Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-06
Official Note Declared Reforms
Will Be Executed.
PROMISED BY THE CZAR
BUT NEW ORDER OF THINGS RE-
QUIRFs DELIBERATIoN.
Emperor Attended Banquet of officers
and Later Reviewed Regiment
Cost of the Strike.

ST. PETERSBURG, Tuesday December
5. via Eydtkuhnen,- East Prussia, Decem-
Der 6.-An official note was issued today,
explaining that while the government Is in
fieXibly determined to carry out the reforms
promised by the imperial manifesto of Oc-
tober 30, 1t is impossible at one stroke to
accustom the population to the administra-
ton of the new order of things created by
the manifesto Until the new legisla ton re-
Quired by the reforms is effected the old
laws must be enforced. except where they
are already replaced by temporary provis-
ions
The note adds that drafts of the provis-
ional regulations governing freedom of the
press and the right of association have been
completed, that the deliberations regarding
the reform of the council of the empire and
the extension of the franchise are nearing
conclusion, and that the elections to the
national assembly are being expedited. At
the same time measures are being initiated
to cope with the disturbances which are en-
dangering public security.
Press Censor Relieved.
NJ, Belgard, chief of the press censorship
office has been relieved of his post at his
own request.
AT the review of the Smonovsky Regiment
at Tsarkoe-Selo yesterday the emperor ad-
dressed the troops, commenting on their
tried loyalty.
AT the subsequent regimental banquet
given by the officers his majesty thanked
the regiment for it's exemplary services and
expressed the hope that IL would aIwavs
Show itself as firmly united as II was al
present - """ at
Advices from Voronezh dated December 2
say that the soldiers of disciplinary bat
tallon are parading the town I'm gangs ana
lnumidating the populace One contfn eent
II is added, is touring the surrounding vii,
lages and estates and levying blackmail
Increased Wages Stops Factories.
WARSAW, Russian Poland, December G
Many of the smaller factories are going
INTO bankruptcy because oof their inability
10 meet the additional expenditure oeca-
stoned by the increase of wages which the
strikers forced the owners to grant.
Eight hundred men employed at the gov
ernnent central alcohol store have struck
Tor additional pay.
The postal and telegraph authorities esti
mate that the government is losing $4,000
daily by the present strike, while the gov
eminent loss from tickets alone during
the recent railroad strike is estimated at
$lS, 500 eco
A woman revolutionist, Olga Henkin,
who. accompanied by a friend went to
ivanoyo, on the Moscow-Yaroslav railway,
to deliver revolutionary speeches, was
Waylaid by workmen on her arrival at the
station and both she and her companion
were killed
Enjoined to Continue Strike
BERLIN, December Ga dispatch to
the Tageblatt from st. Petersburg, via
Eydtkuhnen. December 6 says:
The central bureau of the Moscow Tele-
graph and postal employees has sent the
following telegram TO all the cities in Rus
sia:
All your demands will be granted Con-
tinue the strike Trust in victory. The
prospects are good. Witte agrees to every
thing. Only Durnovo opposes. Remain
firm "