Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-05

st. Petersburg, via Edytkuhnen. East
| Prussia, Dec. At is reported from
| Cronstadt that German squadron has
| been sighted in the Baltic sea, near the
| Russia coast. Rumor attributes the an
pearance of the squadron as preparato-
ry to the flight of the Russian imperial
| family.
st. Petersburg. Sunday. Dec. 3-9 P,
M.-,via Edytkuhnen. East Prussia.
| Dec. 4.-The city remains quiet, but ex-
IRENE tension prevails. Armed patrols
| of cavalry and infantry are in the
streets. especially in the neighborhoOd
of the telegraph office. The telegrsp oh
| and postal tieup remains complete. The
telegraph operators met yesterdays
threat to discharge them. today, unless
| they returned to work. by resolving to
prosecute the strike until their de-
mands are satisfied.
The League of Leagues, which is is
suing DEGREES like veritable provi-
sional government has openly defied
the projects warning to walking dele
gates and agitatOrs that any attempts
to persuade employees to leave their
work would lead TO their arrest and the
imposition of fine of $3.50, and is is
suing a counter-proclamation warning
not only the Russian, but the Danish
operators to work at their peril. The
authorities profess confidence that the
strike will be broken in few days.
The immolation of Interior Minister
DurnOvo seems to offer a way of re-
treat for the government. This involves
another surrender before the next pro-
letariat. Count Witte is now convinced
that the Emperor by acceding to the
demand for universal suffrage may still
find common ground on which the
government and the Moderates and the
Extremists can stand. If this fails to
stay the headlOng march of events the |
proclamation of a ready-made consti- |
tuition might be tried as the last card |
Then nothing would remain except the !
proclamation Of a dictatorship.
III order to convince the ZemstvOists |
that the government is honestly trying |
to meet the wishes of the Moderates |
and substantial element. Count WHITE |
has invited not only deputation of the |
Moscow congress, NJ. Petrunkevitch. |
X okoshikine and Mouromsteff, but a
number of other Zemstvoists, Prince
Trouhetskoy, Dmitri Shipoff. M. Ouch
koff, NJ. Kuzminkara, and M. Vieff, to
in the sessions Of the cab
met on the election law which was con-
tinued, last night and. today. A decision
was reached to grant practically uni
versal secret and equal, suffrage to
males 25 years of age on the basis of
one representative for each $500 of
the population, but Count Witte re-
fused to yield direct suffrage to the
districts where there will be
complete set of electors.
The telegraph operators have replied
to Count Whites refusal to treat with
them by an open letter, declaring they
will have no negotiations with Interior
Durnovo and must now con-
tinue the strike until. first, the abroga-
ton of all government measures to pre-
vent the organization and activity of
their union and congress and second.
the liberation and reinstatement of
their arrested comrades, adding Thus
we inscribe our banners with work.
mems notices"
The threatened strike of the police
and the house porters, today, did not
The mutineers Of Sebastopol will be
tried by court martial.