The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-02-24
CAR STILL
FOR WAR
Russia Will Still Continue To
Fight Japan
CONFIDENT OF VICTORY
To Yield Now Would But Increase
The Discomfort Throughout
The Empire

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. "a - The
emperor of Russia has elected to con
tinue the war. His position is absolute
ly firm and the German court has been
advised in that sense The war will ba
pressed with the utmost energy, the
domestic situation now being under the
control of the authorities.
Those who have advised peace and
suggested inquiries for Japan's terms,
the French and British governments.
are for the present silent and are likely
to remain so unless events Of an ex-
traordinary character shake the Rus
sian emperor's resolution : The con-
siderations that led to the emperors
decision as understood here are:
First.-The judgment OF the chiefs
Of the army that Field Marshal Oyama
not only cannot defeat General Kuro-
patkin. but stands In danger of defeat
himself. How cowardly, therefore, for
Russia to ask for mercy with all the
men and money essential TO success
full war
second.-All the foxes of criticism
now directed against She government
for having fought rather than yield TO
legitimate interests and for having fail
ed to win victories would be continued
with added fury.
Third. - A government that would
crave peace of Russia's enemy while
still capable of winning victory would
be giving the party of change genuine
grounds for revolution.
Fourth.-The facts OF the military sit
uation, love of country and arguments
of expediency were all against peace
and for pressing the war hopefully.
A Warsaw dispatch says that the
workmen have struck in all the fac
tories Of the Czernakowska district. the
chief manufacturing suburb of War
saw. There have been serious disturb
ances and strong forces of police and
troops were summoned. The soldiers
fred on the mob, but no casualties are
reported.
The police arrested many persons, but
the threats Of the mob compelled them
to release their prisoners. The employ
ees of the Lodz-Koutuszka railroad
have struck LODI is entirely cut off
from railroad communication.
The situation at Warsaw is causing
the greatest anxiety In all circles. The
assistant to the governor general. who
was interviewed, frankly admitted that
the government is at loss to know
what to do.
The Vienna railway is still complete
ly at a standstill, and there appears to
be no hope of speedy settlement of
the difficulty The directors had long
session, but were unable to find solu-
ton.
Western Poland is completely cut Off
from communication with middle and
western Europe
The employees of the Warsaw Mlava
section of the vistula railway have
struck, cutting of the last direct line
of communication with Germany.
The town OF Baku Is now quiet. All
the Armenian shops have been closed.
but the banks are doing business I'M
der military protection. ' .ia-
Order has been restored at Balakha-
ny, but at Romany last night strikers
attacked two factories. and as result
thirty persons were killed or wounded.
In Baku mary terrible murders have
been committed. Manager Adamoff Of
the naphtha refining works. together
with his wife and children. have been
all burned TO death. A legal official
named Tataisoff and a bazaar owner
named Laiajeff and the latter's family
have been murdered. tt Nr
st. Petersburg is full of rumors that
big battle is proceeding below Muk-
den. t
At the funeral services of Grand
Duke Sergius the metropolitan advanc-
cd from the altar ana spoke as fol-
lows eN
"The responsibility for the premature
death of the martyred grand duke falls
on the whole society Of Russia without
distinction. The memory OF Grand
Duke Sergius Is that of great martyr,
and the services he rendered to the
state will live for oil time among the
Russian people"
1t is stated that the Grand Duchess
Elizabeth has visited her husbands
assassin in prison.