, though none fatally, so far as is ascertainable. So far there have been over 100 arrests.
 The ferment continued all day and far into the night but only one or two other abortive attempts were made at demonstrations, the police being in such force that they had no difficulty in seizing the ringleaders, and no re sistance was made in any case.
 Tonight the students of the Polt- technique and other institutes held meetings, at which fiery speeches were made in favor of reform and the con vocation of the national assembly.
 The greatest distress is expressed by conservative libers over the days events, all declaring that just when ths fate of the zemstvo programme was in the balance such a fruitless outbreak will be sure to prejudice every observer and put the strongest weapon in the hands of the bureaucratic reactionaries.
 That such demonstrations of the so. cial democratic labor party are not confined to the capital is shown by a letter received here by prominent zemstvoist in southern Russia, in which the writer says The optimism with which we left St. Petersburg is begin ming to vanish. The government is not showing a disposition to meet us half way and enter frankly on the path of reform. On the contrary there seems to Joe hesitation as to whether it would not be better to return to the path of reaction. The government seems unable to comprehend the real state of pop ular feeling, the importance of decisive action and the disastrous consequences of procrastination. The people of this province are in a state of great ex titement."
 Large meetings have taken place in many towns and very specific resolu tions have been adopted; but the bad featIre of the situation is the attitude of the workingmen. Incited by the un derground press of Geneva and Paris who declare themselves in complete an tagonism of the moderate demands oi the zenstvos, they proclaim a definite socialist programme, declaring they want not political but social freedom It will therefore. be the policy of the government, If it decides to concede nothing to us, to foster such dlssen sions between the zemsvos and the la Dor party. The government, confident of the ability to repress revolutionary attacks by force of arms, and appre- bending no real danger from the work ingmen, can use it's antagonism to us as an argument against expediency oi granting the reforms demanded by the noderates, on the ground that they are not in real sympathy with the wishes Of the people.
 Following is the text of the proclama party. calling to-days demonstration s.We have raised our voices calling fol better things, but the government has turned a deaf ear to our cry We day to day draw out laborious existence condition worse than convicts, while they convert millions into smoke ane sacrifice thousands of Worknen's lives under incompetent generals. We art shedding our blood for our torturers while they are entering into shameless bargains with wealthy landlords ane zemstvoists, Enough! We cannot en dure it longer We must arise and bold ly proclaim that we want an end oi war and a government by representa-