Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1905-06-07
ANTI.WAR MEETING
Russian Citizens Met to Protest
Against Further Slaughter
R0TlNG NEAR THE CARS PALACE
Demonstration by 5000 Persons at'a
Summer Resort Near st. Petersburg
is Interrupted by Police and Troops,
the People Defending Themselves
With Chairs ard Sticks.

st. Petersburg. By Cable.-At a great
demonstration Sunday evening In the
PovlovSk Gardens. near Tsakro-Selo
the five thousand persons present clam
ored Tor funeral march in memory
or the Russian sailors who had lost
their lives in the naval disaster in the
Sea of Japan. The members of the or
cestra became alarmed and fled from
the platform, when NJ. Novikoff. fo--
mer mayor OF Baku. arose and said:
Let us all by rising show respect
lor the victims. Down with the war.
we have had enough of blood"
Some eighty policemen entered from
either side OF the hall and elbowed
thelr way through the crowd towards
M Novikof. whereupon cries were
raised Of Let us attack the police"
Chairs were seized and hurled at the
ponce, the crowd being led by col
onel with drawn sword. The police
men fed precipitately.
Order being restored. a number OF
speeches were delivered on the national
CRISIS. Suddenly tie police. re-enforced
10 between 200 and 300 again invaded
the hall and rushed on the audience
with drawn swords. The people defend
ed themselves with chairs and sticks
but after ten minutes were driven from
the hall into the garden. where there
was battalion of soldiers. who raised
thelr rifles to their shoulders. prelm-
mary To IN order to fire. causing a
panic. The public fed toward the ex-
Its, and finding them closed. smashed
the doors and windows of the hall and
so gained the street Many persons were
injured, some so seriously that they
haS to be taken to a hospital.
VI. NOVikOff was arrested and tho
gardens were occnpied by police and
CossacKs. a strong military force was
placed on the road leading from Paw
lovsk to Tsarkoe-Selo and to ST. Pc
tersburg and at the railway stations.
People returning to st. Petersburg
from the gardens spread accounts of
the affair, which soon became a general
topic
Pavlovsk is 10 miles from ST. Peters
Durg and is summer resort for inhabi-
tants of the capital
Called on Gov.Gen. Wright.
Manila. BY Cable.-Rear Admiral En-
qust. accompanied by Roar Admiral
Irain and the French Consul. formal
ly called on Governor General Wright
Monday. After the usual greetings
mad been exchanged, Governor Wright
asked:
'Ou Wish lo stay at Manila per-
manently?"
Rear Admiral Enquist replied:
My ships are unseaworthy. | have
not heard from my government. and
request time to make repairs"
Governor Wright then said that ac-
cordinS TO his construction of the neu-
trality laws. the Russian vessels could
remain long enough to make neces-
sary repairs. and after these were fin
lshed. they must leave within twenty
four hours or dismantle and inferno.
Rear Admiral Enquist requested per-
mission to bring his ships behing the
breakwater for repairs. This request
was granted him. and the ships will
move Tuesday morning
Narita Goro. japanese. cunsul, called
on Governor Wright just before Rear
Admiral Enquist called and made in
quiry regarding the probable disposi-
tlon OF the Russian warships Upon
leaving. Goro met Rear Admiral En-
quist in the corridor of the Governors
residence and rendered him profound
salutation.
Rear Admiral Enqrist and staff then
called upon Major General Corbin, to
whom Rear Admiral Enquist ex-
pressed great gratitude for the hospital
ity and comfort afforded them and the
courtesy with which General Corbin
offered the use Of the army hospitals.
together with surgeons and food for
the wounded Russian sailors. General
Corbin said:
Admiral how many admirals were
there in the hght?"
There were four OF US" said the
admiral.