The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
RUSSIA IS TORN
BY REVOLUTION
Continued from First Page.

& 5fEt 49, u * tL-s
Continued from First Page.
times, not only of students, but of
doctors and lawyers and all other Hpro-
fessional leagues Indications are that
veteran revolutionists and so-called
labor movements, and that the end
aimed at was the overthrow of alb
solutism in government, if not the
eradication Of the entire oppressive
system.
OMNIBUS SILENCE IN CAPITAL.
Darkness and Terror in st. Petersburg
When Night Falls.
BY publishers Press,
st. Petersburg, Oct. 29.-9:30 p. m.
nous silence hangs over the city to-
night. With the setting of the sun,
unbroken darkness settled down on the
city, owing to the closing down of the
electric light plant. The houses are
lighted by candles and oil lamps. Such
methods Of lighting the streets could
not be resorted to- SO no attempt has
[ been made to mitigate the darkness.
The. physical gloom in which the city
10 P1uuSCu III tudt w llCu
prevails in the minds and hearts of
| the people. E| ss s. .s5.
The preparations which have been 60
ing on to reinforce the position Of the
/ military, made quietly so as not to cause
| unnecessary sappreheIsion, or to arouse
4 the people by the show of force, have
been very significant. Theorists is here,
Land The %auth orities have put the finish
ing touches on: their preparations.
Secret Orders to Troops.
Just. as dusk settled down on the
lefty General Trepoff, assistant minister
Of the interior and military command
/ ant of St. Petersburg, rode into the
city on his return from Peterhof, where
+ he had been in consultation for hours
with the car; went at once to his
! office and within few moments under
lings were, hurrying in all directions
with secret orders to the troops.
AS rapidly as these instructions could
be carried out strong detachments Of
soldiers took up their position on all
shut off all these avenues of approach.
On these roads which were placed under
guard artillery has been trained in q
way to absolutely cover the approaches.
| 81. Artillery in Position. &
I At all points of vantage in the city,
where the space permits the handling
Of large guns, artillery has also been
stationed. =. Machine guns and even
4 pieces Of heavy ordnance are trained
on all the public squares and the parks
are similarly guarded.
The; placing Of the artillery in posi-
tion has been accomplished without. dis
play and every possible effort, has beer
- | do 70 hilo tho from Wi vr
of the people. The silent threat of these
4 pieces. thus prepared; to, deal out death
to thousands, has not been lost on the
people. G The mailed fist of Trepoff Il
well appreciated. >.
4 Secrecy Prevails.
r. Secrecy is now the order of proceed
ure in the CITY,. The authorities are not
81 revealing their plans in any way. There
} have, been, no public communications
pe ses that th aS viii hoe
to kin if there are any disorders. .
Fl The stationing Of troops on the roads
!, leading to the city apparently lis al
much Of a precaution against allowing
!, news Of outside events being brough
Il into the city by means Of couriers al
) tack. Persons trying to enter the city
= are stopped and questioned as to tn,
purpose Of their visit. In many in
7 stances they have been searched to Sc,
, if they were the bearers Of messages
to agitators which would be used t,
| excite the populace. ', ..*'
News Is Suppressed. T..
| There is significance also in the man
Il ner in which the news from the othe
+ portions Of the empire has been sup
pressed in the last few hours. Tele
graphic communication with certain
!, points has been cut of; by the striker
! and that even from points which cal
: still be reached by wire, no dispatche
telling Of the progress of affairs 70
= !, the last twelve hours have been mad
8 public 80 ~ RI
. Tn this the hand Of the censor
:; shown. =" "
! For these reasons it is difficult t.
! secure definite information as to al
y that has transpired. The meager de
2 tails simply show that there have bee
L many clashes between the aroused pee
: pie and the soldiers in various part
. of the empire:
Z The reason why such news is sur
= pressed is plain enough. The author
q. tiles here fear the effect that tn
}, knowledge Of what: their compatriot
!, | in other cities have been doing wi
+ incite the populace in st. Petersbur
= ! to deeds Of violence. u,
e kilograms Suppressed.
ell Private kilograms telling of the ha,
IA penings of today and this evening hav
ej been suppressed. Not code messae
n has been transmitted since Frida,
= The newspapers have not appeared tt
day, soathat even had press dispatcht
been allowed to reach their destinatio
le there would have been no way of the
1t reaching the people. In the absent
y of reliable information on the subiec
IN however, rumors Of the worst cha
e acter have flown thick and fast a
n day
les From what is known it is believe
ID the revolution has actually commence
is and that it has gained great headws
8 in certain parts Of the country It
s. believed here that there have been di
Us turbances of serious nature, acco1
u panied by great deal Of bloodshed
II Warsaw. It is also believed that
y LODI there have been similar disc
~ ders. All southern Russia is tndersto,
a to be afame with the revolutiona
~ propaganda. Enough information
a% give basis for this belief was receiv
"a before the censorship was exercised
vigorously.
Z Situation at Moscow.
s. The situation at Moscow is also /
q lieved to be bad Communication wi
EE5l boE oi,,4 hoe "a. =,