The Washington times., 1905-12-30
Revolt Worse, And Ended, =
Say Reports On Moscow

LONDON, Dec. 30.-There is bewil-
dering contradiction IN the dispatches
reaching here from St. Petersburg
about the conditions in Moscow The
Times and other sources say fighting
has ended and the former rebels are re-
turning to work in that city. AS good !,
agencies say the revolt is as hot as
ever. with the insurgents holding their
own
One special news agency, with Amer
Jean connections, which has been dis
tinctly favorable TO the Russian gov
ernment from the beginning OF the
war with Japan, says:
Great Disorder.
THE Seminovsky regiment. bound for
Moscow. only reached Tver, half way.
where the bridge over the Volga has
been blown up
Moscow itself is in state of great
disorder. while near the station OF Kiln
the railroad has been badly damaged.
four thousand men having been engaged
in the work Of devastation Kiln il
eighty-three versts from MOSCOW.
"A revolutionary leader says the re-
ports Of the arrest of the executivs
committee in Moscow or OF the fight
ing section there are false
Thirty thousand armed men are
marching from OrchOwm and Zuewo.
manufacturing eenters near Moscow
With the assistance OF their comrades.
the workmen OF nineteen towns are
armed for resistance"
Another agency. also having Ameri-
can connections, says
Despite the official announcement
that the revolutionary attempt at
Moscow has been gotten under control.
that the leaders Of the revolutionaries
have been either killed orarrested, and
that armed resistance Is practically at
an end, there is reason TO be skepticaI.
'.Advices from the old capital, which
come through revolutionary sources.
declare the insurgents are holding in
tact. that they control certain sections
Of the city, and that heavy reinforce
ments are reaching them from the sur
rounding country While the revoIu-
.tionaries claim that many soldiers have
come TO them, they admit that these
accessions have been as individuals or
in small groups and that no solid bat
TALON has as yet joined the revolu-
ionary forces
The revoIutionists have means OF
their own for receiving news and as
rule their news is more reliable than
that which is given out by the govern
ment.
City Cut OF.
so far as the ordinary citizen is con-
cerned. Moscow is completely cut on
from the Russian capital No trains
are running and She few telegraph lines
in operation are reserved for governs
ment business.
While from all sections of the empire
comes news of revolutionary uprisings.
the most important recent developments
come from Lithuania and the UraI
provinces. the extreme of European
Russia. Desperate fighting is reported
as certain in the Baltic provinces.
The Let's and Estfs are in fun re-
beIlion. They have organized an army
and have a semblance of discipline,
Frantic appeals for help are coming
from the Russian Hebrews and Ger
mans in the Baltic provinces, who fear
a general massacre. a large number OF
arrests We're made at Riga, where a
body Of insurgents. including several
thousand. was surrounded Most OF the
leaders succeeded in escaping.
Troops for Baltic.
'-The troops have been sent to Cour-
land. Esthonia, Livonia. Pskov. and
vitebsk. in which provinces the insur-
rection has attained the most success.
and bloody collisions are momentarily
expected.
From the other extreme OF the en-
pire. the Ural provinces, comes tha
news that a republic has been declared
in Ufa. where the Russian officials have
been seized. together with all arms and
government stores. A provisional gov
arnuent has been set up and an army is
being organized.
In the Caucasus and Trans-Caucasus
provinces. also. it is reported the gov
ernment is powerless.
More than hundred persons We're
killed or wounded in a fight between
strikers and troops near Nizhui, NOVGo-
Pennsylvania Railroad TO New York.