The Minneapolis journal., 1905-04-24
RUSSIAN REFORMS
DEPEND ON TOGO
The Defeat Of Jap Admiral, Rus
sian Liberals Believe, Would
Strengthen Bureaucrats.

st. Petersburg, April 24.-Not only
the future Of the war in the far east,
but the fate Of the whole program Of in
ternal reform, to. which Emperor Mich
the issue of the approaching soa battle
between Rojestvensky and Togo.
T The government undoubtedly will be
greatly strengthened, at least for the
moment, by a victory decisive enough to
change the war situation.
liberals believe that the bureaucracy
would capitulate and that peace and a
constitution would come. re:<.
The Easter. holidays and May. day
are awaited with extreme anxiety both
by the authorities and the public. The
social democrats and srevolutionaries
have planned demonstrations on an ex-
tensive scale, and undoubtedly many Of
them are armed with revolvers and
the country to fight the police and
troops in case they should attempt to
interfere with the demonstrations. The
revolutionaries seem to have plenty Of
funds, furnished both abroad and by
wealthy people in Russia.
Nobility in Terror. y.
The widest rumors Of plans for blow.
ing up the members Of the imperial
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pillage and murder of the nobility and
the wealthy are current, especially in ar
istocratic drawingrooms, and many So
ciety people, thoroly. frightened, have
already made preparations to go abroad.
Large reinf forcements Of troops and
especially Of Cossacks have been
brought to St. Petersburg. Arrests
and searches Of the lodgings of suspects
continue, but even General Trepof, al
tho he is taking every measure Of pre-
caution, does not seem to know exactly
what to expect. That he expects trou-
BILE and bloodshed is apparent from the
fact that he has notified all to guard
against incen'diarism, and thru police
streets on May day.
Altho disorders more or less serious
are expected everywhere, Poland and
the Baltic provinces are the storm CEN
ter.
Price Of Bread Trebled.
Discomfort and strife reign thruout
the empire. In Moscow. the price of
bread has trebled owing to the bakers
strike. In the Gergian theater, Tifis,
yesterday evening the lights were sud
denly extinguished, and in the dark
ness thousands of revolutionary tracts
were showered upon the audience amid
cries Of ':Down with autocracy!' In
9hk. eastern Russia, q meeting of local
cholera, was about to pass illegal res
olutions, the doors Of the. hall in which
they had assembled were burst open
and the chief Of police, under orders
from the governor Of the province,
4 cleared the hall. In Mini Novgorod
the priests are, preaching against the
| Gear Repeats Promise Solemnly.
| Receiving the marshal Of, the nobil-
ity of Kostroma recently, - Emperor
Nicholas ordered him to communicate
the following message to the mobiles:
4 My will regarding the convocation
of representatives of the people is un-
swervlng, and the minister of the in
terror is devoting all his efforts to its
prompt execution.
2" Printers Strike. - : ..*:'' = j.
! The printers suddenly struck yester-
day, announcing their intention Of re-
fusing to work Sundays and holidays.
Only the Russ and Novoe Vremya man
aged to appear this morning.
Resolutions Returned Unopened.
The resolutions adopted by the con-
gress7 Of the representatives of the va
rious schools were forwarded in regis
tered letter to the committee Of min
listers and have been returned unopened.
Czar Seeks to Save Property.
In order to stop the, destruction of
private property in the rural districts
under the peasant movement, an imperi-
> al decree was issued today, authorizing
the minister Of the interior to appoint
} commissions in the disturbed districts
) to trace the culprits, assess the loss
} and collect the amount of damage done
: from the members Of the village com.
} munities implicated. The whole real
l and personal property of the communi.
, ties is made liable for this purpose
, The decree also orders the granting of
state loans to land owners not possess
ing the means of, repairing their losses
Navigation Open.
Navigation to and from st. Peters
t burg was reopened today.