The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-25
REVOLT IS
SPREADING
Other Russian Cities Follow
Lead OF st. Petersburg
NEWGOVERNORGE GENERAL
Imperial Decree Gives Him Con.
troll of the City
Government
NEWGOVERNORG GENERAL

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 2J.-Ihe
appointment of General Trepoff, the
former chief of police of Moscow, to
the governor generalship of st. Peters
burg was accompanied by an imperial
decree announcing the creation of the
post Of governor general. The incum-
bent Of this office. the decree states,
will be In control of all the depart
ments of administration of the city
and government OF st. Petersburg,
with power to demand the assistance
of the military and possessing all the
rights of the minister of the interior
over appointments TO the municipal
council and the zemstvos and also the
right to forbid individuals to remain in
the city.
The decree which is addressed to the
senate, says
Recent events have shown the ne
cessity for the adoption of measures
for the preservation OF state nstitu-
lions and public security adapted to
the extraordinary circumstances OF the
times On this account we have con-
sidered it necessary to create the office
of governor general of st. Petersburg
on the basis of the provisions of the
law prescribing the duties of chiefs
and governors general and of the fol-
lowing regulations:
"First.-The city and government Of
st. Petersburg are placed under the au-
thorlty of the governor general
"Second.-In questions where the
maintenance OF state institutions and
public security are at stake all the To-
cal civil authorities and all the educa-
tional institutions are made subject to
the governor general.
"Third.-The governor general has
the right, with the assent of the min
lister of the interior, to enforce meas
ures OF the censorship statute
Fourth. from the right Of
making obligatory the regulations in
accordance with law providing for
stricter maintenance Of order the gov
ernor general will be empowered to
make obligatory the regulations affect
ing objects or property of any kind in
the interests of public, tranquility and
order IN his jurisdiction
A Helsingfors FinlandD special re-
port says:
Thousands of workmen joined in a
demonstration here last night. Assem-
bling on the huge steps of the Ncolai
cathedral. they paraded the streets till
midnight. waving red flags. The win
dows of public houses, hotels, brewer
ies and number of newspaper offices
were broken. The police interfered
rather late, arresting fifty of the work
men,"
Reports are in circulation here that
the project Of police has been arrested
and that he will be succeeded by Gen
eral Trepofl, former chief of police Of
| Moscow
Cossacks while dispensing fowd Of
strikers in the Nevsky prospect drew
their swords and wounded several men.
Work has been suspended at the
works Of the Belgian Electrical COM
pany, which furnishes the majority Of
the electrical supply Of the city.
The situation is so tense that many
Inhabitants of st. Petersburg are send
ing their wives and children to Hels-
lngfors and elsewhere for safety.
kilograms from Radon, Russian Po-
land describe that city as being in a
state Of siege, with military patrols in
every street. who occasionally fire on
gatherings of the people, who return
ed the fire, killing three officers. The
revolutionists there are also said to
have blown up several buildings with
dynamite.
At Moscow the strike Is spreading
rapidly. All printing works have been
stopped. No newspapers will be is
sued there today.
The police have ordered all arms to
be removed from the windows of the
Moscow gunsmiths, majority of
whom have closed their shops.
From Kovno, on the Baltic sea. comes
dispatch saying that work has been
stopped at all the factories and rail-
| road shops there.