Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
RUSSIANS ARE AWAKENING
Conservatives and Liberals Desert
Radical Agitators.
ANOTHER MASTER STROKE
Premier Knew This Would Happen and
Was Prepared for Action When
Crash Came.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov, 1S-It is
reported that another manifesto, prom
ising a general zemstvo and local mu
nicipal government to Poland, may be
issued shortly.
Russians Awakening.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov 1S.-The
sudden awakening of the Conservatives
and Liberals to the imperative necessity
for resisting the attempt of the Radicals
and Socialists who are conducting the
present strike to obtain the upper hand,
has galvanized the leaders and started
"a healthy movement to cut loose from
the Radicals.
Urge Zemstvos to Be Calm.
Mr.. Dmitri Shipoff and Guchkoff and
other leaders Of various groups including
the Constitutional Democrats have gone
ito Moscow to urge the zemstvo congress
assembling there to unite all the forces
which desire to prevent anarchy in con-
demning the political strike and to join
i'm supporting the government in its eff
forts to introduce the new regime.
The government is now able to take
Ia frmer stand. Count Witte believed
that such reaction must come, but he
wisely waited. By his direction the pre-
feet of police, Gen. De Dulin issued the
proclamation yesterday instructing the
jtradesmen not to yield to the threats OF
the agitators and walking delegates, who
Iordered them to close their shops, and
promising the tradesmen police and mill
tary protection.
Warns Government Employees.
A government note was simultaneously
ISSUED, prohibiting government employees
from participating in organizations op-
posing the government. 1t calls atten-
ition to the fact that in free countries
like the United States, pernicious politi-
cal activity on the part of officials is in
hibited and recalls the fact that less
than fortnight ago the French Cham
Der of Deputies supported Premier Rou-
vier's decision not to permit the political
organization of state servants.
Whole Strike Appears Doomed.
The break in the ranks of the strikers
in Poland and the refusal of many or
CARNATIONS in the interior, especially
those of the railroad men at Moscow to
strike on account of Poland, with the
fierce dissensions which have broken out
among the workmen leaders at st. Pc
:tersburg, seem to doom the strike move
ment to failure.
Final Struggle Is Weak.
The proclamation of the project of po-
lice had the desired effect in preventing
the agitators from trying to execute the
threats which they made last night to
compel the closing of the shops and also
led to the abandonment Of the demon
STATIONS planned to take place in front
of the prisons.
The vote among the laboreFs as to the
stand to be taken about the strike is still
going on. The Radicals are doing their
| best, knowing it is case of now or
never.
Soldiers to Stay True.
Twenty-Five officers of the guard regi-
ments are reported to have met Social
Democrats at an arstocartic residence
on the English quay last night and to
| have stated that progress is being made
by the revolutionary sentiment among
| the troops. However, no regiment is
ready to desert the crown.
Owing to the better outlook the i'm
provement on the bourse continued to-
! day, government lotteries reaching 424
and imperial As >S4A
Finland Gets Busy.
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Nov. IS
At a meeting here today of 1000 repre-
lSentativeS of the constitutional party
from all parts of Finland, resolution
was adopted in favor of a single cham
der diet, the members to be elected from
all citizens over q years of age without
distinction of sex.
The meeting also resolved to telegraph
Ito Secretary of State Under at st.
/ Petersburg, calling on him to resign i'm
imediately.
| Odessa Troops Excited.
! /! ODESSA, Nov. 1S.-The recent events
at Cronstadt and Vladivostok have
| caused considerable excitement among
! the Russian naval forces at Sebastopol.
/ These, however, are not very large The
! total number of sailors does not exceed
5000.
Emperor Prays for Peace.
The Emperor yesterday received at
! 'TsarSkoe Selo a deputation of clergy of
| the holy synod and joined with them in
/ prayers for the restoration of the peace
land tranquility of Russia. The metro
| politan then formally blessed the EN-
| peror with a sacred izon, which his
majesty devoutly kissed and expressed
his gratitude for the blessing.
Gen. Salza Is Named.
HELSINGFORS, Finland. Nov. is.
Gen. Bacon Salza. commander in chief
of the troops in Finland has been ap-
pointed governor general temporarily
pending the Emperor's choice of a sue
,eessor to Gen. Prince John OboIensky.
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