The sun., 1905-12-18
BALTIC REBELS USE TORCH.
povrS or THE HATED RUSSIAN
MOBILES DESTROY Ed.
pcpand Made for Recognition OF the Ath'
usnlau Republic-German subjects
Among Hostages Takcn-LcaderS or
vorkmen's Union Thrown Into Prison.

,tuhnen Dec lit Is announced from
uouthern IiVonia that the whole country IL
IN open rebelion. Estate managers arc
he,ne fred on by subordnates, Country
seat. are lying in ruins,
The estate of Juergensburg il bcsieRed by
son,c 100 rebels. The castle at Lemberg was
cot IN fire after being saturated with petro-
Ioum At Allasch a dwelling house and
dstillery we're reduced to ashes. From
Ntau To Segewold properties have been
burned to the ground.
nj 10 drag goons called out 81 are miss
ing The rest declare that for a distance
NJ eighty mlns they have seen properties
burning
loR IHE LITHUANIAN RtPuBLlC.
Rrc,, Dec l8 Delayed. The municipal
officer, to-day. after notifying tho mobiles,
entered into negotiations with the rebels.
The latter demand from the mobiles, in re-
urn tor the surrender of seventeen host
aqe. including four German subjects, that
the Lithuanian republic shall he recognized
and it. entire IN dependence Of Russia be ad-
nl,tfed
Fighting il proceeding at Mtau under
the leadership of bands armed by the
Socialists. An attack on the castle has
been beaten oH. The rebels have forced
the Swedish Consul to withdraw his per-
mission for German Russians to use Swedish
passenger steamer-.
ST PETERSBURG, Dec. Is, Via tydthuh-
men, Prussia, Dec. IA merchant here
has received letter from Riga by mes
,rnger. The latter travelled on a loco
motive. which was fired on at many places
The letter states that incendary placards
ere uosted everywhere in the town in
ctiuE the peoT le to exterminate the no
hilitv and capitalists. The more respectable
members of the community have organized
themselves into armed bands for defence.
They are partly guarding the principa
buildings. taking watch in turn.
The letter adds that reliance can be
placed on the trcoDs, but according to
the reports current here the soldiery are
oltnur bered and would be unable to hold
their own against the revolutionists. Prac-
t,allv all the landowners have fed from
their estates.
GERMAN wARsHIPS EXPECTED.
Riga is full of refugees. Sufficient YES
sells to carry them out Of the country art
not available German warships are eX'
nected. Several Englishmen have left 70,
Ripa Inv way Of Reval. Nothing has yet
been heard of them.
Everything is being done here to sustain
R,,ssian rentes. Ii is understood that Rec
Cross funds are being invested in rentes
: The revolutionists maintain that they are
receiving code kilograms from various
parts of the empire. They alege tina
400 soldiers held a meeting at lrkutsk an'
resolved TO associate themselves with the
rest Of the Russian people to obtain tn
abolition of capital punishment and MARTA
Iaw. and 10 secure the convening OF con
4 stit,lou' assembly. The troops, even the
Co,s1cI,. at Irkutsk are everywhere &C
claimed 10y the inhabitants.
wuRhMEN's COUNCIL IN PRISON.
ST PfrERsBuRG, Dec. 1.-THE arre7
last might Of the entire Council of the Work
. men Delegates numbering $50 members
the .rr.r.rl-on OF newspapers which printed
The vorkmeu's revolutionary proclamation
and the arrest of their editors, and, abov
al the virtually dictatorial powers con
ferled on. the provincial governors, prov
that the Government has resolved to at
temp, 10 suppress the revolution with a
irou hand.
Wh,ther it will succeed in regainiug N
mastery depends entirely upon the troops
II ma iolltv of them remain loyal an Ell
y
hut. Iudging from the latest news fror
Moscow and other centres, it is not unlikel
that +. raact ionarv revival will be cut shol
Il by the out break OF civil hwar
Yesterday the editors Of the Russ. SO
bodry and Ndrod were arrested. The editc
If th" Fuss was released on giving lo.oi
nlhjes bail. The police are searching Il
+. Prof Mimkoff, who is connected with u
= NGrod but he has hitherto evaded arrest
n All the stats of the extreme papers al
expecting TO be arrested at any momeh
They arr taking every precauton, cham
ing their lodgings every night.
Mo- of the arrested members OF II
Council of Worklnen's Delegates we're d
tanned n The Economic Institute until
II o'clock This morning, when they we
driven to the Tiborg side of the city in va
and lodged in prison. Several of the
carried revolvcr~, which they broke
piece before the troops ascertalned
Ehor the weapons belonged.
ATTEMPT AT TRAIN wRECKING.
Owing to the removal Of a, rail forei,
train lea wing here at noon yesterday "
deraiIed verst outside the city. j. w
going at slow speed and no damage W
done. i carried n large quantity o' Ro
IN Government account.
One hundred and seventy doctors ei
nloyed IN rho Moscow municipal serVl
n met Yesterday and passed resolutions
oord5' ,vmpathv with the postal al
te!ec arh omnlovecs. They also dcman nd
the immediate repatriation ot the Ma
rhIr'an army and The abolition Of capt.
punishment
+ strike Of chemists Is imminent
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