The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-31
SOLDIERS SLAUGHTER THE
 MOSCOW ,REVOLUTIONISTS


 the Government announces that the regulations for the elections to the national assembly have been completed and will be published tomorrow and that everything possible will be done to accelerate the meeting of the Douma when the voice of the nation and not Of single class can be heard.
 member of the cabinet said today:
 The result of the attempt of the reVoluntfonaries to overthrow the Gov ernment by force was never for a mo- ment in doubt, but what has occurred ana what is occurring we believe will have salutary effect on public opin- ion. Revolution will go on, but it is our purpose to confine it to peaceful channeIs.".
 The Associated Press tonight talked with prominent revolutionary who is leading spirit in the movement to rage the dynasty and it's regime and for whom the police are searching. He was unable to conceal his depression. but nevertheless he claimed that the movement had received only a tempo- rary check 'po
 We blundered badly" he said. eve Tell into the trap that was set for us. Emboidened by the seeming paralysis or the Government we proclaimed o,, oaacas. our intention of preparing an armed revolutionary movement for january or February. We virtually threw our cards on the table then. Wltte challenged and We rashly accent ca before either organization was per- 1ected or plans were matured. It was all too sudden and ill-timed. The WorKmen were worn out by the recant strikes and the holidays were at hand ana besides we obtained neither active co operation from the popuIace m which we had counted, nor from tba troops among whom we now have sun port. It is bad reverse. Our most skiilfuI leaders have been arrested and the supplies of arms which we Iahori- ousIy collected have been seized.
 But the situation has also if hr,gb+ sIoe, TOT It is the first time the prolt tarlat has fought on the open arairst tne payonets and cannon of the Gov Trnihent. That is the great victory. tne government must not fIatter itself mat It has dealt a decisive blow We nave oedlcated our lives to the work we are nght1ng not only for the eman- clpation of Russia. but for the social revolution of the world"
 me elements are now fighting on the sioe or the Government as they did in the days of Napoleon. The nortbarn winter with all its rigors has set in ana the upper half of the en,nIre |. iocked in snow and ice. It would he ulmcult for the proletariat to build anu deiend barricades in the streets patarns aiSme winter campaign. In St. fetersourg tonight the temperature is lS degrees below zero and evervw6ere nres are burning in the streets fo Lean the homeless from freezing.
 NO other details have been received .ne horrible affair at Moscow to- nisnt when Governor General Doubas- soHs artillery brought the walls of inc Prohoff cotton mill tumbIinp down n,, the heads of several thousand strikers ana revolutIonaries, except a statement that hundreds perished. ="
 me attempt from the Black Hum ored to march into the city and "reals Vengenance on the revolutionaries and
 kers only tends to confirm by an aWrul massacre, and although Governor General Doubassoff succeeded in nre. venting their entry into the city today ana Will take stern measures in the iuture, 1t will be difficult to restrain the lower class who regard the revolution aries as enemeis of the emperor and the country. Already rowdies are taIx- ing advantage of the situation to nIun- der on large scale
 Governor General Douoassoff bas not yet given the figures of the losses dur- ing the fighting at Moscow. saving that IL IS impossible at present to make more than guess. However he places the outside limit as 5000. The troons and police did not suffer nearly so Io'y anu il IS reported that up to thursday night there were less than tlfty casualties among them every where.
 throughout Russia immediately up- on the apcarance of disorders the au- thorities are declaring martial law. making wholesale arrests and confis. eating arms The general strike seems To De going to pieces. It was declared on at Riga today and at Odessa it is DTeaklnR LID and roi resuming operation.
 The result of the call for an armed uprising in Poland tomorrow is awaited with anxiety.