The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-11-17
OFFERS CAR FLEET
German Emperor Would Aid
Brother Sovereign.
WARSHlP HOyERS NEAR PETERHOF
Russia sim scene of Much Mutiny
and RfotinE - General Political
CatacIysm II Feared-Ruier
L. In Peril.

CatacIysm d. Fesred-Ruier
l. In Peril.
ST. PE'EERSBURG. Nov. a. - Tie
dreaded Intervention OF Germany in
The Russian crisis has COME Tie kai-
ser when he learned Of the CrOnstadt
riots sent a wireless message 10 the
ear Offering 10 place The German
northern squadron at his disposal The
rzar sent back message Of thanks.
II j. not known whether the offer
goes beyond safeguarding the sover-
lgn's person, but inasmuch as a Ger
man warship had been stationed OF
peterhof for several days FOR this pur-
pose it is inferred that Emperor VIII
liam's proposal has wider signin-
canoe.
Poland is not 10 be permitted 90 be-
come a second Finland. The Russian
government in a strongly worded proc
.amstion serves notice on the Polish
Nstionalsts that Tor good or I'D the
ancient kingdom Of Poland has now
become an integral part OF the Rus
sian empire and that while the gov
.rnment intends to fully observe the
national rights Of Poland any attempt
10 wrest Polish autonomy from the
emperor would be considered an act OF
revolt and would lead the Poles into
The sorrowful paths trOdden by them
In 1881 and 1868 The Russian author
tiles declare that none " the benefits
of the emancipation manifesto can be
conferred on "a country In revolt
All Poland. exasperated az martial
law. threatens 10 rise. Father Gapon
is returning to 81 Petersburg Peas
ant rioting IN southeast Russia grows
worse AS # spreads
Amid the virtual chaos now existing
there are beginning 10 develop certain
ominous features which leave little
hope Of ayerting general political
cataclysm IN Russia. The cOntending
forces are divided into four camps:
-Thereactionsries includingthe
court party, some military leaders and
some bureaucrats who FOR the past
ten days have been melting the dregs
Of the population TO murder and out
rage in order 10 frighten the car into
R withdrawal OF the concessions.
Second.-Count Witte and his follow
ers. including many bureaucrats and
some upper class Liberals.
Third.-The whole commercial class
and the moderate reformers, who are
best described as zemstvoists.
Fourth.-The Socialist workmen. who
created the present situation by gen
eral strike
According 10 information received
here, the mutlny IT Cronstadt is not
yet quelled, the Fourth and Seventh
equlpages still holding out I'm their
barracks and keeping the troops which
surround the building az bay by means
Of machine guns mounted at the win
dows. The commander OF the forces,
il is added. hesitates TO order the troops
TO storm the building believing he can
reduce the mutlneers 10 submission by
starvation.
General Beleaf has been summarily
dismissed. Cronstsdt has now been
turned into a huge camp.
A late dispatch says that a revolt
has broken ont in the garrison Of Svea-
borg. Hundreds Of the soldiers claim
they have been retained with the colors
from two to three years beyond the
legal period Of service and also com
plain OF their conditions Of life.
The mutineers refused 10 obey or
ders. expelled the civilians frem the
precincts Of the fortress and IN several
OF the barracks threw beds, chairs and
kltchen apparatus out Of the windows.
They then opened negotiations with
General Kaigarodoff and Governor Ny
lands. who promised 10 remedy their
grievances and 10 give them easier
terms OF service There was no blood
shed
A report here says that 1900 Gsor-
gians. armed with modern rines' hold
Georgia. in Transcaucasia. despite the
three important Russian forces con
verging thereon and that except for
runners. Georgia has been completely
isolated FOR many days.
In consequence Of the discovery OF
plots at Warsaw 10 blow mp the S. Pc
tersburg and Berlin railroad all The
railroads I'm Russian Poland are now
guarded by military A patrol dIscoy
cred that the line between Warsaw
and Lomza was mined. a powerful
charge Of dynamite had been placed In
an underground chamber, which would
have been exploded by the first passing
train. A short distance on the Other
side NJ Warsaw 1000 informal machine
was exploded and destroyed the track
but the damage was discovered before
fha arrival of \ train