Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-06-07
ANTI.WAR MEETING
Russian Citizens Met to Protest
Against Further Slaughter
RlO1lNG NEAR,THE CARS PALACE
Demonstration by 5000 Persons at
Summer Resort Near st. Petersburg
Is Interrupted by Police and Troops,
the People Defending Themselves
With Chairs and Sticks.

st. Petersburg, By Cable.-At a great
demonstration Sunday evening in the
Povlovsk Gardens, near Tsakro-Selo,
the five thousand persons present clam
ored for funeral march in memory
Of the Russian sailors who had lost
their lives in the naval disaster in the
Sea of Japan. The members of the or.
cestra became alarmed and fled from
the platform, when NJ. Novikoff. for
mer mayor of Baku, arose and said:
Let us all by rising show respect
for the victims. Down with the war.
We have had enough OF blood"
Some eighty policemen entered from
either side Of the hall and elbowed
their, way through the crowd towards
M. Novikoff, whereupon cries were
raised of Let us attack the police"
Chairs were seized and hurled at the
police, the crowd being led by a col
onel with drawn sword. The police
men fed precipitately.
Order being restored, a number of
speeches were delivered on the national
crisis. Suddenly tie police, re-enforcel
to between 200 and 800, again invaded
the hall and rushed on the audience
with drawn swords. The people defend
ed themselves with chairs and sticks,
but after ten minutes were driven from
the hall into the garden, where there
was battalion of soldiers, who raised
their rifles to their shoulders, prelim-
mary to an order to fire, causing
panic. The public fled toward the ex-
its, and finding them closed, smashed
the doors and windows of the hall and
so gained the street. Many persons were
Injured, some so seriously that they
had to be taken to hospital.
M. NOyikoff was arrested and the
gardens were occupied by police and
Cossacks. A strong military force was
E1aced on the road leading from Paw
lovsk to Tsarkoe-Selo- and to St. Pc
tersburg and at the railway stations.
People returning tc St. Petersburg
from the gardens spread accounts Of
the affair, which soon became general
topic.
Pavlovsk Is 19 miles from ST. Peters
burg and is a summer resort for inhabi-
tants OF the capital
Called on Gov.-Gen. Wright.
Manila, BY Cable.-Rear Admiral En-
quist, accompanied by Rear Admiral
Train and the French Consul, formal
ly called on Governor General Wright
Monday. After the usual gre
/. had been exchanged, Governor
s asked;
DO you wish to stay at Mani:
manently ?n &.
ss Rear AdIniral Enquist4 replie,
my ships are unseaworthy. .r-..---
mot heard from my government, and
request time to make REPAIRS y
Governor Wright then said that aac-
cording to his construction of the neu-
trality laws, the Russian vessels could
remain long enough to make neces-
sary repairs, and after these were fin
ished, they must leave within twenty
four hours or dismantle and inferno.
Rear Admiral Enquist requested per-
mission to bring his ships behing the
breakwater for repairs. This request
was granted him, and the ships will
move Tuesday morning.
Narita Goro, Japanese, cunsul, called
on Governor Wright just before Rear
Admiral Enquist called and made in
4QAl lC6ol uiAE IuC p4OUc1OtO ulopoSl-
t1on Of the Russian warships. Upon
leaving, Goro met Rear Admiral En-
quist in the corridor Of the Governors
residence and rendered him profound
salutation.
Rear Admiral Enquist and staff then
called upon Major General Corbin, to
whom Rear Admiral Enquist eX-
pressed great gratitude for the hospital
ity and comfort afforded them and the
courtesy with which General Corbin
offered the use of the army hospitals,
together with surgeons and food for
the wounded Russian sailors. General
Corbin said:
admiral, how many admirals were
there in the fght?'
There were four of us, said the
admiral.