The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-30

The only explanation Is that apparently
one smnll company OF hussars got out OF
hand Their commanding officer was drunk
and the men ran amuok.
The Consul-Genera Immediately tele-
graphed the news TO ST. Petersburg.
A despatch to tho Telegraph from st.
Petersburg says that arrests are being made
steadily. Gen. Trepon is stretching a rod
Of iron over tho populace. The ranks Of
man of weight and influence are rapidly
thinning. Men. women and youths dis
appear suddenly and mysterious!y -Four
members Of the stan Of our Life and two Of
tho staff Of our DAYS have thus vanished.
The Offices Of both papers have been
ra.ded and all the manuscripts have been
seized Gen Trcpor scarcely ever leaves
the Winter Palace, even to go TO Tsarskoe-
Seo He communicates with the Car
by telephone. Special precautions have
been taken TO protect him from the at
mpts Of assassins who II is supposed,
have marked him among several others
for violent death. ...--..--....
Maxim Cork has been brought from Riga
by strong escort and is now confined in
the fortress Spies and detectives are
shadowing the British in ST. Petersburg,
hoping to discover such relations between
them and the Russian Liberals as to estab-
lish the wild tales Of an Apglo-Japanese
conspiracy against Russia. It is reported
that Gen. Trepof summoned the French
correspondents to the Winter Palace and
warned them to cease sending exaggerated
stories to their papers.
The st. Petersburg correspondent OF the
Daily Mail says that he visited Tsarskoe-
selo He describes the extraordinary pre-
cautions that have been taken to insure
the safety of the Gar. The country for
miles around Is secured by Cossaoks, while
inside the park the ring fence is pioketed
by troops stationed twenty yards apart.
A despatch TO the Daily Graphic from
sevastopol says that in consequence OF
the gravity Of the situation there the naval
and military commandments have been in
vested with full powers to repress disorders
and to punish disturbers of the peace at
their discretion. More than 900 persons
have been arrested.
4 news agency despatch from Batoum
says that Prince Jourieli. one of the chiefs
OF police there, was shot and killed on the
street on Friday. The shot was fired from
the midst of crowd Other shots were
fred The murderer disappeared.
A despatch to the Standard from Odessa
says that most Of the persons arrested at
are sailors.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 2o.-Foroe still
rules the capital and the day passed with
put any disturbances. The workers, hav-
ing no alternative except starvation will.
as was indicated in THE SUNS dispatches
last week. generally resume work to-mor-
row, and in the st. Petersburg district
things thenceforth. for time at least, will
have their normal aspect.
There i no intention, however, Of aban-
doning the political agitation, The move
ment has been merely driven beneath the
surface. The revolutionary leaders have
been encouraged by learning of the defeat
OF Gen. Mistchenko's operations in Man
churia, every check 81 the military power
being scored on the credit side of the social |
struggle.
The correspondent OF THE Sun learns
that the detention Of Maxim Cork, the
author and Liberal leader, and Prof. Ges- |
sen Of the ST. Petersburg University, ia
with the discovery of n docu- |
ment prepared by irresponsible persons,
chiefly women revoutionaries, naming a |
provisional government, in which Cork |
is designated az treasurer and Prof Gessen |
rs director Of the armed forces.
Count Lamsdorf, Minister Of Foreign |
Affairs. has received from the German !
a note informing him that
German subject was among those killed in /
St. Petersburg last Sunday Count Lams-
dorff transmitted the note to Gen. Trepor |
for investigation.
The Holy Synod OF the Orthodox Church |
has addressed a circular to the members |
Of the Greek Church, which ascribes the
strikes to the Indictment Of enemies at
nome and abroad, 1t refers TO Father Gapon
"a "a criminal priest. who impudently
his sacred vow, and who Is now
before the ecclesiastical court II adds:
He was not ashamed to give into the
hands of the workmen whom he deceived
the cross, holy picture and church banners
which he had foroibly taken from a chapel
n order that under the protection Of the
-acred relics so dear TO the faithful he might
cad the men TO certain disturbances and
some even TO death.
The enemies Of Russia are striving to
shake down her pillars Of orthodoxy and
lutocracy. without which Russia would
,ome to ruin. What grief It is that ortho-
io1 people should rise against lawful power,
hat they should go against one another
while their brothers are fighting in the
East. and the Emperor and Empress are
to.alleviate the sufferings OF
he wounded
Prince Galitzin, Mayor OF Moscow, who
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