Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-27

st. Petersburg, Dec. 27.-An Inspired
statement In Eslovo today says the gov-
sernment expects the revolt at Mos
/ cow TO be completely crushed within
four days. The duration Of the rising
10 explained by the smaA number Of
troops available. Many soldiers nec-
Nssarily were employed in guarding the
government buildings, leaving COM
Eparatively small number available to
cope with the insurgents over the wide
area Of disturbance. Fresh troops
have now arrived and the end is said
( to be near. slovo says: "The grena-
|; sdiiers have wiped out the stain on their
honor with blood, fighting in the front
ranks at their own request" From
an independent source Slovo declares
i 1t has learned the bloodshed at Mos
COW has been frightful, that the cas-
ualties win reach $4,000 and that about
zoe Red Cross workers have been des-
patched from st. Petersburg to Mos
COW to ai1 in caring for the wounded
I The paper also says 1t has learned the
arms Of tile revolutio mostly came
! from Germany and Belgium, whence
they were shipped to England, trans
shipped there and ss,nuggled into. Rus
efa thru Finland and the Baltic prov
1nces. Continuing. Slovo remarks:
syVhen ,our plenipotentiary sought to
prevent the sailing Of those vessels,
thru consuls the latter refused to act,
as all vessels flew foreign flags"
Information of other papers is that
while admitting the revolutionists are
showing signs OF exhaustion, they do
not regard the issue as decided. Molva
@IRuss) which reappeared today fans
! the names by holding out encourage
ment OF the success Of the revolt.
That paper declares that the area Of
/ fighting is increasing instead Of dim
finishing, and asserts that the insur-
gents are holding six miles of barri-
cades. ''Irven IL the revolt fails" Molva
says, It will be recommended in jan
uary or February" This also is the
view Of the revolutionary leaders here
who, however. have not yet given up
hope Of success. In any case they as
sert they can in the meantime keep the
government engaged in suppressing
continual plprisings, from place to
place, believing that each city and
town should have its baptism Of blood
rs preparation for the final up
heaval.
In spite OF bad prospects here the
leaders Of the revolutionists are con-
tinuing their desperate efforts to bring
on general conflict. At Kharkoff
yesterday the flag Of armed revolt was
raised, hut according to reports, the
troops, which had been largely REIN
forced, Put down the outbreak merci-
lessly. Members OF the so-called pro-
visional government. composed Of
twenty-five delegates, which had been
sitting there, were captured early in the
day and later when the red flag was
raised and barricades erected around
the Helfrich Engine Works, which the
armed Ievolutionists We're holding,
cannon were brought up and the revo-
lutionists were given ten minutes in
which to surrender. They then sent
out an emissary who was seized by the
military commander, who then gave
the command to the artillery to open
fire on the works which were literally
battered down over the heads of the
reyolutienists. The latter. altho un-
able to make defence, held out until
three Quarters of their number were
killed or wounded, then the remnant
OF 1877 men surrendered.
Minor collisions between the troops
and strikers, of whom there are al
most fifty thousand still out, are tax
Ing place constantly in st. Petersburg.
The Cossack patrols are charging and
dispensing the workmen whenever they
collect. The most serious affairs oc-
CURED at Narva Gate and on Moika
canal in which fifty persons were kill
Cd or wounded. Automatic buns have
been mounted on the bridge over Fon-
tankA oanaN from which they can
sweep Nevsky Prospect in either di-
rection ana in also both ways Of the
canal.
Following the example Of the au-
thor1ttes at Moscow about half the po-
Hoe of St Petersburg are now armed
with baynoetted rifles. News from the
provinces today shows an alarming ex-
tension Of the strike. Kovno. the fort
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