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RUSSIAN TROOPS
!, sent 70 Finland
LARGE FORCE LANDED AT Hell
sINGFoRs TO PUT DOWN
STRIKE AND REBELLION.

LARGE FORCE LANDED AT Hell
SINGFoRs TO PUT DOWN
STRIKE AND REBELLION.
LONDON REPORT SAYS
FREEDOM is ASSURED
Kishineff Said to Have Been Destroyed
by Fire - Conditions Resuming
Normal at st. Petersburg and
odessa-Text of Cars Manifesto.
Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 6.-The
foreign Office has received telegram
from the Danish consul at Helsing-
fors, Finland, announcing that large
force ofeRussian troops has been land
&c and distributed through that city.
The Russian squadron has entered the
inner harbor.., The strike continues un-
abated and the situation is critical.
,AH Communication Cut Off.
Helsingfors, Finland, Nov. 6.-Three
Russian battleships, a cruiser and TO-
coo troops have arrived here from
Reyal. The warships are anchored in
the harbor. The general strike con-
tinues. The situation is threatening
on account of the attitude of the So
cialists. The other classes are disposed
to be content with the imperial mani
festo. There is no light and no COM
munication by railroad or telegraph
with the interior. A single wire is
burg.
Says Freedom Is Won.
London, Nov. 6.-The London Times
Saturday published the following dis
patch from st. Petersburg, dated No
yember 80: Finland has won her
freedom. A manifesto embodying all
the demands presented by the popular
delegates at Helsingfors to Prince John
Obolensky, the governor general. will
be submitted by Secretary of State
Luider for the imperial signature at
Peterhof tonight. The keystone of the
new Finnish constitution is the re-
sponsibiltty not of the monarch, as
hitherto,s but of the secretary of state
and thediet. The presence of Russian
Whrships off Helsingfors is intended
to signify that although the emperor
erants constitutional freedom, he in
tends to prevent the severance of the
grand duchy from the empire"
Kishinef Burned.
London, Nov 6.-The Daily Nails
Odessa correspondent gives an uncon-
armed report that Kishineff has been
absolutely destroyed by fire. He says
that the three suburbs Of Odessa, Per-
sessyp, Zastava and Moldavanka have
been completely devastated. The
Daily Telegraph's Odessa correspond
emit also reports Kishineff in flames.
Awful Situation at Kieff.
Berlin, Nov 8.-The Tageblatt prints
the following dispatch from the Jew
ish owner of three houses in Kieff:
"Anti-Jewish excuses have been rag
Ing here for three days and IL of the
Jewish shops and many private houses
have been totally destroyed. The num-
Der of Jewish victims is large and
children and old people have been bar
barously murdered, while the military
and police looked on with cynical in
difference. The situation is desperate"
Quiet at Odessa.
Odessa. Nov c. This city is quiet at
present and is almost assuming its
normal aspect. but the tension is still
great. The consuls are busy trying to
secure protection for the foreigners,
who are In nervous state. The hotels
are full and in most cases are guarded
by troops. Many people have sought
refuge on the steamer in port 1t Is
hoped the worst is over. Looting has
been in full force and the amount Of
damage done is enormous. During the
night there was further heavy firing and
a number Of Jews were killed. When
over Jews, attacked by rioters, escaped
to the roofs Of their houses, the houses
were promptly fred on. The project Of
the city has issued proclamation
complaining Of the inhabitants firing
from; the windows on patrols and de-
claring that he will be compelled to de-
stroy their houses with artillery unless
th1s practice is stopped
Normal Conditions Resuming.
St. Petersburg. Nov g. Friday
night, for the first time in ten days, the
Inhabitants Of the capital could discard
candles and kerosene and return to
electric light. The normal conditions
OF life are gradually resuming. Street
meetings and demonstrations have
ceased, and the people are returning to
their ordinary occupations. Many
trains are arriving, though the service
Is yet disorganized. The situation in
the provinces Is also more reassuring.
Agitation and disorder are gradually
dying down. At the same time the
government is taking energetic steps, as
In st. Petersburg. TO restore order.
Gen. Trepoff's assurances to the foreign
embassies that everything would be
Zone to protect life and property of for
signers were followed by the procIa-
nation Of martial law in several of the
mcst nnruly districts.
Text of Manifesto.
The text Of the imperial manifesto
granting amnesty to political prisoners
signed by Emperor Nicholas Friday de-
clares that by virtue of the intention ex-
pressed In the manifesto of October 80
to accord the population inviolable
principles of civil liberty, free pardon
Ia granted to political prisoners of vari-
Gus categories. which are enumerated,
and also to participators in strikes and
those respOneihle for breaking ron.
tracts. The pardon extends to those not