New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-16
REPUBLIC IN KHARK0FF.
TROOPS ASSIST REBELS.
The Caucasus Is Boiling-Moscoso
Lacks Guards-Finances Low.

* Petersburg, Dec. II. evenfng.-Reports
.-,r, the provinces indicate that the country
generally remains close TO the boiling point.
-,s situation in the Caucasus is again serious.
The Ta-tars and Armenians are murder
each other At EIizabethpoI especially there
bss been a savage exhibition of race hatred.
From Kharkof an agent of the New-York
r,fa Insurance Company who fed brings the
x+orv of the establishment OF republic there.
ne saws the troops have gons over to the revolu-
.,onsrv forces and that the latter have fun pos
session of the city
The Associated Press has received private
- trustworthy report from MOSCOW saying
.sst +he authorities there are extremely nervous.
rho city is denuded Of troops, the soldiers nav
-, hoan sent to the neighboring provinces. es-
.,,,suv in the Southeast Fewer than 10000
I've remain In Moscow. and this force Is con-
-,s.rss n be utterly inadequate should crisis
occur.
=. ssar,s 70 be beyond question that oloooy
.,1,,sions have occurred between troops ana
.,ossnt-v and workrnen IN the streets OF F1ss'
,,ob machine guns were used. The situa-
.,on Is most serious in tbs country. wnion ls
,-sct;csIIy abandoned to the revolutionary
bands owing to the concentration OF the troops
IN the cities and towns Against some OF the
,...+as 1Uhere the landlords, aided by q few
..,.,f,, a5berents. are attempting TO protect
-he;r nroperty the rebels are conducting regular
military operations. They reduced the garrison
# the estate of Baron Won Loewis 70 suofris-
sion after a majority Of the defenders hao oeeh
.r1aa They Numbered and burned the build
,nrs and carried of the baron The Survivors
we're made prisoners.
Oscillations continued on the Bourse to-day
Imperial As sagged TO 1914
The budget of 1905 is being cut to the bone'
net only in order 10 try to make both ENDS
-,as+ h,,+ Il, order to make the best possible
showing to the National Assembly ExtraVa-
rsnce in all directions has been eliminated, ana
rroiects for new railroad constructions ana ne"
,,t1ic works of every description are omitted
The only items increased are the salaries OF inc
railroad and postal employees. The personnel OF
the army and navy and the naval programme
ara greatly reduced. and item OF SlS'ooo'oVo
for new construction is struck out
II is not yet settled whether the aalhrd'y
desires TO develop the home industry as far as
.o-s,,1a ard construct at home almost all the
5frs which are TO be built, but young ana
s,erssric officers have been sent abroad TO STUDY
- construction It is the present intention
- r,,;ia onlv sample ships in foreign yards
r;-s+ en- favor OF the entire reorganization or
the navy is noticeable at the admiralty Inc
old syEtern OF training and handling the per
sonnet, both officers and men, will be changed.
The outbreak Of the mutinous spirit in the
Mancllurian army is partly attributable to the
failure TO pay and properly to feed tho troops
The latter problem is especially difficult, owing
To the 1nlpossiblity of forwarding adequate pro-
visions from Russia on account OF the pracucdl
paralysis Of the Siberian Railroad. This com
pels the purchase of supplies from the Chinese
for which adequate funds are not available
The authorities have now hurriedly forwarded
s12000.00O to the army in Manchur1a
The Foreign Minister Count Lamsdorh, at the
first interview which he had with the American
Ambassador, George Won L. Meyer, since the lat
ter's return 70 St Petersburg. while not opt-
Tnistic expressed the opinion that the political
situation and outlook had considerably I'M
proved.
The law and order elements are now the prin-
cipal hope of everting the movement which tne
revolutionary parties are organizing.
AS soon as the National Assembly meets 1t Is
generally believed that Premier Witte will dis
pense with the services Of the Minister of the
Interior, N. Durnovo against whom all classes
have risen. NJ. Guchlzoff. prominent member
Of the Moscow Zemstvo, is said to be willing to
accept Office as his successor
People here continue to talk OF the probable
ceremonial attending the PRONUNCIATION of the
constitution on December 10, and much is being
made OF the report that the golden state car
rIsges will be sent to Tsarskoe-Selo- An inves-
tigaton Of the runlor seems to show that it IS
haseless, as the Emperor is going to Moscow to
proclaim the constitution at the Kremlin.