Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-16
ELECTION Law ON NAME DAY
Important Manifesto for Russian Peasants
is Also Expected December 10.
CAR Will MAKE TRIP TO MOSCOW
clamation VIII BE Issued from
the Neutrality-suspicious. Riot
ing in Streets of
Riga.

ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 14-Mornins.
via Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, Dec. 10
The emperors name day. December 10,
will be signalzed by an important peasant
manifesto and the publication of the cleo
ton law
Dmitri Shpoff. president of the Moscow
zemstvo, the most commanding figure
among the moderate liberals, who. with
M. Guchkon. prominent member Of the
MOSCOW zemstvo, Alexander Stakovitch
and others. has been consulted in the
preparation of the election law. Is out with
strong appeal to all who have the well
fare of their country at heart, without
regard to party affilation. to unite In the
restoration of order. and thus insure
peaceful elections and the convocation of
the national assembly. which is the only
legel place In which to settle political
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
full means through an imperial national as
| sembly.
Under the leadership Of tho law and
order party, an attempt is being made 10
organize a peasants party in opposition
to the Moscow peasants congress.
Gar VIII Go to Moscow.
| Upon the early convocation Of the ma
| tional assembly, the pressure for which Is
I constantly increasing 1t is generally be-
| lieved that Premier witte will dispense
with the services of Interior Minister Dur
novo, against whom all classes have risen.
and appoint NJ. Guchkoff. prominent mem
! Der of the Moscow zemstvo, who is said to
be ready to accept the Office as his success
/ sor.
| The people here continue to talk Of the
probable ceremonial attending the issuing
of the report that the golden state car
riages used at momentous ceremonies will
be sent to Tsarskoe Selo. An investigation
OF the rumor. however. seems to show that
! it is baseless. as the emperor is going to
Moscow to proclaim the constitution in the
1 Kremlin.
The budget of 1906 is being cut hard not
only in order to try to make both ends
meet, but in order to make the best poss-
BILE showing to the national assembly. Ex-
| travagance in all directions has been elm
mated and projects for new railroad con-
| struction and new public works of every de-
scription are omitted. The only items in
| creased are the salaries of the railroad and
postal employees The personnel of the
army and navy and the naval program are
greatly reduced and an item of $4,000, 900
for new construction is stricken out.
Mutiny in Manchuria-
The outbreak of the mutinous spirit I'm
| the Manchuran army is partly attributable
to the failure to pay and properly feed the
troops. The latter problem is especially
difficult owing to the impossibility Of for
warding adequate provisions from Russia
on account OF the practical paralysis of the
railroad to Siberia, compelling the purchase
of supplies from the Chinese for which ad-
equate funds are not available The au-
thorities have now hurriedly forwarded
/ s12.000,OO0 to the army in Manchuria
The reports from the provinces indicate
that the country generally remains close
to the boiling point. The situation in the
Caucasus is again serious. The Tartars
and Armenians are numbering each other
as of yore. At Elizabethopol especially,
there has been a savage exhibition of race
hatred. From Kharkoff an agent of the
| New York Life Insurance company who
| fled, brings the story of the establishment
of republic there. He says the military
| forces have gone over to the revolutionists
and that the latter have full possession of
the city.
Some Strikers Desert.
| The post telegraph congress at Moscow
is still holding out. insisting that the strik-
ers can be victorious, although. unless a
new development enters into the situation.
their cause apparently is lost The ranks
of the strikers are being deserted and those
! returning to work are compelled to sign a
declaration to the effect that they were
| enticed into the union under false pretenses
and agreeing not to NEEDLE with politics in
the future. Nevertheless. the strikers can
cripple the postal service for an indefinite
period and without the striking operators
it is impossible for the government to
secure a resumption of Geographic COM
munication. There are no signs of a break
on the Siberian lines and business men
everywhere are in despair at the outlook.
Runs on savings banks reported at
many places in the provinces. The des-
perate strikers here continue their attacks
on mail wagons and the robbery Of letter
boxes. The provincial zemstvo are COM
planning that they are unable TO collect
the taxes without the aid of the .cderal
government and they have been obliged to
close the schools. Throughout the Volga
and Don regions the peasants continue 10
cut down the forests.
II seems to be beyond question that
bloody collisions have occurred between
troops and the united peasantry and work.