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mand for foreign exchange were ecceler-
ated by circulars which the strikers and
revolutionary organizers are spreading
broadcast.
KREan TeleEraphers ut work.
The only break in the ranks Of the
telegraphers is reported from Kazan. Middle
Prussia. Elsewhere all the governments
attempts TO resume teiegraphic communica-
ton have been unsuccessful. In this city
there has been a partial resumption OF
mail delivery by means OF volunteers but II
requires two policemen or two soldiers to
escort every carrier. In the postoffice the
officials who can be spared are working in
other departments with volunteers, some
OF whom are Of high rank. Princess Obo-
lensky Princess Kofhubey Countess Nor
vinoff and Countess Ozerof are sorting
letters in the mailing room
At one mail station the strikers stole
march on the military. The guard of SOL
diers had gone to dinner, leaving their
rifles stacked outside. The strikers raided
the station and hammered of the breech
locks of the rifles before they were dis
covered. At Moscow over twenty carloads
of letters are undistributed.
At Kharkoff It is said that 5000 soldiers
have agreed not to fire on the people and
at Rostof the Third .srenadier artillery,
consisting of 400 men, has held a meeting
and formulated service demands. Similar
action. It is rumored, has been taken by the
military engineers at Odessa and by troops
in several places in the Baltic province.
AErarian Troubles in LivOnia.
The declaration of martial law In Lvonia
is due principally to agrarian troubles.
Large bands of peasants are marching and
pillaging. 1t is reported that Dorpat is in
flames.
stringent law to prevent agitation for
political strikes and the spread of propa-
ganda prejudicial to the discipline of the
army and navy is about to be issued.
The election law is not expected to be
finally completed until next week.
Premier Whites response to the zemstvo-
lists will not be made until tomorrow.
The Russ demands the trial by court mar
tial and the removal of the colonel of the
Zemionovsky regiment at whose invitation
Prof. Nicholsky, the noted reactionary who
is boycotted by the students. delivered a
speech to the regiment warmly praising
the men for firing on the people
Rioting in Interior Cities.
1t is alleged that the strikers are securing
information from the interior towns.
have been received by the council of work.
mems delegates.
! According to these dispatches mutineers
have seized the arsenal at Ekaterinodar and
| secured 1900 rifles which have been dis
| tributed at Ekaterinodar and Novorossyk.
| 1t is also said that a revolt has broken out
at Elizabethpol and that insurrectionary
| troops are masters of the situation at
Novorossyls.
The situation at Kieff is described as
being an extremely serious one. Some ac-
counts say that a massacre has taken
place in which 1000 we're killed.
photographers Remain Firm.
MOSCOW, Wednesday, Dec. e-Via
Eythkuhnen East Prussia, Dec. THE
elaborate measures taken by the police and
military for the protection of men who
are willing to return to work have failed
to induce any OF the striking telegraphers
to resume their employment. A meeting
of 1000 strikers today unanimously pro-
nounced against yielding. The Finnish
delegates declared that all the photographers
of Finland were ready TO enter the union
and support the strike. Three hundred
strikers have already been dismissed under
the decree of Interior Minister Durnovo.
1t is rumored that the military engineer,
at Odessa are mutinously, inclined
Prices on the Bourse today were very
weak. The offers, however. were on &
limited scale, but there was q complete
absence of buyers. ~, ,...l
| u1E.a $50 tt--s
II Policemen May strike.
WARSAW. Russian Poland. Dec. u
Thirteen unions of civil engineers, lawyers
teachers, physicians, clerks, etc, have
formed a polish league of leagues as az
annex OF the Russian league OF leagues.
The local police have petitioned the chic
of police for better pay, housing and treat
ment They require favorable answering
during the week, otherwise the threaten L
strike.
Advices from Odessa, Kieff. Rostoff ant
Kharkoff say that many merchants Of
those cities are finding II impossible L
transact business and are sacrificing
their interests and leaving the country.
No Change in Russia.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The State de-
partment has been informed that there IL
no change in conditions in Russia and
Finland this morning.