Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-08
AWFUL TALES OF CARNAGE
Told by VIM. Stead in Berlin, Fresh
from Revolving Scenes.

Berlin, Nov. T.-Wm. T. Stead. fresh
from Russia by way of Finland ana
Copenhagen stopped over in Berlin, to-
day, on his way to Paris. For an hour
and a half he poured forth ms ViVio
impression of hell pretty wei let
loose" as he called il. of the thinss
that he had seen and heard ana OF the
"ghastly weller into which Russian
society has drifted." 81,
Strange things are happening, salu
Mr.. Stead. "Fhink of the incidents at
Reval. A certain widow, named Linde.
dressed in scarlet from top to toe ana
with an ak over her shoulder. placed
herself at the head of the mob. All
night the revolutioniStS whetted Them
selves up. In the meantime the gov
eminent had gotten out troops and the
mob had gathered in the great square
"The governor called on the mob 10
disperse and that if after Is minutes
they did not dispense he would order
the. troops to fire. Five minutes went
by and the Widow Linde climbed q
lamp post and cried out encouragement
and exhorted steadfastness for the
revolution. The soldiers began to call
out to the people to go away as If they
we're ordered to fire they must do SO
and they did not want to kill anybody.
"'Kill him. kill him. screamed the
Widow Linde, pointing to the governor
Several revolver shots were nred
from the crowd, hut no one was hit.
The governor who waited to the END OF
Il minutes then gave the command 10
fire and the Widow Linde shot through
the body fell to the ground.
zone hundred and five dead persons
were picked up from the square and ~
more died in the hospitals.
..'The coolest man in Russia Is the
Emperor. God grant that he may keep
his seat, that the Liberals may gather
about him and that they may resist
The fires of dissolution. His authority Is
,hakcn: passions are loose and things
are likely to be worse. There may be
fearful slaughterings. AS an Optlmist l
think a hundred thousand lives may
fall. If were pcssmistic, | would say
two millions. The situation is some
thing like this:
Tho police, gendarmes and Cossacks
have been supprrssing a revolution in
the name of the Emperor. Suddenly
they say, the Emperor goes over to the
LIBERIA! side ana that he thinks more
q" those who want to vote ana VINO are
doing everything in the way OF meet
ing and agitation which the police were
taught to believe was unlawful than he
does of them. As simply human nature
The notice and Eendarmes say:
oh very well. If the Emperors
ICY. friends act like this it is no con-
cerr of ours!'
And when the police are Indifferent
the Hooligans break loose and toryisn
in society also breaks loose. That mass
of ignorant conservatism which only
thinks of killiag-the Black Hundred If
Moscow-are Conservatives who are
offended by the Liberals getting tht
upper band
Mr.. Stead said that the army couit
no longer be depended upon. He added
..'rhc Thing to save Russia is for tn
Liberals to organize special constabu
laries to uphold order and allow um'
to work out the new government ma
chine,y. Things are about as bad a.
possible. but ! hope that order vii
emerge. especially if all the alcoho
could be turned into sour milk durin,
the next three months. Whenever grea
excuses are committed they are pre-
cedcd by Il liberal consumption OF al
cohOl.'