Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-11-02
BLOODSHfD IS
INEVITABLE.
RUSSIAN REvoLuTioNlsTs AND
TERRoRisTs BENT ON Fore
ING CONFLICT.
MUST EMPLOY ARMED FORCE
TROOPS ARE ORDERED TO SHOOT
EVERY AGlTATOR CARRY
ING ARMS.
MUST EMPLOY ARMED FORCE
STRIKERS. SURE OF SUCCESS
MONSTER MASS MEETINGS HELD
WITHOUT POLICE INTER
FERENCE.

ST. Petersburg, Oct. 29.-That the
present situation cannot end withou
bloodshed is the conviction prevailing
in the higher government circles which
from moment to moment are expecting
a conflict between the troops and the
revolutionistS in st. Petersburg and
news of trouble in the provinces, espe-
cially at Kh> rkoff, which has been de-
clared in state of war. The gov
ernor of Kieff has been instructed to-
take all necessary measures to restore
order which the local government
and the commander of the troops are
unable to maintain.
Must Employ Armed Force.
One of the most prominent members
CT the emperor's council received the
Associated Press yesterday and said
with every evidence of deep emotion:
''The situation is grievous and a
painful one, and | see no way out of it
except by the employment of armed
force. Please do not misunderstood
me. I look upon the prospect with
tears, but It is becoming more and
more evident that the troops will be
compelled to fire. can see no other
possible outcome. The revolutionists
and terrorists are absolutely bent on
forcing a conflict upon u.s. and nothing
we can do will satisfy them The ex-
tension of the suffrage and the right of
assembly will be nothing to them.
They are determined to have blood
shed, and we cannot avoid the issue.
1t is a frightful disease from which
Russia is suffering, and, sad and pain
full as it is, the government must act
with force"
Tel! Police to Shut Their Eyes.
Realizing that any attempt to inter
fere with the moster meeting at the
university would inevitable lead to a
bloody outbreak, Gen. Trepoff, who an
nounced during the afternoon that he
intended to prevent the assembly, in
structed the police to close their eyes
to the fact, and the meeting which was
attended by between 5000 and 10000
persons, passed off quietly without a
conflict.
Big meetings were also held in the
chronological and art Institutes and in
two engineering schools. The students
prominent part in the deliberations
yielding the hospitality of the college
buildings without attempting to cloak
the meetings with the guise of student
assemblies.
Comedies Right of Assembly.
With the hope Of avoiding further
meetings at the university, Gen. Ire
poff later placed halls in three differ
ent parts of the city at the disposition
of the people for meeting, thereby
practically conceding the demands OF
the agitators of the right of assembly
The scene inside the university beg
gars description. In the great open
air court, with no light except a few
Pickering candles on hastily con
structed tribune, from, 1000 to 5000
workmen, students and professional
men stood wedged together in the colo
and wet snowfall, listening to
/ Revolutionary Harangues.
Another great meeting was held in the
central hall of the university ant
scores of smaller meetings of the sep
arate trades and professions were hel6
in the other rooms of the building
In all the sections strong minority
urged conservatism, but these were
! carried from their feet by the genera
| enthusiasm and resolutions for gen
eral strike in every branch of socia
| democracy were adopted with {
| hurrah.
A remarkable feature of all the
| speeches was the spirit of complete
confidence that the success of the
movement was at hand, and the mani
fest Intention, as the minister quoted
| in the first part of this dispatch said, tt
Force an Armed Conflict
upon the government. The meetings
continued far into the night.
In the city, in spite of the absence d
disorders, there is a condition of actua
panic. Half of the population il
compelled to rely on candles or kero
sene lamps for light, while the stree
lamps in large part Of the city have
| been exiting uished.
Orders Troops to Shoot.
| Warsa ", Oct. % The governor
general has ordered the troops t.
shoot every agitator armed.
Act Without Mercy.
LODI, Oct. 2S. The governor hal
ordered the officers in the event OF dis
turbances to act without mercy.
cubans to BE at The Hague.
Havana, Oct. 20. The Cuban gov
I eminent has accepted the invitation O
Emperor Nicholas, conveyed through
Baron Rosen, to send delegates to The