The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-26
new REIGN
OF TERROR
A Russian Revolt Sweeps
Over Moscow.
fALlBEnlND barrie DeS
Machine Guns Play Havoc With
Revolutionary obs-krsmIIn
Is the Storm Center Now.

LONDON. n-r. :a-Dlspaich~s from
Moscow say that for four days nghi.
lnE between strikers holding barbados
ga the sirsrts aud a.. tr.ols has ruiz
iinn~i. with sc-nes Of carnaEr aud
dcsolaiion
Tho swe-pihs fr- Of machine guns
that l. constant on The sirrcis. the
charge u cavalry and Infantry NJ
every paint have their awful efi",i la
wholesale bloeisiis-i. but the nnmbs1s
% the stfikrrs do not secm 10 diminish
Iir people fss-l that II Moscow can
maintain lie stout resistance u vii H.
only short tim. when ~ Petersburg
viii rlsc aud then tho entire country.
In the confusion that rciEns Ia Moe.
COW Il IL impossible 10 a. the cxari
number who have bccn killed In the
last four days. but the dead list will
crriainiy total hundreds.
The hgh,lng has assumed the nature
II a butchery by the machine guns ~
the artillery. grape aud canister bcing
employed m.rcilc-siy against the ~
armed insurgents.
Airocious tales are told u the Cos.
sacks. who. piled with vodka until
drunk. fired down the streets. some
times cha,iing with lancrs. The insur.
gents displayed great stubbornncss In
holding their barricadcs. even adynnc.
INK In a mass 10 the slaughter. AZ the
same time bombs were thrown from
the windows 81 houses near the BARR
cades occupied by the rcyoluiionarles.
Artillery was summoned and batter.
cd the houses 60 pieces. The plan Of
the insurgents. Il II stated. II to hold
the outskirts and gradually inclose the
troops In the center of she city. Lead.
ers announce that mn army ~ $1,000 J.
concentrated nj Orcchonsucff. north.
east ~ Moscow. and will soon be ready
Ia marcll 10 the city's assistance. The
streets at night are In absolute dark.
ness save Tor searchlIghts In the towers
Of blyouncks behind the barrlcadcs.
A Riga dispatch says that the rail.
road employees throughout the Baltic
provinces are on strike.
AT Warsaw the strike OF the post and
telegraph employees Is at an end. The
strikers have accepted the conditions
Of the government. and the telegra-
pliers have resumed work.
Steadtnoi Monastery square was one
Of the bloody battling grounds. The
fusillade OF shells from quick firing
guns placed at different spots In that
vicinity. constantly raked the strikers.
who are intrcnched behind barricades.
These barricades were stormed and
carried dozen times by the troops.
but they were quickly raised again by
the strikers, who as soon as one GROUP
fell was replaced by another equally
as desperate.
Tver street and Strastrioi square
were also the scenes OF stubborn fight.
ing, In which girl students were con
spicuous both In facing the nercilcss
Cossacks and In caring for the wound
ed.
In few portions Of the city the people
daring to venture on the streets.
The long awaited leader who will
weld the Irenzied mob into compact
and irresistible army Of liberty has
arisen in distracted Russia. The man
who shall bring cosmos out of chaos
is already at work among the revolu-
tionists OF Moscow, though his ident-
ty Is yet unknown. Whether he comes
from the ranks of the mutinous mill
tary or is civilian, with the power Of
a Danton, is yet to be shown.
Moscow is concentrating all effort to
plunge Russia into civil war; The next
forty-eight hours will decide whether
the government or the revolutionists
will triumph. Moscow is the storm
center, and, though the government
processes to believe that the revolu-
tionary movement will fail for lack Of
arms and ammunition, indications Of a
gradual welding of the disorganized
mob under a new and powerful leader
seem to prove that the cause of loyal
ty to the czar is waning in the ancient
capital.
A general political strike began IN
Odessa. The garrison maintains pas
sive attitude, and grave fears are en-
tertained that the city will fall COM
pletely into the hands Of the revolu-
tionists. The Inhabitants are panic
In Warsaw the Socialists have issued
proclamatlons to the people calling to
armed rebellion.
Group instantly relieved. DR. Thorn