Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-11-19
RUSSIAN SITUATION
is GEC ling BETTER
Government Using it's Power
to Crush Out Strike.
TRYING TO PREVENT ANARCHY
The Government Employees Are Being
Warned not to Join the Strikers or
Give Them succor-strike Move
ment Gets Little encouragement.

ment Gets Little encouragement.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 18.-The sud-
den awakening of the Conservative
and Liberal elements to the impera-
tive necessity for resisting to the ut
most the attempt of Radicals and So
cialiss who are conducted the present
strike to obtain the upper hand has
galvanized the leaders into action and
has started a healthy movement in IA
vor of entirely cutting loose from the
radical wing M. Dmitri Shipoff and
DuchkOff and other leaders of various
groups including the constitutional
Democrats, will petition Moscow to as
semble the zemstvo congress assem-
blage there to unite all the forces
which desire to prevent anarchy in
condemning the political strike and to
join in supporting the government in
its efforts to restore tranquility and
introduce the new regime. Tle gov
ernment is able to take frmer stand
because of this reaction in public opin-
ion.
Count Witte believed that such re-
action must come but he wisely waited
until public sentiment showed dispo-
sition to support the government be-
fore indicating energetic measures. By
mis- direction the prefect of police, Gen
eral Dodulin, issued the proclamation
yesterday instructing the trades not to
yield to the threats of the agitators
and walking delegates, who ordered
them to close their shops and promis
ing the tradesmen police and military
protection.
A government note was simultane
ously issued prohibiting goernment en-
ployes from participating in organiza
tions actively opposing the govern
ment 1t points out that the restric
tion of political activity on the part of
the government employees is not sub
versiye of t4air liberties, but is imper
ative to the maintenance of the disci
pline, calls attention to the fact that
j in free countries like the United States
pernicious political activity on the part
of the officials is inhibited and re.
calls the fact that less tnan a fortnight
ago the French chamber of deputies
supported Premier Rouvier's decision
not to permit the political organization
of state servants.
The note is directed particularly
against the attempt to organize in
Moscow, the society of post and tele
graph employees, the avowed objection
of which is to compel tle convocation
Of constituent assembly and whose
members pledge themselves to donate
so per cent of their salaries to the
strike fund
The stopping of the posts and tele
graphs it is pointed out, would endan
ger the life of the state and every EN-
ploye joining the organization referred
to will instantly be dismissed
The employees of the government rail
roads, are also threat Sed with dis
missal if they join the strike.
The break in the ranks of the strik
ers in Poland and the refusal of many
organizations in the interior especially
those Of the railroad men at Moscow
to strike on account of Poland and the
fierce dissensions which nave broken
out among the workmen's leaders al
st. Petersburg seems to doom the
strike movement to failure and tenn
porarily at Ieas tmus tinfiict a defeat
on the social democrats.
The government has taken the occa
sion to officially deny that the meas
ures taken in Poland were in many
ways melted by Germany or that any
! arrangement exists with Germany upon
the subject.