Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-11-02
A PANIC IN RUSSIA.
sOcialistic Uprising Forced conces.
siOns From the Government. !.
COUNT WITTE The HAN OF The HOUR


st. Petersburg, Oct 27.-The strik
|, has proved most effective in forcin
the government to speedy action o.
measures which have been slumberinI
in commission for many weeks. Wed
nesday night the ministers after fiv
hour session finished the final draft o
law creating responsible council o
ministers and Thursday completed thu
revision Of the statute granting free
dom Of assembly both of which will b.
taken to emperor Nicholas Thursday
for signature. Thursday night thu
ministers held another session, meet
ing formally the Solsky commission
but In reality as Count Whites cabi
net to discuss the election regulations
of the douma. 1t is reported that M
White simultaneously with the pro-
mitigation of the cabinet statute will
issue proclamation defining his policy
and asking the nation to give fair
trial to the new governmental system
and resist the efforts of revolutionaries
to throw the entire country into state
of anarchy. IS
The source of the funds which are
apparently at command of the revolu-
tionists is a mystery. In Moscow the
revolutionary committee is paying
strikers IS cents daily and has inves-
ted large sums in arms and ammuni-
ton. The rifles and cartridges taken
in Finland and Poland were part of
those purchased by the committee.
It Is conjectured that financial aid is
being received from socialists aad rev.
olutionists abroad and that some Of 1t
may come from America, in response
to an appeal published recently In New
York newspapers on behalf Of the
Jewish bund
The tactics of the revolutionists in
st. Petersburg are apparently to create
a reign of terror. Warnings have been
sent to merchants on the Nevsky, Nor
skaia, Ascension and other fashinon-
able thoroughfares to close in order to
avoid pillage and the torch. The doc
tors are receiving notifications ordering
them to discontinue visits to the sick
on penalty of death. Word has been
passed among servants mysteriously
that mob was preparing to sack the
residents Of the better class.
Apprehension apparently prevails in
imperial circles. 1t is reported that
the imperial yacht Polar Star is lying
of Cronstadt constantly under steam,
and that the smaller yacht Strella is
held in waiting at the wharf at Peter
hof for emergency.
Russia is practically isolated from
the rest of the continent of Europe
as the International train service on
all the lines has virtually ceased. The
tie up in the interior is more complete
than Wednesday. The only trains
running are operated by the railroad
battalions.
The strike contagion is spreading.
ALI classes Of workmen are organic
Ing sympathetic strikes and industrial |
life in the country is coming to q
The situation cannot long |
continue. Either the workmen will |
soon be starved into submission or
,illage with military interference and
,loodshed on large scale are bound
o follow.
At Moscow 900 cabmen have already
ought the strikers whom they charge
With taking the bread out Of their
mouths. In many cities, especially at
Aoseow, the question of food is be-
oming extremely serious.
Communication by telegraph with
many interior points is interrupted. |
he whole country Is becoming alarmed
nd In st. Petersburg an incipient
anic prevails. The boats and the
finnish trains, now the only means of
gress, are crowded with people fee
1g abroad. The situation here has
rown much worse over night. The
anks OF the 10000 workmen from the
ILLS and factories who Joined the
Irikers Wednesday were increased by
D,0o0 more Thursday morning. All
lie employees Of the port, 1000 In NUM-
er walked out and 1900, other men
ON the steel works left work in q
ody.
The inhabitants Of St Petersburg
woke to find the capital resembled
beleagued city. The shops in the
asiliostrov district and in all the
lburbs are closed, windows are
1arded and barred and mounted pa
OILS are to be seen everywhere in !
lie streets. Except In the heart Of the J
ty women and children are afraid to !
snture out. Workmen are gather
g at all the places frequented in the I
lys Of Father Gapon but they are
net and the cossaeks have had no {
'ovocation to interfere. The general :
,pearanee Of the town Is menacing.
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