Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-01
SCENES IN RUSSIA.

ana cIamor 1Or greater liberties.
The political strikes are still on and
the leaders now demand that General
Trepoff be deposed.
They also want general amnesty and
the creation of national militia.
Premier Witte ia said to be preparing
a proclamation of amnesty.
Constantine Petrovitch Pobiedonost-
self, procurator of the Holy Synod and
one of the Cars chief advisers in des-
potic rule, has resigned.
The shedding of blood continues. AT
LODI, Russian Poland, troops fired on
the mobs. killing five persons and wound
inG 16.
Odessa is in the hands of mobs, the
police and some of the troops abettln
the revolutionists.
The Poles are demanding self-govern,
ment.
A big demonstration was organized by
students and workmen in st. Petersburg
yesterday. A great procession was
formed. Starting from the university
1000 strong it increased in number as
the demonstrators marched across the
river and up the Neysky Prospect as far
as the Kazan Cathedral singing the
"Marseiiaise. A dozen red banners
inscribed with the word ''SvOboda'
Qlberty) we're carried at the head OF the
parade, which stopped at the places
where the troops fred on the people
January %, and the paraders with barred
heads chanted funeral dirges. The crowds
in the streets uncovered their heads as
the procession passed.
At the Kazsn Cathedral the process
sion cOuntermsrched to the university,
where from the balconies students har-
ranged the crowds with fiery speeches,
urging the people not to cease the strug-
gle until every right of man had been
attained. In the midst of the oratory
intense enthusiasm was created by a
student who scaled the roof of the uni
versity and attached red flag to the
cross over the entrance.
The following is sample Of the in
hamatorv speeches
"You must go to the prisons and lib
crate your comrades. Go armed with
revolvers, dynamite and bombs. Ire
pof is still in power. Our watChword
must be that all the troops must be with
drawn from St. Petersburg and leave the
capital in our possession.
THAT bloody scoundrel Trepof must
be driven out of Russia. The doors Of
the bastile and of the fortresses must be
opened and a national guard must be
created for the protection of our liberties.
1t would be fatal to stop now The en-
peror has Welded because he is not sure
of the army, which, brothers, is with US.
The swords are on our side Hurrah
for liberty Hurrah for socialism p
Counter demonstrations took place on
the palace square, where several thous-
ands of people bearing white flags knelt
on the cobblestones and sang "GOd Save
the Emperor" and prayed for the en-
peror.
AS the afternoon advanced the crowds
became more unruly, and there seemed
to be momeptary danger of great disord-
ers. The Workmen all over the city lett
their work and drifted to the center of
the city, massing before the Kazan Ca
thedral.
Fully 100, 900 persons gathered in the
great square, completely filling the space
between the spreading coIonDades of the
cathedral, whose wings, like st. Peters
at Rome, stretch out like arms on either
side. The spectacle was impressive. In
the gathering gloom the red banners,
massed behind speakers on the cathedral
steps, seemed like splashes of blood
against the gray, cold, imposing ediice.
The orators were mostly students and
workmen. Their appeals kindled the
widest enthusiasm in the crowds, which
included hundreds of women and girl
students. The oratory continued for
hours, and while it was in progress
procession was formed, with students at
its head, bearing red flags. A cry was
SET up Ol 10 inc Ddslllt anu lut
procession started in that direction.
Preparations had been made against
attempts to storm the political prison,
termed the Bastile, and all the afternoon
two companies of the 5emenofsky regi-
ment and four squadrons of hussars we're
drawn up on Shpslennia street, with
ample reserves inside.
The leaders of the procession, how
ever, had already been advised that
Count Witte had announced that an
amnesty proclamation was being pre-
pared, and led the procession to the
Nevsky Prospect aud to the Nicholas
station, followed by au immense crowd,
all singing and shouting.
Complete darkness had settled down
before their return. At the Kazan
the procession was joined by
The thousands there, and singing the
"Marseilaise" and shouting for a con-
sIituent assembly, the human tide, now
of fully 200, 900 persons, swept
down the avenue aud across the palace
bridge to the university in the Vasili
OstrOv district
The shopkeepers and the better classes
Of people becime panic-stricken, fearing
hat the mob would get control of the |
,ity. The stores were closed and people !
led to their homes The Nevsky Pros
Dect and other streets we're boarded up |
rom end to end as a precautioD against |
possible pillage.
STATE OF 0UTO CITY OF TOTFDo !