Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-02
PREMIER HOPES TO SAVE RUS
slA BY GIVING PEOPLE
SUFFRAGE
TELEGRAPH is In USE
Communication Between st. Peters.
burg and the Outside World is Re.
Established. But There is Still a
Woeful Lack Of Information at the
Capital Regarding Conditions in the
Interior.

Capital Regarding Conditions in the
Interior.
st. Petersburg, Dec 1.-(Evening. }
Late this afternoon the outlook for
temporary improvement in the situa-
tion which would give the government
an opportunity to catch it's breath was
u brighter. The danger of an immedi-
late general strike is considered to be
M practically averted as the result of
III he three cornered negotiations be-
IN tween Premier Witte, the employers
n and the workmen, by which it was de-
Il cided that both the government and
private estab' 'lshments now closed
shall be reopened.
New Election Law.
The law governing elections to the
national assembly is now practically
completed and the premier hopes it
will aid the situation. The measure
will be a compromise. Direct suffrage
is not granted but suffrage will virtu-
ally be universal in the second degree.
Want Aid In Finland.
Despite the good outlook, the crisis
tie-up throughout Russia is practically
complete and the government does not
know what is happening in the inte-
rior Of the empire. Emissaries of the
strikers have been sent to Finland to
induce their comrades to join in the
strike. Much as the government
would like to resist it is powerless.
Mail Delivery Is Stopped.
nn1iuoryr ~ eoI ~, a4to, ,,,oc
stopped in SITS Petersburg this MORN
ing.
Martial Law Abolished.
Warsaw. Dec. 1. = The emperor to-
day signed decree abolishing mar
ttal law in Russian Poland.
Wire Service Crippled.
New York, Dec. 1. - The cable COM
panies received notice today that the
delivery of messages in st. Peters
burg has been stopped and communi-
cation with Finland is interrupted.
State Department Gets News.
Washington, D. c., Dec. 1. - Tele-
graphic communication with st. Pet
ersburg has been restored and the
state department received the routine
messages this morning from Mr.. Eddy
! charge d. affaires there.
n st. Petersburg, Dec. 1.-The govern
Njment last night issued formal state
siment concerning the battle at Sevas-
topol, showing the conf1ict to have
been an engagement of great magni-
tude and of most sanguinary nature.
The statement is in the form of
! telegram from General Kaulbars, Gov
ernor general of Odessa. The mes
sage was received by the general from
Vice Admiral Chouknin at Sebastopol.
1t is dated November 2, and is as fol-
lows:
1--WE wished to terminate the affair
on November % by surrounding the
mutinous division with troops and is
suing an ultimatum for unconditional
surrender. The mutineers, however
\ commenced to attack on the night Of
November 81, selling the torpedo-boat
Syirepoi and three others. which had
drawn near the cruiser Otchakoff.
AL these vessels hoisted red flags,
after which the Otchakoff flew the sig
nal that Lieutenant Schmidt was in
command of the fleet Then the Lieu
tenant, who was on board the Svire-
poi, sailed along the squadron, his
crews cheering, but the other vessels
did not respond to these cheers.
Lieutenant Schmidt afterward pro-
ceeded to the port and released those
who had been arrested under his or
ders.
Armed detachments of mutineers
continued to seize the small craft in
the harbor which were not guarded by
troops.
Armed parties in sloops from the
Otachakon went to the Panteleimon,
on which there were no arms captured
the officers, and took them on board
the Otchakoff.
I'VE were compelled to tolerate
such things inasmuch as the fleet had
been dlsarmed in view of the danger |
GUS attitude of the sailors.
"One after another the craft on the
eastern shore of the southern bay were
seized by the mutineers and red flags
hoisted.
'The plan which was first proposed
was abandoned and it was resolved |
to adopt energetic measures to pre-
vent the situation from becoming
worse.
The officers captured by the mutt
neers We're taken on board the Otcha-
koff in the belief that their presence
on that vessel would prevent fire he.
ing opened on it. Lieutenant Schmidt
Informed the assembled officers that
be would hang them if the troops on
shore took action.
At $3.50 o'clock on the afternoon of
Novembe. 80 fire was opened by field
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