The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-16
MACHINE GUNS ARE
 USED IN RUSSIA
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 of the Associated Press has received a private and reliable report from Moscow saying the authorities there are extremely nervous as the city Is denuded of troops, the soldiers having been sent to the neighboring provinces and especially southeast. Less than 10000 troops remain in Moscow, and this force is considered to be utterly inadequate should a crisis occur.
 Japan has finally agreed to accept Rus sia g decision against raising the missions at Toklo and St Petersburg to the rank of embassies at present. Japan accepts M. Bakmeiteff as Russian minister at To- ko and Russia accepts M. Makino, the present Japanese minister at Vienna, as minister at St. Petersburg Foreign Sec retary Lamsdorff has notified Minister Meyer that Minister Makino Noboki is persona grata, and it is expected the two ministers will proceed immediately to their posts.
 Peasant Manifesto. St. Petersburg, Thursday, December IA. Morning, via Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, December 15--The Emperor's name day, December 19, will be signalized by an im- portant peasant manifesto and the publi- e ion of the election.
 Dmitri Shipoff president of the Moscow zemstvo, the most commanding figure among the moderate liberals, who, with M Guchkoff, a prominent member of the Moscow zemstvo, Alexander Stako- witch and others, has been consulted in the preparation of the election law, Is out with a strong appeal to all who have the welfare of their country at heart without regard to party utilization to unite in the restoration of order and thus insure af,, a1a iaf1c nd ha If the national assembly, which is the only legal place to settle present differences. He further declares that all classes of the population can join in this imperative work except those who do not believe in the following doctrines:
 First, the development of a constitu- tional monarchy based on universal suf frage, and second, the reform of Russia by peaceful means through an imperial national assembly, Under the leadership of the law and order party an attempt Is being made to organize a counter peasants party in opposition to the Moscow peas- ant congress.
 Strikers Going to Work.
 The Post telegraph congress at Moscow is still holding out, insisting that the strikers can be victorious although unless new department enters into the situa- ton their cause Is apparently lost. The ranks or the StrlkerS are being deserted and those returning to work are compell- ed to sign a declaration to the effect that they were enticed into the union under false pretenses and agreeing not to med dle with the politics In the future. New ertheless the strikers can cripple the postal service for an indefinite period and without the striking operators it is impossible for the government to resume a continuation of telegraphic communi- cation.
 Assassin Confesses. The arrival of General Maximovitch, the successor of the late General Saka- rolf as the Emperor's representative at Saratoff, was signalized by an unfortu- nate incident. The peasants in the dis trict of Balascheff had been rounded up'' by the authorities with the aid of Cos sacks in order to persuade them to return the wood and other property which they had stolen when suddenly the commander of the Cossacks was shot and fell dead from his horse whereupon the Cossacks fired on the crowd killing four and wounding ten persons. General Maximo- witch who arrived on the scene imme- diately afterwards, was greatly distress ed. and in the name of the Emperor prom ised to succor financially the families of the dead and wounded peasants.
 The assassin of General Sakharof has confessed her identity to the extent of admitting that her name is Amelia Pop hoff. She refuses, however, to furnish any other information to the authorities.