The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-02-04

NliihtIh nave utNeloptu on hielnNl
and more practical lines.
The last news received from this
quarter was contained In the laconic
message that quiet is now restored
al Kolplno
What the people will DO next remains
10 be seen hut the appointment OF
Gen. Trepof as project OF St Peters
burg leaves no uncertainty as TO the
action 80 tho authorities, II Is under.
stood that Gen Trepon was selected
by Grand Duke Vladimir who fclt IL
necessary 20 find an official better
qualified than Foulon 20 carry out The
policy which was inaugurated Sunday,
Six times Trepoff has escaped assas-
sinatlon. the last occasion being only
few days ago when leaving Moscow,
as IL was announced. for Manchurla.
General Trepof took up his quar-
ters az the winter palace, where his
FIRST act was 10 convene all the chiefs
Of the police and military and inform
them that his intention was 10 nc,
with extreme energy
In ST. Petersburg Cossacks fired on
one or more crowds The streets were
thronged with sullon. silent people.
apparently without any fixed purpose
but 20 look on the scenes where sun
days tragedies took place. But from
tho provinces came growing ominous
umors.
The only precedent for the appoint.
ment OF General Tropon is the case
of his own father during the reign OF
rihllistic terrorism under Alexander
II 10 Is also strange coincidence
that unsuccessful attempts were
made on the lives Of both. General
Trepoff is a man of great energy but
the measures he adopted at Moscow
for suppressing the student demon
STATIONS last December provoked
much resentment and the revolution.
lists recently condemned him 20 death
Beneath the surface the fermcut
continues and the public nervousness
and apprehension as TO future develop
ments are stll unallayed Secret
meetings OF different classes IN on
position TO the existing order of things
were held in various places. but the Ill.
vergent clements which were sudden
" brought together by the tragic
events OF Sunday are advancing ON
divergent plans and no common
ground Of action has yet been found
Meantime the police are actively
searching ont the leaders. Three
wollknown Russian authors and
prominent editor were arrested. ana
the prisons are filled with agitatoTs.
revolutionlsts and student orators
Such measures may result I'm bomb
throwing and terrorism, but the CON
sensus OF opinion Is that the imme-
diate future action OF the agitators
depends on what occurs in Moscow
and other large cities OF Russia where
the workmen are beginning 10 strike
over 100000 men are ont In the old
capital ~ the empire
The situation confronting the mill.
tary authorities az Moscow Us much
more serious than that I'm 81. Peters
burg. Out OF over 1000 900 lnhabi.
tants OF Moscow over two.thirds are
workmcn. including an exceedingly
rough and turbulent element The
troops there are fewer and the city
does not lend itself like St Peters
burg, TO natural barriers to prevent
the congregation of men. The cen
ter II the town has no bridges and
no canals. and hills and narrow
streets make II difficult for troops 10
act. Only the gates piercing the walls
OF the old Chinese town which sur
round the Kremlin would aflord the
military natural places to bar dem.
constructors.
AT Kovno and wilma, where strikes
also have been begun. the Workmen
are following the 81. Petersburg plan
of marching about the city and In
duclng or forcing other workmen to
leave their employment.
The windows and doors OF practic
ally every shop and residence in ST
Petersburg are boarded up.
Prince Mlrsky who IS stll tho nom.
lnal minister OF the interior. despite
the acceptance of his resignation 10y
the car. has yielded up HIS powers
The conduct 81 Affairs Is In the hands
IL Grand Duke Vladimir and Gen
Tropoff