The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-10
The Moscow Gazette Urges
Armed Suppression.
POLISH POLICY OF 1868
Should Now Be Revived Gear Accused
of Violating the Law
Strike in Baltic
Dock Yards.

st. Petersburg, March 1O.-A sensa-
ton was caused yesterday by lead
ing editorial in the Moscow Gazette, the
traditional spokesman Of autocracy, de-
claring that the present revolt in the
interior should be put down immediate
" in the fashion in which General Mich
aeI Muravieff crushed the Polish and
Lithuanian rebellion in 1853. ut would
be sad sacrifice Of life" says the Ga
zette, "but hundred times less now
than If the revolt be allowed to con
tinue until it becomes absolutely nee
essary to take decisive steps"
The Liberals assert that at the very
time when Emperor Nicholas is de-
claring the necessity for strict OBJ
servanee Of the law he has again set
the example Of disregarding it. Ac-
cording to the law of the empire an
imperial manifesto must be read in the
Senate, which is the legal body, in the
PRONUNCIATION Of laws, before its public
cation I'M the Official Messenger. BY
his majesty's direct order this formal
ity was omitted in the case Of the re-
cent manifesto.
The workmen have struck in the
Baltic dockyard because three OF their
representatives to the workmen's con-
ferences have been arrested The di-
rector threatens to close the works.
"A resolution is reported being ex-
tensiycly signed in the rural commune
ties in Russia, demanding the national
ization Of land and industries, liberty
of the press, a representative Parlia-
ment, universal suffrage and the imme-
date cessation OF the war.
Investigation shows that the recent
disturbances at Baku were the result OF
activity by the Armenian revolutiona-
~ committee A number of suspects
have been arrested, including one mem
Der of the international Revolutionary
Committee, and also two women who
were found in possession Of proclama-
tions revealing a plot against the Gov
eminent.
Mail advices from the Caucasus place
an entirely new complexion on the law
less condition of affairs there, represent
ing the disorders as purely race riots
between Armenians and Tartars, but
in the actual nature Of a rebellion Of
Armenians against Russian authority,
the outgrowth of the old question Of
sequestration OF church funds, which
the authorities are representing as hay
ing sought to answer by melting the
Tartars to hostility against the Ar
menians. The situation is SO serious
that an expeditionary force has been
modified To enter the disaifected dis
tricts of Georgia. 1t consists of seven
battalions Of infantry, six companies of
Cossacks and a battery of artillery, and
is commanded by General Alihanoff,
who is noted for his drastic methods.
The Georgians threaten that the first
shot win be the signal Of a revolution.
Leading merchants and foreigners, in
cluding the British and American con
suIs are threatened with death if they
act IN opposition to the revolutionary
committee.
A telegram from Ekaterinoslav, South
Russia, says that five miners have been
killed and fifteen wounded in a conflict
between strikers OF the ShoerbinoH
mines and the Auerbach quicksilver
mines and soldiers IN the district OF
125 miles east Of Ekatorino-
slav. The strikers started looting and
the troops threatened to shoot. The
former thercupon fired at the soldiers
with revolvers, and also threw stones
at them; whereupon the troops fired
n volley, and order was restored. Rev
disorders have broken out
at Smoiensk, Middle Russia. Bands of
are marching through
the streets carrying red flags.