Evening journal., 1905-01-25

st. Petersburg, Jan. 25.-St. Peters
burg has been declared in a state of
siege General Trepof, until recently
chief Of police of Moscow, has been
appointed governor general Of st. Pc
tersburg and has taken up quarters in
the winter palace. Strangely enough,
the only precedent is the case of Cen
eral Trepoff's father, during the reign
Of Nihilistic terrorism under Alexan-
der H., and it is also a strange coin
cidence that unsuccessful attempts
were made on the lives Of both. Cen
eral Trepoff is a man of great energy,
but the measures he adopted at Mos
COW for suppressing the student
demonstration in December last pro-
voked much resentment, and the revo-
lutionists recently condemned him to
death.
The aspect Of the Russian capital is
decidedly more calm. Business, which
had been at a complete standstill, has
been resumed upon limited scale. The
employees in a few of the smaller fac
tories went back to work, and the
crowds of strikers in the streets were
diminished. The troops in evidence
were not so numerous as on Monday.
and a more confident feeling exists in
official circles that the energetic uleas-
ures which have been inaugurated will
ensure the safety and quiet Of the
city.
Beneath the surface, however, the
ferment continues, and the public ner-
vousness and apprehension as to future
developments is still unallayed. Secret
meetings of different classes in oppo-
sition to the existing order of things
were held in various places during the
afternoon and evening, but the diver
gent elements which were suddenly
brought together by the tragic events
of last Sunday are advancing on di-
vergent plans, and no common ground
of action has yet been found. In the
meantime the police are actively
searching out the leaders. Three we'll
known Russian authors and a promi-
nent editor were arrested, and the
prisons are filled with agitators, revo-
lutionists and student orators. Such
measures may result in bomb throw
/ ing and terrorism, but the consensus
of opinion IS that the immediate fu-
ture actions of the agitators depends
upon what occurs in Moscow and other
large cities of Russia, where the work.
men are beginning to strike. over 100,-
600 men are out in the old capital OF
the empire. A telephone message from
Moscow reported that there had been
no disorder there as yet There will be
Q big demonstration in Moscow today,
and it is feared that 1t will be accom-
/ panied by bloodshed.
The situation confronting the mill
/ tary authorities at Moscow is much
more serious than that in st. Peters
burg. Out of over 1.00O,OOO inhabitants
of Moscow. over two-thirds are work.
men, including an exceedingly Tough
and turbulent element The troops
there are fewer, and the city docs not
/ lend itself like St. Petersburg. to nat
ural barriers to prevent the congrega-
tion of men. The centre of the town
has no bridges and no canals, ana hills
and narrow streets make it difficult for
troops to act. Only the gates ercing
the walls of the old Chinese town,
which surrounds the Kremlin. would
afford the military natural places to
i bar demonstrators.
At Kovno and Wilma, where strikes
also have been begun, the workmen
are following the st. Petersburg plan
of marching about the city and induc-
ing or forcing other workmen to leave
their employment
The windows and doors Of practi-
cally every shop and residence in st
Petersburg are boarded up, and at mid
night the streets, as on Monday night
were completely deserted, except fol
troops.
4 During the day there was q great
crop of sensational rumors, including
stories of strikers marching on Kol
pino to seize the small arms factor.
T, there, and bf the assassination Of Gen
eral Fullon. the chief of police Of ST
, Petersburf, all of which, on investiga
tion, have turned out to be false. Th'
inhabitants have again been warne,
5 20 remain indoors.
Il is not known definitely whethe
Father Gopon, the leader of the work
E men. is in Moscow or in st. Peters
burg. A proclamation said to emanat
I from him has been distributed. indi
. eating that he has gone over body an
soul TO The Social Democrats.
( The proclamation declares that sine
, the emperor and the emperors minis
ters have refused to listen to the pee
pies grievances and fired upon then
!. the government has outlawed itself, S
? that every mans hand should b
3 against it, and calls upon the people .
el slay the outlaws and destroy the gov
}, ernment root and branch 1t authorize
: the men TO use bombs. dynamite an
& Missionary Meeting at Trinity.
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