The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-11-02
Streets of st. Petersburg Filled
With Troops and Reinforce
ments Are Pouring In.
the GOVERNMENT IS POWfRLeSS.
Calm Observers Seem Seriously to
Believe the Present Regime Is
Tottering to Its Fall.
Czar, Surrounded BY imperial Family
Remains Shut Up at Peterhof,
Hesitating AS 10 What
Course To Pursue.

ST Petersburg. Oct 26.--Confronted
by a situation more crucial than any
since the beginning Of the political
and social upheaval of Russia and
which at the time this dispatch is
filed shows no signs of amelioration,
the emperor's ministers, under the
leadership of Count Witte, spent al
most all of Wednesday in conferences
in the hope of finding some way out Of
the crisis into which the revolution
lists and the socialists have cast the
country.
The general strike on the railroads
IL complete except in few border
provinces. and st. Petersburg. Moscow
and other large cities are almost as
closely beieaguered as II they We're
invested by besieging armies. At tho
same time the Industrial strike has as
sumed large dimensions and the tur-
bulent elements in several localities
are offering open resistance TO the
troops.
St Petersburg, Oct. 27.--Gen. Tire
pof. who has been placed in command
Of the St. Petersburg garrison and CIV
en- an additional division OF reinforce.
ments. declared that he is amply able
TO maintain order and tho police are
allowing the strikers to vent their ON.
thuslasm SO as to avoid conflict.
St Petersburg. Oct. 2S.-That the
bloodshed is the conviction prevailing
in the higher government circles
which from moment to moment are
expecting conflict between the
troops aud the revolutlonists in St
Petersburg and news of trouble in the
provinces. especially Kharkofi. which
has been declared In state OF war
St Petersburg. Oct. 3O.--While the
day passed quietly. without bloodshed
in the usslan capital, and while the
city is uutwardly calm, the days de-
volopments all indicate that crisis
is imminent. Although the streets are
filled with troops and reinforcements
are now pouring in from Finland. the
government seems utterly powerless
10 cope with the situation and many
calm observers seem seriously TO be-
lieve that the present regime IS totter.
ing to It's fall
Differences have developed between
Count Witte and Gen. Trepoff, and
while the precious moments pass the
emperor, surrounded by the imperial
family. remains shut up al Peterhof,
seemingly still hesttaung as 20 what
course TO pursue.
a meeting Of the Municipal league
was held at which a deputation Of 30
members of the strikers committee
appeared. In an impassioned speech
the leader OF the deputatiou presented
the following demands OF the workmen
and affiliated organizations:
First--A constitution and political
liberty.
Second-1'hat the city furnish food
20 the workmen.
Thlrd-That the city refuse further
supplies TO the troops and the police.
Fourth-That the troops be removed
the strikers would cut the water sup
ply.
Fifth-rhe immunity OF the deputa-
tion from arrest.
The foreign embassies have discuss
ed the situation. but have as yet ta-
ken no steps regarding the safety Of
foreign residents. As a precaution the
state department at Washington has
bean requested 10 confer authority for
the charter OF vessel and TO hoist
on It the American nag a. q refuge
for Americans.
The situation can not we'll be exag.
gerated. With the present indecision
OF the emperor the government has
neither head nor policy TO meet the
crisis and things seem to be drifting
towards anarchy. The revo,utionists
openly declare that the government
has ceased to exist and that nothing
remains TO his majesty except b sb.
dieate With q nrm hand at the helm
and q rational policy. however. all
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