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factories will be opened. This will
leave the hands Of the government free
to deal with the telegraphers.
/ NJ. Sevastianoff, superintendent OF
posts and telegraphs, tonight issued a
notice to all telegraph and post en-
ployees that unless they returned to
work tomorrow they would be dis
charged and their places filled: The pre-
lin. also issued proclamation warning
walking delegates and agitators that
any attempts to dissuade employees,
! either of private or public concerns, by
threats of violence to leave the fac
tories. mills or public institutions, would
lead to their arrest and the imposition
| of a fine Of $3.50 and Imprisonment for
| three months. s.... f.. r.. ..sa
| Furthermore, the government has re-
ceived reassuring news concerning the
| outbreak Of troops in the Baltic PROV
| inces. .s...-s* IN -
May Change for Worse.
Nevertheless, it is realized that the
| situation may at any moment change
for the worse should the leaders of the
| revolutionaries and social democrats,
who seem to hold the fate of the coun-
1 try in their hands, suddenly alter their
plans. -. -
The government version Of the arrest
Of the soldiers of the guard at Tsarskoe-
Selo is that the soldiers were incensed
at the mutiny In .Sevastopol and at the
public insults to which they were con
stantly subjected, even in the streets of
Tsarskoe- Selo, and they demanded that
| they be led against the revolutionaries
and intelligencia in the capital. When
their officers tried to quiet them the
men became so obstreperous that they
had to be arrested.
The reactionary influences at court
and the imperial guard are making des-
perate efforts to unhorse Count Witte.
to proclaim dictatorship and to fight
the revolution with bullets and bavo.
nets. Their candidates for dictator are
General Count Alexis Ignatieff and Gen
erai Skallon, governor general of Po-
Alarm in Capital. -.
St: Petersburg. Dec. al pm, via
Berlin, Dec. 3.--Intense alarm prevails
here Communication with the outer
world by telegraph ceased this morning
when the Finnish operators joined their
Russian comrades.
The L embassies, legations and banks
to both the Finnish and German 'front.'
iers
The population is almost in state of
panic, fearing that the railroads will
stop runnlng. and that the inhabitants
therefore will have nc mode Of fight in
the event of the cataclysm, which they
seem to fear is imminent. -
! Stories of the spread of disaffection
in the guard regiments are il, every
Ebody's mouth and the revolutionaries
continue to boast that the troops will
no longer fire on the people.
''Mutiny at Palace
This morning newsboys were openly
hawking fysheets, in the streets con
tanning an account of an alleged revolt
at Tsarskoe-Selo and crying out "Tbe
emperor's palace guard has mutinied. -
According to reliable information
the only foundation for these stories is
the arrest of the soldiers Of the guard
at Tsarskoe:. Selo Thursday. Neverthe-
less, in their excited state the people
give ready credence to ali rumors and
this adds to the general alarm.
The air is also filed with stories of
the alleged revolution at the palace
Friday, IN which Grand Duke Boris is
" said to haves attempted the life +-of-.the
: emperor. These stories likewise are IN
in the palace is considered possible at
any time.
People Hoarding Money.
The situation has greatly increased
the dangers of financial crash. The
people, even the commercial interests
are withdrawing their money from the
banks, converting it into gold, hoard
ing. it or demanding foreign exchange
the foreign balances Of the government
Exchange on London yesterday rose tc
9.50--over rouble above the normal.
The Associated Press has jus1
learned from a high authority that the
situation iu the. Baltic provinces has
grown cesdingly grave and that the
troops at Reval and neighborhood are
in open mutiny. This was the rea
cause of the extraordinary cabinet
meeting at Tsarskoe-Selo last night.
According to reports, the attitude .o1
the troops in the Baltic provinces is
regarded by the. government as the
most dangerous factor that has thus
far developed.
Police Were to Strike.
A strike of the. policemen and house
porters Of st. Petersburg is scheduled
for tomorrow (Sunday).
Count White continues to refuse tt
i deal. with the .telegraphers, declaring
that for the government to yield woulc
4 be equiv alcnt to it's abdication at theil
! torder. Nevertheless the surrender Of
q the government to their demand fo1
+ the dismissal of M Durnovo, acting
minister of the interior, is regarded al
inevitable
II. Instructions to the governors an(
) the local authorities are sent with greai'
, lines. IF. T.
JEWS APPEAL TO NATIONS.