The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-09
KRONSTADT FIRED
50 GAR MAY SEE
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erful position which he occupied, that
of governor general Of st. Petersburg
and assistant minister Of the interior,
and Russia s premier has agreed to i'm
mediate universal suffrage.
Count Witte has been fully aware Of
tention in office was causing, but he
never questioned the sincerity Of the
governor general s cooperation in the
introduction of the new reg gime. New
ertheless, he recognized the necessity Of
Trepof s removal and the governor gen
eral himself agreed that only his retire
ment would appease the popular wrath.
The final obs tacle was the emperor,
who had come to believe that Trepotf
alone was able to safeguard the life Of
himself and family, but his majesty at
should become commandant of the pal
ace, succeeding theslate Lieutenant Gen
eral Hesse, where his sole duty will be
to take measures to protect the life of
the emperor. <@>=
The position Of governor general of
St. Petersburg ends with Trepoff IS re-
tirement, but the place Of commander
OF the Imperial guard has been assumed
by Grand Duke Nicholas. r
Suffrage Is Promised.
The series of consultations which
Count ,Witte has been holding with M
Petrunkevitch, Prince Dolgoroukoff
Prince Eugene Troubetskoy and Profes
sor. Mlllukoff, representing the consti
tutional democrats and even with repre-
sentatlves of the conservative wing OF
the zemstvoists. Dmitri Shipoff. M
Guchkoff and Michael Stakovich, who
left the zemstvo party last spring, con
vlnced him that it was useless to hold
out longer if he was to continue seek
ing to, secure the sympathy Of the par
tically promised an Immediate extension
| OF the suffrage to include all classes OF
the population. The suffrage in the
cities will be direct and among tho
peasants indirect thru a single set o1
| electors.
Details of Massacres.
| 49, AS details of what happened thruou1
European Russia during the upheava
arrive the story grows more revolting
I At Tomsk, Siberia, the whole popu
llation Of 10000 and the military stoot
! by while 900 men, women and childrel
were burned in theater. The court
house at Tomsk and the mayors resi-
dence, where the students and reyoin
tionists took refuge from the mob. Wer
burned and those who tried to flee Wer
killed in the streets. :
IN MOSCOW the social revolutionist
and the Black Hundred and the Cos
sacks and police fought bloody battles
T Children Torn to Pieces.
The descent of the butchers of Mos
COW with their knives and axes upo1
the students was one of the most ho1
rible chapters, but was not as spitifu
as the attack of the Black Hundred @
a procession of school children carryin
red flags. When the children sought +
escape Gordon of police barred th
way and the youthful martyrs wer
beaten into ,insensibility and in som
cases actually were torn to. pices. =:
In the Alexander Garden at Mosco,
Cossacks, lay in ambush in the shrul
pery and set upon their victims wit
WHIPS, Many, men, women and 2childre
were beaten to death and Others weT
hardly able to crawl away. s
In the. Baltic provinces revolt an
lncendlarlsm prevailed. IS
IN Poland even the clergy-Catholi
and Protestant -participated in 81
manifestation in favor of the anton
omy OF the ancient kingdom. q
,, IN southwestern Russia hardly cit
or town escaped Jewish massacres, z
Caucasus Still seething. &.
Reports from the Caucasus sho
there. is no immediate prospect? Of su1
pressing the present state Of anarch!
!. menians continue and the destructic
OF the. railroads and lack of trool
make 1T impossible for the authoriti,
6 to cope with the situation, = &
The Society of Engineers has a,
: dressed an open letter to Count Wit
: demanding the immediate removal
all the officials responsible for the +
cent bloodshed and terror in the i
terror, especially in the Caucasus. q
\ are keeping up the campaign for Il
! removal Of General Trepoff.7 : I.
Count Witte is continuing negoti
t1ons with the zemstvo constitutions
+ 1st party, with brighter prospects 4
u at least partial sunccess. He makes !,
r concealment of the fact that he s1
Z CARDS their support as being almo
:, which he is undertaking.
l. Another zemstvo congress has be
7, called to assemble at Moscow, Nov. 4
q at which the attitude of the par
e will be defned. There are indicatio
u that it will result in aa split and tn
:, the, supporters Of a constitutional mo
u archy will join Count Wif+r wh'' s
d extremists will lean toward, if b
> unite with. the soclar ue1.lua4.,,s, Z
d
# cratic republic.
It The designations of Prince Hilko
d minister Of railroads and Charles V
Schwanebach, minister of agricultu1
lave been accepted. Both have be
appointed members Of the council /
If the empire,
: : Help for Jews.
d Lord Rothschild Of London and
a cob HI. Schiff of New York have ea
/ cabled $4,000 to st. Petersburg t
% the relief Of the Jews, who suffer
i from the recent disturbances.
The League of Leagues has adopt
another strong set Of resolutions
!; favor of complete amnesty for .t
!. !. martyrs who remain entombed in Or
: ons or are living in exile, at Archans
It or in' the depths Of Siberia. VIII
I = these heroes arc not g1ven their L
= !. erty, freedom is a farce and the g
lows still awaits new sacrifices. =