The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-29
Revolution PervadeS Air
 in Russia. GEAR STILL IS STUBBORN
Unwilling to Grant Demands
 of Count Witte.
Trepoff, the Other strong Man of the Empire, Has 00y0O0 Soldiers Under His Command in
 The Capital.

St. Petersburg, Oct. 2S.-Day after day passes without the promulgation of Rusia's new governmental organ a responsible ministerial cabinet to bring order out of the present admin isterial chaos.
 Count Witte to whom all factions took to take the premiership, has spent almost the entire time of the past two days at Peterhof wrestling with the Emperor, insisting upon conditions in connection with appointments which his majesty was unwilling to grant. Upon his return to St. Petersburg to- night Count Witte announced that the cabinet project which has been lying signed for three days on the Emper- or's table. would not be promulgated tomorrow, intimating thereby that his program which Is known to include a. species Of constitutions involving tHe granting of four lfberties-freedom of speech. freedom of assembly. freedom of the press, and freedom of the per- son--has not been accepted.
 It is felt here that the delay cam not be long protracted and that it is only a question of hours when the Emperor confides the fortunes of the dynasty and the government to Count Witte's hands.
 From Bad to Worse.
 Meanwhile the situation is passing from bad to worse with matters at the summit in a state of unstable euui- librium. The chief statesmen are at a loss how to act and the revolution ists, encouraged by the inactivity of the government, are growing bolder and more insistent in demands made in their speeches.
 It is true there has been no disor- AnR@ fn lot ro1r bot eral Trepoff, Russia's other strong man. has taken every measure to put down any uprising in it's incipiency, but he has not felt sure enough of his position to act boldly with regard to the revolutionary meetings at the Uni- versity and has centented himself with issuing warnings which not having been enforced. are taken by the agl- tatorr as evidences of lack of back bone.
 As before Fridays giant meeting at the University. it was again announc- ed today that further meetings there would not be permitted, but the col lege portals were again open tonight, and the hospitality of the University was extended to a group of lawyers and other professional men, one of whose orators. referring to the old Roman folk legend that the world Is supported on the backs of three whales, said that the autocracy rested on three cetacae-money, the army and the loyalty of the people. but that Russia is now bankrupt and the moral sympathy of the people alienated and that the army alone remains true and this he predicted would not be for long.
 Another speaker openly preacher ter rorism and advocated making an ex- ample of numbe of high personages
 TrOpOR Witte's Ally.
 Count Witte's ally in the stupendous task he is about to undertake will be General Trepoff, who, although all his life has been spent as an instru- ment for oppression, and though he has twice escaped attempts to execute the terrorists' sentence of death, has come to realize that the good order of things is changing and gives place to genuine convert to the policy of giv- ing the people share in the Govern ment.
 Should Witte and Trepoff now fail. the best opinion Is that nothing will save the present Government from complete ruin. Many shrewd observ- CTS believe that Witte comes too late.
 The situation in St. Petersburg is that of city under siege with an upris- ing threatened from within, almost completely isolated and its scanty store of provisions being rapidly ex- hausted.
 The garrison, however, is overwhel- mingly large. General Trepoff has 90.000 troops under his command which are distributed in every section of the city. There Is scarcely d block with z out its military patrol. Infantry and cavalry are quartered in court yards all over town, the barracks are crowd ed and the watch fires of the soldiers, who are bivouacking in the streets, light up the thoroughfares where elec- tricity has been extinguished.
 The Nevsky Prospect, the city's main avenue. which last night was in dark ness. tonight presents a weird appear ance. Powerful lights mounted at the admiralty illuminate the centre Of the avenue with binding light, leaving the sidewalks in darknes. Drivers in the roadway are dazzled by the glare. were unable to see where they were going and the throngs in obscurity on the sidewalks were in but little bet ter plight. There was constant con fusion which was augmented during the evening by an attempt of the Cos sacks and gendarmes to clear the side- walks.
 Two Hundred Thousand Idle.
 Two hundred thousand men are idle. workmen's meetings held throughout the city, unanimously favored contin- uing the strike. The lawyers during the afternoon stopped all the business of the courts.
 The situation at Moscow parallels that in St. Petersburg. The same paralysis has seized Russias second city. The strike is general. the people are defying all prohibitions and are swarming to the universities and other meeting places. A provisional govern ment has already been organized and Is waiting to exercise its powers The university is barricaded against the troops.
 The populations of other towns are growing more violent and reports of disorders are arriving in increasing numbers, but the attempts of the strike leaders to hold the people in hand thus far have been generally successful. Troops are in full possession at many places in the interior and the inhabi- tants are panic stricken.
 There is no relaxation to the rail- road strike which has spread even to Central Asia. where the trans-Caspian. Orenburg and Tashkend lines are tied up. The strike on the trans Siberian Railroad is interfering with the return of troops from the Far East. The 18th