The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
Russia Fired
With Revolt
Special Gable to The Journal.

trodden mojik has arisen with a torch
in one hand, dynamite in the other.
All Of Russia is afame with revolt.
ALI the principal cities are under mill
tary rule. Reval is on fire, the play
thin1g Of the dneendiapg torch ma Famine
pie do not cry for bread; they demand
human rights. ~
Over against this restless, determined
sea tof angry, debrutaized humanity,
| hurting itself against destruction, with
everything to gain and nothing to LOSE,
the car is fastening all available
troops. The result is in the gravest
doubt.
For the first time in their history
the revolutionists are thoroly organ
| lied. It is not one class, but all classes,
rising against the bureaucracy-rising
against slavery-worse than slavery.
Birth of New Nation.
The world is feeling the pulsations
that either mark the birth of a. new
nation or the dying throbs Of human
hopes.
:. Paris is hating the Russian loan,
not knowing who may be in power to-
morrow. And Russia-offcial Russia
i-trembles for what tomorrow may
| bring forth.
The full strength of the government
! has been gagged. No one may. tell what
strength there is in the revolution I'M
Fleet. AS matters now stand the govern
ment is unable to maintain control.
IF the revolutionists stand firm, they
will overthrow their oppressors. Thou
sands of them will probably die in the
clash, but they must die anyway. Il
life and liberty. If they fail, both
they and their descendants will lose
both life and liberty.
Hunger Stalks the Empire.
! Gaunt hunger stalks abroad over the
empire. In the cities water is sold at
30 cents pail. Under orders of the
early in the evening and bread and
provisions are at prohibitive prices.
The railway strike, from which has
arisen the present revolutionary con-
ditions in Russia, was begun about three
weeks ago, but at first. only affected the
4 line between Moscow and st. Peters
for an eight-hour day and increased
wages Gradually all the roads in the
empire became involved.
4 It soon became obvious that not only
railway employees alone were inter
ested. The labor branches affiliated
Il with the railway workers discovered,
apparently zoo laGe, GndG uOC Only b
strike, but revolution was declared,
and that masterhand was directing
the operations of the toilers.
Spirit Of Unrest.
/: Since last July, and more; especially
since the "Bloody Sunday" massacres
at st. Petersburg, a spirit Of unrest
4 has been displayed in all Russia.
Strikes Of the various trades have oc-
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bakers were not out it was the printers;
if not the ironworkers it was the
butchers. Disasters to the army and
navy in the far east were made the
: occasion for the demonstrations, more
or less revolutionary in character.
The racial outbreaks in the Cau-
casus had further tendency to infame
the people and render. them FESTIVE
and impatient Of the apparent vacil-
: lations of the car and his government.
: The blood and iron methods of re-
/ pressing some of the toilers' outbreaks
also had exasperating effects. Hen :,
/ when the present railway disturbance
began, and the people began to note
: that the men were winning their way,
: adherents focked to their banner, and
|: within week the commerce of the
empire was virtually paralyzed. :
All Is Orderly.
3 That there has been system in the
: various demonstrations. for they are
: nothing but demonstrations against the
g government, is now manifest. The
3 workers have made it evident TO the
. bureaucrats that they were in posi-
!. ton of power-latent at the time. but
. nevertheless menacing. All classes Of
!: society, except the aristocrats, have
3 figured in these demonstrations, for
!. there have been strikes at different
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