Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-12-23
CABLES WORK AGAIN
Reports Direct From Russia
Say Witte Resigned.
ALL REBEL LEADERS MADE PRISONERS
severe Reprc~sise Measures Taken.
Moscow Grennaiers Mating and
Cossacks Refuse to Move
Against Them

LONDON, Dee. 1S.-1he Northern
Telegraph company has re-estahlishcd
direct communication with st. Peters
burg, and over their wires ii Is report
ed that Count White has resigned and
that he is to be replaced by General
Count Alexis Ignatieff.
II is said that Count White had no
faith In the policy OF Minister OF the
Interior Durnovo and only consented
TO 1t on the condition that it would be
confined to legal means. Ii Is the ex-
pressed opinion OF many Liberals as
well as revolutionaries that "with the
first discharge of cannon Count White
will 60"
News from the interior OF Russia Is
very serious. The revolt In the Baltic
has spread southwark 10 the province
OF kovno, on the border OF Poland.
which belonged to the old kingdom Of
Lithuanla. The rebellion in Kursk Is
beyond control, and the government
has information that big uprising Is
In course OF preparation In the Trial re-
gions.
An officer who has just returned from
Manchuria says that spirit OF mutlny
prevails among large portion of the
army and that the prisoners from ia
pan have been saturated with revolu-
tionary Ideas by agitators during their
captivity and are ripe for open rebel
lion
An imperial ukase Just issued EN-
powers all governor generals and mu-
nipical authorities In the event of rail-
way, postal or telegraph communica-
ton being interfered with TO proclaim
modified martial law. Under the
ukase military commanders will au-
tomatically become governor generals.
A shudder OF horror has convulsed
Russia. The government claims 1t has
given battle only to the red revolu-
tionists, but the populace generally be-
lieves that the white terror has re
turned. All the leaders of the proleta-
riat organization were arrested Sat.
urday night and are close prisoners.
A Moscow dispatch sent through
Germany says that the ferment in The
Moscow garrison over bad ratlons and
numerous arrests has resulted in al
open mutiny OF the Rosfov grenaaier
regiment The grenaaiers freed their
arrested comrades Nv force. seized The
arsenal with the stores OF arms and
munitions and disposed machine gums
before the barracks
The grenadlefs Instead OF the usual
order Of the day issued a series ot
economic and political demands and
the communal Of tbe regiment was
taken over Hy 4 committee 81 tgeuty
elected by the mutinoers
The men Of the AstTalShan regiment
aud the Cossaets refused 10 move
against the mutineers.
Tie colonel OF the grenadiefs then
sent message 10 the mutineers Of
fering to consider their proper griev-
ances IL they would submit them. He
has received no reply.
Only eight men are working in The
telegraph office The telegraphers' CON
gress has again resolved to continue
the strike
The telegraph Office at kiev called
up st. Petersburg and a5kcd whether
the minister Of the interior, NJ. Dur
novo, had been dismissed Receiving
a negative reply, the sounder ceased.
md all efforts to call up that city were
vain The same thing happened on
the Irkutsk wire.
Reports of mutinles in regiments In
various parts of Russia continue to
pour In. AT Irkutsk practically the
entire garrison OF 1000 men and even
the officers voted for the Immediate
convocation of Il constituent assembly,
and a battery stationed at Serpoukhov
presented a series OF political and mill
tary demands.