The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-02
GRAVE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS.


GSHAVE CONUtVION w AT AAA&os
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In the Provinces Especially There is
Prospect Of Trouble.
London, Nov Especial dispatches TO
this mornings London newspapers rep
rese 1t the condition of affairs. In Russia
as being extremely grave. especially IN
the provinces. st. Petersburg, the dis
matches say, remains comparatively
Quiet, Late last night the streets OF
that capital were patroiied by strong
forces of gendarmes and Cossacks ana
no further disorders have been report
ed.
According to the st. Petersburg cor
respondent OF The Daily Mail; lne res.
olutionaries demand the establishment
Of a republic and as q result OF this
demand the strong arm of General Tre-
poff has again been evoked. Thus. says
the correspondent, brute force and pop
ular sedition are now facing each other.
Even the appointment Of Grand DUKE
Michael as military dictator and Gen.
erai Trepoff as his right hand man II
discussed In offieial circles, according 70
| the eorresponde who adds thai late
iaaf night the military LEADERS, ADVISED
the popuiace to refrain from precipi-
tatink conflict at present.
The correspondent OF The Daily Mail
at Kieff in dispatch dated November
!, says:
.aThe Governor General has resigned
because he was not permitted to take
strong measures to prevent the riots.
understandable scenes occurred last
night when the mob invaded the town
| hall and tore down the portrait OF the
Emperor. The troops fired ten volleys
| into the mob killing forty persons.
| Three hundred of the rioters were ar
rested. During the conflict, the troop
| ers were dismounted. thrown TO the
| ground and many shot.
.It was q lawyer named Rather who
cut the Emperor's portrait from Its
head through the opening and har-
angued from the balcony of the town
| hall. Today a band of workmen In
| vaded Rattner's house and tore him TO
| pieces. Jew batting started at mid
night Strong patrols passed frequent
| ly but they looked smiiingly on and
gave no help. Some hours later cos
sacks arrived but they did nothing to
protect the property of the shop-keep-
ers I saw some police and
| cossacks pocketing part of the
plunder Some of the soldiers were ar
rested for stealing. People were seen
everywhere carrying bundles of looted
Later vigilance committees were
formed, the members of which stopped
suspected persons and made them dis
gorge their plumber.
"At 6 o'clock tonight. notwithstand-
ing a deluge of rain. the looting was
resumed The Jews fred from the ball
| comics of their houses on the troops
ana on the recessions OF Loyaiists, the
soldiers returning the fire. The resi-
dences and ofhces of many wealthy
Jews were wrecked. The Jews now
threaten to massacre the Christians to-
| morrow
A dispatch from Odessa describes that
| R,,f
day, the defenseless populace being at
the mercy OF a bowling and armed
crowd of fifty thousand men, calling
themselves loyalists AMI led by dis
guised policemen and their wretched
dupes.
This dispatch says:
THE Jews made a stout resistance
and their successful bravery entail Ia
mentable sacrifices. II Is impossible
to obtain the casualties, but rumors
nut the number of killed and wounded
as high as 1000, many by bombs which
the crowds used by wholesale. Not
until late at night, when the murder
Gus work had gone unchecked fol
hours. were the troops brought. cordons
placed around the Jewish here and
quiet somewhat restored.
THE law abiding citizens are in
censed with Governor General Kaul-
bars, who Is held to be responsible
The city government was deposed yes
terday. The only hope Is that the
worst has passed. In all probability
the mobs have exhausted their stock OF
cartridges"
The odessa correspondent of Th'
Standard tells a similar tale. He says
"a loyalist general, who was lead
ing a vast procession in the Alexander
Prospect was shot dead. Half a com
pany of Cossacks forming perona
guard for the town residents of thell
commander attempted to barricade thu
street for the purpose of defense, bu
were scattered by a bomb and thu
Cossack commander escaped from thu
vengeance of the crowd in civil at
tire.
THE absence of street lighting an,
over cast sky added to the horrors. II
the streets, after nightfall, there wer
very savage cries from near and ia
mingled with the rattle of small arms
1t was supposed that martial law will
be re-imposed at noon, but have seei
only o couple of military patrols. Mar
, Etial law, without troops to enforce II
Is a grim farce and heavy RESPONSE
bility lies on the shoulders of Gov
ernor General Kaulbars. An offlcia
note was issued tonight that person
, found in the streets without authorit
! after o'clock were liable to be sho
by the patrols.
1T Is rsported that the casualties vii