Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-07
.SAKHAROFF Is SLAIN
SHOT DOWN AT HIs HOME By A
woMAN-TRooPs REVOLT.

The ST. Petersburg correspondent OF the
London Telegraph, In dispatch dated De-
cember s, sent by way OF Eydtkuhnen, East
Prussia, says: Lieut.. Gen. Sakharon. former
minister of war, was ASA ssinated today.
THE government had deputed Gen. SAX
haroff to visit the province of Saratoff for
the purpose of auelling the agrarion riots
there
"a woman belonging to the so-called
flying columns of the Revolutionary move
| ment, called at the house of the governor
: Of Saratoff at noon today and asked to see
Gen. Sakharoff
"She fired three revolver shots at the gen.
eral. killing him on the spot"
THE tidings reached st. Petersburg to-
night. Count Witte charged Lieut. Gen.
Rudiger. minister of war, with the task Of
breaking the news to Nine. Sakharoff.
The event has created profound I'M
preston in st. Petersburg. owing to fears
example thus set.
Fears Of Dictatorship.
''The specter of a military dictatorship,
which has been looming on the horizon, is
slowly gaining consistency and sharpness
of outline.
II am personally convinced that Count
Whites faith in the good sense and political
recently was as firm as a rock Is gradually
weakening, and with it his hopes for the
carrying out of the liberties promised in the
emperors manifesto
There are signs of a collapse of the post
and telegraph strikes Two-thirds Of the
telegraph operators are daily offering to
resume work, but they are prevented from
doing because the wires have been cut
or the stations fail to answer signals
Father Gapon has gone to Paris under
very mysterious conditions, which am not
at ty to unfold
Revolution Predicted.
The correspondent of the London Times at
st. Petersburg says:
II am informed on excellent authority
that a revolt of the st. Petersburg garrison
Is certain to occur
The newspapers print narrowing details
Of the whipping by order of Gen Sakharoff
of the peasants whom he was sent to
pacify."
A dispatch to London news agency from
81. Petersburg, dated December 5, says
that twenty-five were killed and forty
wounded at Kieff after regular battle
A dispatch of the same date from ST.
petersburg to another news agency, sent
by way OF Eydtkuhnen. says that three
battalions of infantry at MOSCOW have mutt
MED, but no details given.
Situation Growing Worse.
The Berlin Tageblatt's st. Petersburg cor
respondent, In dispatch sent by way of
Eydtkuhnen December &, says:
THE situation is visibly growing worse
The critical moment for Count White is
coming, when the liberal elements will de-
mand his resignation. A resolution by the
agrlculturists at Moscow demanding the i'm
mediate dismissal of the present cabinet de-
notes the beginning of the movement away
from Count Wftte, and signs indicate that
this movement will gain in intensity soon"
The correspondent of the Paris Journal at
st petersburg sends the following:
The government has recommended the
acceptance or kilograms and is forwarding
them by railroad to the frontier"
The st. Petersburg correspondent of the
Matin says that letters received from Man
churla describe terrible situation among
the soldiers there The men practically are
starving and refuse to listen to Their Of
hcers. Hardin has been pillaged, and the
position of Gen. Linevitch Is an extremely
difhcult one, according to these letters.