Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-13
Workmen's Council Sent One
Which Procurator Kamish-
ansky Refused.
THREATENED GENERAL STRIKE
Little Danger Of it and Govern.
ment Will Have Time to
indicate Itself.
situation In Baltic Provinces Gravest
OF Empires Conditions--It APP
proachcs Civil War.

st. Petersburg, Tuesday, Dec Il,
morning, via Edytkuhnen, East Prus-
ea, Dec. l3.-The restoration of cable
communication with points abroad yes
terday lasted only a few hours. Before
midnight II was reported that the cable
was cut and that dispatches must again
be forwarded by courier via the Ger
man frontier. Nevertheless the outlook
IS clearing. The government is breath
ing freer with a lighting chance that
Premier Witte will yet be able to steer
his way through the rocks which beset
his path Threat Of a general strike in
the immediate future has disappeared
and the telegraph strike not being sup
ported Is going to pieces In spite of the
wild appeals of the union to stand firm.
At Moscow the tie-up remains complete,
but at many other places communica-
ton has been re-opened, although in
precarious fashion as the employees Of
both the telegraph and postal services
who were discharged by wholesale for
refusing to work, are cutting the wires
wherever II is possible to do so.
The real leaders Of the workmen and
other proletariat organizations realizing
fully their weakness and lack Of prep
grafton for a decisive struggle have
carried the day over the hot headed
strikers and have easily convinced the
majority that 1t would be an irre-
trievable blunder 10 prostitute what
they regard as the supreme instrument
for forging free nation by using 1t for
a minor issue like redressing the grlev-
20 t,,a fx.tdttaIc "a rapig-
teIing this decision they placed them
selves on record ito continue the Or
ganiaation and equipment Of the fight
ing leeions which the old president.
Krustae. began" thus virtually FUR
nishilg the government with evidence
confirming it's charges that articles l02
and i26 OF the criminal code, prohibit
ing participation In associations. the
object of which is armed revolt and
the punishment for which is death, have
been violated by the strikers head or
ganization. 1t is likely, however that
the government, In order to discount az
tempts TO heIolze NJ. Krustaleff will
simply charge him with the misappro-
priation OF the funds Of the worknea
in using them in founding a socialist
paper which the government claims can
be substantiated,
The worl;mens council yesterday sent
n demand to Count Witte for the re-
lease of NJ. Krustaleff. later the work.
mems delegates called on Procure tor
Kamishansky and demanded his re-
lease, but the procurator refused blunt
ly, saying that the case must be tried
in court. To this the spokesman OF
the delegation replied:
Then we viii declare a general
strike
nr III, So. ,,ia,..o hin, 10 ,ho ,vholn
world strikes" answered the procura-
tor.
". Krustaleff IS understood to be i'm
rrIsoned in the ST. Peter and st. Paul |
fortress in order. it is explained, TO pre-
vent any possible attempt at rescue |
which would only lead to bloodshed.
The disappearance of the danger OF a |
general strike seems to insure the gov
eminent a certain period In which to |
vindicate itself and demonstrate that |
It is striving to release the new order |
Of things and il. as It's friends hope, It |
Will be able to show this by deeds that |
viii cut away public sympathy from
the proletdriat and place the workmen's |
organization who's the time comes for |
strike In the attitude of deliberately |
provoking a struggle to overthrow the |
government and establish a democratic |
-, ,,.,.. Al i
me members OF Count Wltte capl'
net dehy that tne government nus eu-
tereu on the path OF re-actloll. put they |
sdy tnat the prSsent STAT Oh aharehy |
SaIllIot 20 on Ieopie ailienapie 10 tnu
Avs VIII DC arrested anu urea ny tue
'puIS.
II tne government reatiy enters on
me pain OF re-actlon' said one OIL the
MINISTERS today IL must ehd IN ule-
lnloIshlp ana you may De sure mat NJ
nc hIst evidence OF inns Nitte VIII step |
uoWn ana out
COUNT Wlte taxes lhe ground 'lat
.ne ministry is only s'op-sap 10
.iahsler the power INTO the nanus or
,ne nationhl assembly ana therefore
ne VIII not undertake Ia pima the coun-
ny py temporary LAWS OF pollcS Whlcn |
We REPRESENTATIVES, or the nation should
ueclue ior themselves Ihls Is the
.nsory on which complete universal
eumrdse WIZ De refused.
me situation In the Baltic provinces |
u now tle most grave OF the empires |
tonnitlohS II approaches civil war |
ana the government has been forced |
10 appoint governor-general with |
sweeping administrative powers to Try |
10 restore order. All the trOODs In these