Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-21


Is the suppression OF Premier Witte and
Finance Minister Shipof.
Should the final decision at Tsarskoe
Selo. where the cabinet resumed considera-
ton of the election law today. be in favor
Of universal suffrage, IL might have con-
siderable influence on the situation. The
Novoe Vremya prints a dispatch from
Riga. dated December 49, saying that the
Let's are completing their armed organiza-
tions and are ambushing and driving out
the troops from the country. destroying
the bridges and Transforming the castles
and residences Of the landlords into forts.
AS fast as the country is cleared OF troops
and Germans the Let's are setting up
local administrations. Preparations are
making for a general convention of repre-
sentatives of Lithuania, at which women
will be granted the right TO vote. The
inhabitants are laying in supplies as IL to
withstand a siege.
Partial state of siege In Moscow.
$40 p. m.-Reports received here from
Moscow late this evening indicate that the
strike was successfully inaugurated and
is spreading rapidly. Even the electric
light plants are closed. Governor General
Doubasoff has declared the city to be in a
partial slhle OF siege, WHICH gives Nilt ClNii
authorities exceptional powers of arrest
etc. The next move will be to declare u
state of siege in which the military super
cedes civil power 1t is expected that the
| Inauguration OF the strike here tomorrow
will be followed by similar measure,
but II the situation becomes worse as an
! ticipa ted, martial law will be declared.
The provincial authorities have already
been empowered in anticipation of the con-
tlngency of their being cut off from the
! capitol to act on their own responsibility
/ even to the extent OF the proclamation of
martial law
The railroad stations at St. Petersburg
were occupied by troops this afternoon and
/ the government made an attempt with the
aid of the railroad battalion to maintain
! some sort of train service. especially to
/ the German frontier, and also to keep open
cable communication with points abroad.
Prof. Milukoff, leader Of the constitu-
| tional democrats. this afternoon issued. a
last despairing appeal TO the proletariat
organiza tons against a general strike de-
claring his belief that II could not succeed
and inevitably would lead to repression and
perhaps 20 great bloodshed which might
be fatal to the whole emancipation move
ment. His moderate counsel however, was
| not needed by the hot-headed revolution
lists, who are determined to try conclusions
with the government under the impression
that they can overthrow the monarchy
WARSAW Russian Poland. Dec. D.-The
! Polish nationallsts have come to the de-
cision that the Jews in Poland must be
transferred into Poles and the nationalsts
have therefore issued a proclamation call
ing on all Israelites to discontinue speak
ing Yiddish and to learn the Polish Ian
suage.
Cossacks surrounded the offces Of the
socialist organ Kurjer Codzienny at mid.
night, arrested the editorial staff ano
sealed UP the Offices. ..,
British Transports at RIGA.
| LONDON, Dec. 20.--Beyond keeping tive
British merchant steamers I'm readiness, al
Riga for the removal of British subject.
in case OF necessity, the British govern
ment is not taking any other action ir
respect to British residents in Russia. The
report that the government IL sending
warship to the Baltic is denied by tn,
foreign office officials.
shoot Revolutionary Flag.
ROVNO, Russia. Dec. 0.-The revolu
tionists today hoisted a red flag over
factory here and the police were unabl,
to remove it. machine guns batter,
was therefore brought into action and sho
| away the Flagstaff