Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03
GOVERNOR GENERAL OF kIEFF
Removed From Post-ketains Position
AS Aide de Camp to Emperor.

St Petersburg. Nov. Gen. kleigc!s,
govcrnor-gcncral of kieft, has been re-
moved from his post. He retains his
position as aidc-dc-camp to the En-
reror. Gen. SoukhomlnOf. commando
ant of tire Nich military district. sue
ceeds Gen. i[lciGels us goVcrnOr-Sencr-
al.
4 drcnchinE downpour. to-day WAS Il
more effective means of preventing a
renewal OF the demonstrations thar
the police and military patrols The
crowds had no desire TO appear in the
streets in the torrents OF rain.
The police having arrested three
members of the strike committee the
committee sent Il dc7utation to Count
White, upon whose request General
Trepoif ordered their release.
IT is now definitely established that |
the whole student movement is prac- |
ticaily conducted by a student organ
ation which belongs to the Social
Democratic party.
Much of the work has been directed
from tho headquarters at Berlin and
Geneva. The organization includes stu
dents throughout Russia and they arc
acting in harmony with the leader in
st Petersburg who has displayed re-
rlarkahlc genius as an organizer and
director He is a young man of % and
an exceedingly clever student. His
special aptitude is mathematics. hay
ing ac;cf. as tutor for many pupils
older than himself who were candidates
for ndnlittance to the Polytechnic ana
archaeological Institutes. and is a fine
I'm f,pJ h,,l,.I enc, Lor q tDI'rh
sonal magnetism. The comrades OF the
student leader manifest intense dcvo-
ton to him and rely implicitly on his
judi, inent.
Amnesty is expected to bc pro-
claimed tonight. 1t is understood.
however. that it will except certain
classes of political prisoners whose lib
Grafton il il considered would threaten
public ma indiN i,,ual safety. 1t is cs-
timIfcI that the amnesty will affect
$1,000 persons who arc shut up in jtils.
prisons ana fortIcsscs in European
Russia and other thousands i'll the penal
colonies of Siberia. Besides. it will
permit the return of countless others
who are banishcd from their homes
and compelled to live in specified To-
calitics.
The prospects Of the country q;Ii"ting
down for the present. ut least. are
much brighter. today. While the revo-
Iutionary spirit is abroad. the masses
of tn" reds ycrrI to realize that they
have reached tie end of their tcthcr
and they are afraid To- push matters to
the point OF failure. The students. So
Cial Democrats and strike leaders here
i'm St. Petersburg finding that they will
soon be in the minority. have made Il
virtue vt necessity and have declared
the strike off, beginning tomorrow. The
leaders Of the railroad men have not
Yet formally surrendered. but trains
are already running on the Moscow and
other lines ana the backbone Of TIL"
strike seems to be broken. General Ire
polt has issued another manifesto in
forming the people that all the reforms
granted by the manifesto cannot be
realized Immediately as it will require
time to formulate laws and place them
in effect In the meantime, the people
must be quiet and cooperate with tho
assemblies in maintaining order Other
wise the responsibility for harsh meas
ures will not fall on the government.
The generals manifesto was nUh-
Messenger IN the form Of an appeal for
the support Of the people inauEurating
the new regime. 1t says:
"The government counts on the SYM
pathics of the majority of the people
who desire to see order restored in the
country. The government will do all
within possibility to see that these laws
are applied by the authorities in the
spiri. of the manifesto Of Oct. 80. The
success of the acts of the government
depend entirely upon tn" establishment
of orucr and tranquility. IL the ajor-
itv of peonlc consider II Ia he their d,I-
ty to come to the aid of the govern
ment. general improvement in the
state Of things will follow. If not, il
will not be on tho government that the
responsibility for failure will fall
The imperial decree creating the cab
met ministers under the imperial man
ifesto granting a constitution ~ Rus
STA, swaS CaZetted. this morning. and
has already aroused criticism as the
machinery is extremely complicated
and smaCkc of old-fashioned bureau
cratic regime. The relations of the cab
met tn the council Of the empire o. ;ip-
per chamber. and the imperial douna.
or popular che nlber. are not clear be-
cause the powers of these bodies are
yet to he defined under the manifesto.
Two features are especially unsatisfac-
tory. While the cabinet has not author
ity to decide matters within the COM
potency of the legislative bodies. TO
measure OF general Importance" can
be Introduced into the chambers with
out the sanction of the cabinet and an
othpf provision requires that when the
cabinet Is unanimous the premier must