Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-29
KEEP Up FEEBLE SHOW
Moscow Revolution on Its
Last Legs.
REVOLT ABOUT CRUSHED
ST. PETERSBURG PAPERS CON-
TINUE TO INFLUENCE READERS.
Provinces Affected for First Time
Revolutionists In Possession
Of Town.
REVOLT ABOUTCRUSHED

ST. PETERSBURG, December o. 1:3o
p.m.-The correspondent of the Associated
Press at Moscow telegraphs that the scat
tered revOlutionists there are only able to
keep up feeble show of resistance to the
troops, and the workmens council, reaifz-
ing that the revolt is crushed, Is negotiating
terms for the strikers who participated IN
the uprising. with the view of calling on
the strike on Monday. Nevertheless the
radical papers of st. Petersburg continue
to infiame their readers with stories OF des-
perate fighting In the streets OF MOSCOW
representing the revolutfonists as peing IN
complete possession Of ten square miles OF
the city. which the troops with all their
authority and machine guns are unable TO
pierce These papers print columns OF oe-
scriptivs matter representing the revoiutlon-
lists fighting valiantly behind barrioades'
standing on heaps Of corpses OF their COM
rades- SO
The DIVA prints interview with stu
dent who has arrived here from MOSCOW
in which the student says that horror OF the
sights he witnessed was driving MIN insane
and he was forced to Zee.
Foreign Socialists Busy.
1t seems established that some members OF
tho fighting organizations of the German
and other foreign socialists have come to
use of arms, the art of constructing barrf-
cades and the manufacture of bombs.
Although now It Is only a question of time
when the flames of open revolt VIII De ex-
tinguished. the Moscow revolutlonlsts nave
made good use of their instruction TO start
fires elsewhere.
For the first time the provinces east OF
Moscow in the heart of great RUSSIA, are
affected At Zlatoust, town In the gov
eminent of Ola. where large government
arms factory Is situated, the workmen seem
to be In complete possession of the town;
They have seized the works hoisted the req
flag, have declared republic and all tne
authorities have been made captfves anu
are threatened with instant deatn IL troops
are sent to Zlatoust.
Small Army Organized.
In addition the workmen have organized
themselves into small army, and oaily
parade the streets, headed by band or
music playing the "Marseillaise. Here
too, German socialists have appeared
At Samora. near Nizhni Novgorod. also
a large manufa curing town, 10000 WORK
men rose and attempted to march on NlZn-
nj Novgorod. but were met by troops Win
artillery and were routed with the loss OF
several score of men.
to Samora, where they erected barbados,
which the artillery have been firing at for
two DAYS. The workmen used bombs freely
at SamOra, which IS now separated ironi
Nizhni Novgorod. but a rising Is expected
at the latter place. which has about $4,000
inhabitants.
Sailors Assisted Revolutionists.
At Veronezh, South Russia, the workmen
decided in favor of an armed revolution.
but the authorities succeeded In arresting
eleven of the ringleaders, whereupon the
revolutonists halted three train loads of
sailors of the reserve, who were on their
way to the far east.
The latter responded to the appeal of the
workmen, promptly joined them. marched
into the town and aided in the liberation of