Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-06-20

OFFICERS Of
ARMY MUTINY
Russian Army Protest Constant
Police Duty in Cities of
the Empire.
NOT TO AUMILIATE.

LONDON, June 20.-A dispatch from
St. Petersburg says that several hun
dred army officers held a meeting at
Krasnoye-Selo, sixteen miles from st.
Petersburg, to discuss the situation Gre
ated by recent events and to protest
against their constant employment in
the role of police. General Pehbinder,
commanding the guard. ordered the
meeting dispersed IN the ground that
1t was illegal. \ group of officers
stepped forward and declared that they
were all faithful subjects of the en-
sition of military policemen. 1t was
d position, they said. which complete
Y isolated them from society. toward
which they practically sustained the
role Of butchers. General Pehbinder
compelled the meeting to dispense. but
promised them a speedy opportunity to
meet legally.
The wal party has by no means sur
rendered. On the contrary. 1t is max
ng Il concerted effort to dissuade the
Emperor from concluding peace. Even
with the two armies already clinching.
hey are filling st. Petersburg with OPP
.imistic views, and General Linevitch
md his %lieutenants are reinforcing
heir arguments with roseate reports
Of the strategic situation.
A report here says that Japan's terms
If peace will prove to be more moder-
lte than has been expected and will
)e based on the propositions made In
he japanese note on the V of hostili-
les. with the addition of an indemnity
covering the cost of the war. Japan
will not insist on h%umiliating terms,
such as the cession of the island of
sakhalin, the disarmament of Vladivos-
ok or the limitation of Russia's naval
lights in the Pacific, but will insist on
war for half Il century at least.
A Lidiapudzy (Manchuria) dispatch
says that the japanese are advancing
rom the center and westward and are
irving in the Russian screens south
If Palitun. Farther west they turned
he Russian extreme right at Lao
fangwopeng. thanking the Russians out
If position after a nightlong fight. The
Japanese force consisted of m infantry
livision, four batteries of artillery and
thirty squadrons of. cavalry. General
Mistchenko's cavalry subsequently re-
.rieved some of the lost ground and
.ecaptured the town of Liaoyangwo-
)eng. During Miscellaneous operations
Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia,
representing Emperor William with
he Russian army, received his bap-
ism of fire.
According to information received at
headquarters. the japanese are NOV
ng northwest in three columns, which
include 10000 infantry and correspond
ng forces of cavalry and field and
mountain artillery. These columns are
reading for Chutsami. Kmesan and
Xenshan to complete the line of Oya.
mas army stretching from the Mongo-
ian frontier to the sea of Japan.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says that
Emperor Nicholas received the
deputation Prince Troubet-
ikoy, president of the Zemstvo con
yress of the Moscow government, in
behalf of the Moscow delegation ad-
lressed the emperor in q lengthy
ipeech, in which he described the seri-
Dus conditions existing in Russia which
caused the zemstvos to approach
lis majesty directly. His majesty re-
)lied. expressing deep regret at the
great sacrifices consequent on the war
md. above everything. at the disaster
the Russian navy. In conclusion the
emperor said:
81 thank you. gentlemen. for the
expressed, and | join in
desire to bring about a new order
VI things. My personal wish and my
will as emperor to summon II national
assembly is unshakable. l await with
the carrying out of this my
will. You al announce this to the in
labitants of the towns and villages
throughout Russia, and from today you
will assist me in this new work."