Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-02
WHITES TASK PROVING A GREAT ONE
Liberal Element, Whose Support He Bx.
Teo ed, Hclds AlooE
SOCIALISTS WILL CONTINUE STRUGGLE
They Hopc to Precipitatc n CRtns-
trophe from which IA Republic
win Emcrgc-Strilsc Ends
Friday Noon.

patches from all parts OF the empire re-
port disorders in many cities with heavy
total Of dead and wounded. Tho people
while celebrating their new-found freedom
were in many instances set upon by Co.'S
sacks and police. while sometimes the
spirit of mob violence broke forth and the
lower elements Of tho people gave them-
selves to piage and destruction. The
most serious disorders apparently occurred
at Odessa, where hundreds Of persons are
reported to have been killed or wounded
and where tho rioting is momentariy ex-
pected to flare out into repetition of the
slaughter Of last July, and at KaSan, where
three days reign OF terror was ended
only by the retirement OF all Cossacks to
their barracks
Anti-JewiAh Uprisings.
A deplorable feature of the news from
the interior Is that anti-Jewish uprisngs
have occurred in many places, especially
in south Russia, where the populace
vented its hatred OF the Jews by sacking
their stores and clubbing the members Of
the race, in some cases rcsorting to the
| torch.
The attacks on the crowds are reported
to be I'm most cases the work of Cossacks
who many times were apparently let loose
upon the people without direction or au-
/ thorty. In st. Petersburg today. General
! Trepoff in accordance with his announce
| ment of last night, prevented the resump- ,
| ton OF revolutionary demonstrations by
having the crowds dispersed whenever and
! wherever they gathered. Kazan place and
the Nevsky prospect were several times
| cleared by Cossacks and police and the
I crowds were driven from the vicinity of
the university with whips and the fats
of sabers. General Trepoff was aided by
| the weather, which was cold and rainy
and which kept many persons OFF the
streets.
Count Whites Great Task.
Count Whites task in securing a fair
| trial for the new experiment in constitu-
tionalsm is most difficult one. Iie is
disappointed at not securing the suppors
\ OF the nherals.k on whose cooperation he
counted. Aianyfof these are holdfug. aloof
and seem rather TO enjoy the predicament
in which the new premier finds himself
Meanwhile the socialists and revolutionists
who believe they have the government
stampeded are bending every effort to keep
the movement going and to preciptate a
catastrophe from which they hope a so
cialistic republic will emerge. This is a
consummaton little 10 be desired by
the majority of liberals, especially tho
zemstvoists, as by the government itself,
and therein lies the chief hope that the
force gathering under the banner of Count
Witte is sufficiently strong to make head
against the revolutionary movement and
the spirit of unrest throughout the country.
Count Witte is doing his utmost TO meet
the chief objections against the new re-
gime.
Liberty of the Press.
In addition to the proposed amnesty for
political prisoners, liberty of the press has
| A..
a deputation of editors who called on him
to abolish the censorship regulation, the
amusing explanation that in the hurry OF
writing the manifesto the words liberty
of the press were inadvertently omitted
and that the omission had not been noticed
until the complaint was made.
The Oficial Gazette formally announces
that the term liberty of speech" is to be
interpreted as including the press.
Against the demand for the removal Of
General Trepoff, Count Witte. however. is
lnhexible. He informed a delegation from
the strike committee which called on him
today to demand the release of their i'm
prisoned comrades and the removal OF
General Trepoff that it would be madness
for him to dismiss the only man capable OF
maintaining order in the city at the present
juncture
Nominally for the purpose Of their per-
fecting their organization and gathering
funds. the strike committee tonight de-
cided to call off the ST. Petersburg indus
! trial strike at noon Friday next, but to
resume it at an opportune moment.
The st. Petersburg railroad men have
resolved to continue their strike, declaring
: they have assurances that the soldiers OF
!, the railroad battalion will desert IL little
= persuasion i'm the shape of train wrecking
1 is employed.
No newspapers will be issued tomorrow
and probably not until Friday at noon.
The printers have determined TO work only
for the journals which refused to submit
themselves to the censorship regulations
The Publishers association have met this
determination by resolving to disregard
hereafter all circulars issued by the censor
and to print what they please. The Papers
4 now appearing are the Official publications
e and the Workmens Gazette, which to-
r morrow will contain an article attacking
z Count witte and General Trepof, ealling
the former by the name of sly fox and
c the latter by the designation Of the raven.
d Gus wolf"
u Many Killed in Odessa,
{ ODESSA. Nov. .-Noon.-Conhicts be-
! tween Cossacks and students continue.
During the hshting between roughs and
Jews in Dalnitskaga street last nigh
, thirty-seven persons were killed and eighty
one seriously wounded, were taken 10 tho
. hospital
n The news that Russia has been granted
n a constitution continued 20 create excite
ment until a late hour All work was sus-
a pended ana the streets were blocked Will
v cheering crowds. At the town han red
nag demonstrations were charged by Cos
u sacks who caused their horses TO trample
n on the people. The number Of persons IN
jured was small. There was eonslderabl
- piiaging during the night on tho outskirts
m of Odessa, which the students who organ
lied themselves into a city guard tried "a
=" prevent. A most serious clash tcok place