Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-11-16
St. Petersburg in Ferment from
Political UpheaVaI Imperial
Lands Gift to Peasants.
AMBASSADORS B USY.
Foreign Representatives Taking
Measures to Protect Their
COuntrymen.
CITY MORE QUIET.
ST. PETERSBURG. Nov.
10:--This city is more quiet
this afternoon. The strike
seems 10 be weakening.


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Down with the court martial" Down
with the death penalty. Down with
martial law in Poland and IN all Rus
STAR Such is the text of the work
mems proclamation in declaring
great strike here.
The Social Democrats here have had
an impressive response on the part of
all organizations of workmen TO their
summons for Il general political strike
to demonstrate their solidarity with
the struggle Of their Polish comrades
for autonomy and to protest against
the execution of the mutinous sailors
at Cronstadt. The men walked out of
all the big mills and factories. and the
employees Of the Baltic ana Warsaw
railroads. the printers and other class
cs of laborers struck, but the shops in
the center of the city We're not closed
Troops have taken charge of the elec-
tric light stations. which are operated
by sailors, SO that the city was not in
darkness last night.
The country is fast punging into Il
vortex Of revolution and is showing
Il bewildering change that has taken
place i'll few short months.
The embassies are advising men to
send away thcir families owing TO the
general strike inauguraied throughout
Russia. while the city of Nladiyostok is
occupied by mutinous Cossacks and
/ soldiers.
Not Il single carriage of any of the
! members Of the imperial family is to
be seen IN The capital. There is not
carriage ON the Neva quay.
The Winter palace is occupied by
that king OF democrats. Count Serguis
Witic. man hated by the emperor
and an enemy of the grand dukes.
And Countess Witte is there, too, wait
ed on by imperial servants. He who
until few weeks ago had been banned
from appearing at court, Count Witte
is virtually in supreme command of
this great country.
He has shown Il taste of his temper
by dismissing -four pcccant governors
of provinces in one day, and at his belt
hang the political scalps Of six mAlis-
ters who fell the same day.
In talk with prominent official of
the foreign office he speaks with inter
est upon the possible necessity Of
dismembernent OF the empire--Finland
for the Films. Poland for the Poles
and the Caucasus for the Caucasans.
1t is stated that Father Gapon has
appeared in the capital.
The employees of the st. Petersburg
and Tsarskoe- Selo railroad Joined the
strike late last night
If the Finnish Socialists join tleir
Russian comrades and tie up the Fin
Dish railroad The only egress from
the capital would be by water. and
the freezing of the gulf of Finland
/ fortnight hence would close the last
exit. The foreign embassies share the
public alarm, and the British embassy
is advising the immediate removal Of
women and children.
All Russia is again in the grip of 4
great political labor Hphcayal ordered
by the worknen's strike committee,
which now Is completely under the
domination Of the social revolution
lists. whose leaders openly proclaim
that their ultimate object is the com
plete overthrow of the monarchy and
the establishment of a democratic re-
public.
A report says that ukase will short
ly be issued whereby large portion
of the imperial domain. which covers
a third OF European Kussia ana Which
at present is the property OF the en-
peror and grand dukes, will be given
to the peasants.
The emperor and The empress ard
their children have left Peterhof for
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