Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-11-24
REsUMING
ITS Normal State.
DANGER OF ARMED UPRISING
Is REGARDED AS PRAC-
TICALLY OVER.
GOVERNMENT is GIVEN
A BREATHING SPELL
General and Political Strike Planned
Leaders Believe Famine Will
Prove an Effective Ally-Appeal
by the Poles.

st. Petersburg, Nov. %. - The pres
ent lull is giving the government a
slight breathing spell. The strike fiasco
and the passing of the Polish crisis have
certainly temporarily strengthened the
hands of the government. Practically
all danger of the necessity for dealing
with an armed uprising in Poland is re-
garded as over, and martial law will
probably be abolished at the end of the
week. The immediate question con-
fronting the cabinet is the electoral law.
Premier Witte and his colleagues have
almost reached the conclusion to base
the elections practically on universal
suffrage.
General Strike for January.
ST. Petersburg, Nov. 20. = Although
the extreme party has abandoned the
field of battle for the moment word
has been given out that on January 8
an absolutely general strike will be
ordered throughout Russia, during
which no provisions of any kind will
be conveyed into the towns or cities
Plan New Strike.
st. Petersburg, Nov. 22.-With the
collapse of the strike the leaders OF
the reds" say they will now devote
their energies to the preparation of a
universal political strike to sustain
the revolutionary programme when
the national assembly meets. These
plans, which were suddenly upset by
the precipitation Of the railroad
strike last month, are exceedingly
ambitious, involving the cooperation
not only of the worhmen of the cities,
but the peasantry, and, if possible, the
army and navy. The propaganda
among the soldiers and sailors will be
pushed energetically. The leaders
already claim that they have organized
the peasantry in five districts of Khar-
koff province, the peasants having
agreed not to work for the landlords
when the strike is called. They an
ticipate that the famine which is at
the doors of almost 100000 peas,
ants of the central Provinces accord,
ing to estimates, will prove an effec-
tive ally of the agitation, as they can
promise to give the peasants land to
an unlimited extent
Poles Make Appeal.
st. Petersburg, Nov. 22.-The dele
cation Of "a prominent Poles, conpris.
ing representatives of all the principal
parties in Poland, except the socialists,
and also including members of the
Catholic, Evangelical and Hebrew
churches, which came to st. Peters,
burg to plead the cause Of Poland, to
try towards the government and to
outline the demands which ought to
be Immediately granted, in order to
restore tranquility, issued mani
festo Monday to the Russian people
reviewing the sad history of Poland in
the last century, declaring that the
Poles have no thought of separation
or Of independence, and asking the
support Of all parties In Russia.
Many Peasants Slain.
Borisoglyebsk, Russia, Nov. d.
Many panic-stricken persons are seek
ing refuge here from the peasants
who are taking possession of the es-
tates. removing the grain, burning the
buildings, and ordering the propri-
etors to reiinquish their rights and de
part, under penalty of death. The
excitement has assumed such dimen.
sions that the vice governor has or.
dered the troops to desist from max:
ing arrests. In encounters with
marching bands of peasants, the
troops have killed 100, and wounded
many more. The residents of Boris
oglyebsk are afraid that the peasants
will attack the town, but their fears
appear to be unwarranted.
| WHISKY MAKES HOT FIRE,