The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-06
CRISIS DRAWING NEAR
Struggle Between Forces Of Anarchy
and Order Is at Hand.

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Journal Special Service.
London, Dec. 6.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent Of the Daily Telegraph
wires under date Of Sunday by way of
Eydtkuhnen, Prussia:
'sThe decisive struggle between the
forces of anarchy and the elements of
order is drawing near. On the one hand
the revolutionists, lacking funds, are
organizing a general strike, while try
of death.
On the other hand, the soldiers,
Cossacks and rabble are anxious to
punish the enemies of Sod and the car.
and with difficulty are restrained for q
moment. Bankruptcy looming on the
horizon may precipitate events which
no minister, no cabinet, can any longer
control.
The Fateful Question.
"The fateful question with which
Russia is now confronted is whether
the nation will await the election of
the the legislative a1e as assembly or help anar,
for the purpose of putting the power
in the hands Of the national assembly,
and If it cannot accomplish this, will
resign.
. s'The aim Of the revolutionists is to
compel the cabinet to create series
Of accomplished facts modifying the
manifesto of Oct. 80, which the douma
shall then be unable to alter. Thus they
demand set Of temporary measures
snch as equal rights for all citizens,
which if granted would by their very
nature, be not temporary, but defnitiye
and immutable. If the Jewish disabil-
tiles are thus removed by a new minis
terial act, anti-Jewish riots accompanied
by awful massacres would inevitably
follow. because the people would resent
any usurpation by ministers Of the
power belonging only to nation and
ear. Hence the government is extreme
ly DESTROYS of bringing the douma to-
gether and great haste is now being
made to frame an electoral law.
Appeal for Strike.
"Cleverly worded leaflets are being
distributed broadcast among the troops
urging them not to rise against the car
but to strike for better material con-
d1t5o4s. more abundant food, higher pay
and less work.
Personally, I am disposed to believe
the. present deadlock will terminate in
violence, but without very serious loss
Hungry strikers may attempt to
loot shops. which will be protected by
Cossacks and guardsmen who. feeling
AiO
may repeat the terrible scenes Of three
years ago. II reyolvers be fired or
bombs thrown against the troops the
bitterness will become intense.
1t is improbable that the teleg.
raphers strike will last longer than
Tuesday without provoking bloodshed. -
Dictatorship as Check.
In another message Of the same date
the same correspondent says:
The masses and classes of Russia
are being driven and drawn into an
archy, which can be checked only by
a military dictatorship. Nihilism, pure
and simple, not any practical political
program, is the. goal aimed at by an
insignificant minority, to whom the
rule not merely of the autocracy, aris-
tocracy and the middle classes, but Of
the entire nation, seems the one thing
necessary.
Il am informed that the German So
clallsts sought to dissuade their Rus
sian colleagues from a purely nihilistic
line OF action, but the latter, who are
more in need Of cash than advice. scorn.
fully refused to be advised. The in
tellIgent classes, neryeless, gritless, are
continuously hypnotized by the revo-
lutionists, who are resolved to pull
down the whole social and political
fabric, altho not knowing what to put
in its place.
Witte Ministry Doomed.
The correspondent of the Times at
st. Petersburg, under date Of Dee. A,
says:
In well formed circles it is believed
that the strike will prove fatal to the
ministry of Count Witte. I hear that
M. Guchkoff or Professor Migoulin-
the latter an avowed opponent of the
premier-is likely to take over the gov
eminent, with program including the
distribution Of the state domain among
the peasants and old-age pensions for
workmen. Reports are current that it
is the intention of the government to
mortgage. the brandy monopoly to Ger
man banks.
st. Petersburg, Tuesday, Dec. 5, via
Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, Dec. 6.An
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