The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-01
He Can Find No Way to Fight a
Passive Revolution.
PrOIetariat Has the Government
at Its Mercy.
TWO WAYS SUGGESTED
Either Dictatorship Must Be
Established at Once
Or Ready Made Constitution
Promulgated.

st. Petersburg Dec. 1.-2:20 p. M
The crisis continues. The telegraph
tie-up throughout Russia is practically
complete and the government does not
know what is happening in the interior
of the empire. Emissaries of the
strikers have been sent to Finland to
induce their comrades to join in the
strike. This would cut off cable com
nunication which has been open to the
press and government messages al
though the central office here is nom-
inally closed. Much as the govern
ment would like to resist, it is power
less with threat of a general political
strike next Monday hanging over its
ister DurnOvo viii probably be sacri-
need TO secure the resumption of tele-
graph communication. At the same
time the government is fully conscious
that the demands for the reinstate-
ment of the leaders cf the telegraph
ers' union and the dismissal of NJ.
Durnovo, are mere pretexts and that
It's surrender Will only serve to en-
courage the revolutionists to new ef-
ioFtS- Ih1S following the tactics in the
case of the Cronstadt mutineers is Ger
tain to take the form of a fight to save
the lives of the Sebastopol mutineers
for the purpose of again proving the
proletariat's solidarity with the army
and navy.
The Russ declares the situation is
such that the government is unable
to guarantee that tomorrow the guns
OF Cronstadt viii not lombard the
capital The Witte government seems
utterly unable to find a weapon to
fight the passive revolution while it
hesitates hoping that the tide will
somewhat subside and permit the
reallzauon of the reforms in an order
~ way Meanwhile the country is
threatened with a counter revolution
with all the horrors of a iacQuerie Gin
surrection Of peasants), and it becomes
more and more apparent that there are
only two modes of egress=the govern
ment must put the whole country un-
der dictatorship and martial law or
proclaim a ready-made constitution.
Premier Witte refuses to consent to the
former, although the courts officers
and the imperial guards are clamoring
Tor it. The advocates of the latter are
increasing NJ. Souvorin, editor of the
Novo7 Eremya, openly announces this
IS the only possible hope of rallying
the moderate sentiment of the country
10 active support of the government
The Associated Press learns that none
Of the SebastopOl mutineers win be ex-
ecuted-
No further details are obtainable Of
the circumstances oe the arrest at
Tsarkoe-Sefo of soldiers belonging to
the imperial guard.
Martial Law Abolished.
Warsaw, Dec. 1.-The emperor signed
a decree today abolishing martial law
in Russian Poland.
Cable Messages Stopped.
New York, Dec. 1.-The cable com
panies received notice today that the
delivery of messages in St. Petersburg
has been stopped and that communica-
ton with Finland has been interrupted.
No Mail.
st. Petersburg. Dec. delivery Of all
mail matter was stopped in st. Peters,
burg this morning.
No Mail Delivery.
Warsaw, Dec. No letters or news
papers are being delivered here The
authorities have informed the telegraph
and postal employees that they viii be
dismissed unless they resume work. The
situation is so bad II 49, Lodz district
that many foreign factory owners have
paid off their men and closed their
works and are handing over the build
ings and machinery to the care of the
authorities prior to leaving the coun-s
try