Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-01-28
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\ ter an impartial investigation OF both
| sides of the controversy, to carry out
| the letter and spirits of the prociaina :
| tion of Jan. p. Naturally tc the mas
ters this means that they will have Il
foot the bills.
One of the best posted and most fa-
| nous of Russian Liberals said to The
| Associated Iress, last night:
| Whilst the events of last Sunday have
| given an enormous impetus throughout
| Russia TO all movements against the
| existing order Of things. it is truly mar
| velous with what skill and adroitness
| the government seems to be turning the
situation to its own account with the
very men who have suffered and who
les sthan week ago would have been
| in open revolt had they been able to
| procure arms.
The governments proclamation ap-
| pealed TO the wOrkmen to always look
| to the government for redress Of their
grievances reinforcing this proclama-
| ton with quiet missionary work with
such agencies as the government
knows so we'll how to employ to con-
Vince them that the blOodShed misery
brought down upon them on Sunday.
WAS the result of listening to student
agitators and revolutionares and the
governments ill-wishcrs generally
| and the governments plan has ev1-
IDENTIFY been successful with the vast
majority.
While the events of the last few
days have left many of them forever
| in the ranks of the socialists and re-
voluIionaries. the vast bulk are go
Ing back to work embittered against
the program of the agitators. which
seemingly. only brought them sorrow
and misfortune.
Speaking generally of the situation
| this gentleman said:
Strikes will sweep over Russia like
a wake but there will be no revolu-
tion: the conditions are not Yet ripe.
1t is only Il spasm, a convulsinn of
greater or less duration in different
places, accompanied by diSor iers and
perhaps by bloodshed. 1t will sub
side temporarily at least and reap
pear again in some other form in the
cities and elsewhere. A movement of
which | have received information and
which is agrarian in character al
| ready is afoot throughout central Rus
Sia. 1t is Very similar to the move
| ment in the provinces Of Piltava ana
karknff of three years ago, when the
peasants attacked the landlords
burned their property and robbed ana
| often killed them and possibly it may
create a similar reign of terror in
| country districts. The governments
| embarra ssment will go on and the
autocracy will fight inch by inch but
it Will be forced to give way as it has
done here. wherever too hard pressed
and the contest will end in the grant
ing of a constitution or Il revolution
will overtake it"
What of the immediate future?"
| was asked.
bombs" was the reply. 'The ter
rorists will begin to take vengeance"
The most of the Russian newspapers
which Will appear. today. have decid-
| ed, inasmuch as they will not be per
| mitted to publich full and uncensored
| accounts Of the events OF the last few
| days, to print only the official state
ments. 1t is understood however. that
| the authorities say that censors will
| be relieved as soon as the situation
| becomes normal. In the editors opin-
| ion. anything like a permanent return
| to the policy or repression is impos-
| sIble
| A Russian journalist says that
| Father Gonon told him. Saturday
night. that the time had come when he
could take off the mask and declare
| himself socialist. He said he knew
| the Emperor would not be at the
winter palace on Sunday to meet the
workmen and that he knew the troops
would fire. although h" had preached
| the contrary at the workmeu'S meet
ing. The object Father Gppon is re-
| ported to have said was to open the
| eyes of tn" workmrn ana turn thcm
ihto reVnlutioniStv.
| Father Gopon'S whereabouts is not
yet definitely established although he
is said to he IN ShafousofSky hospital
| wounded
st. Petersburg. Jan. 27.-Gen. Kuro-
| patl;in reports that Russian troops at
=. NJ. Jan. 70. after a desperate fight
occupied the Village of Sandcpas. which
had been strongly fortified by the Jap
anese.
Supplementing the foregoing. Cen
| KUrop&tkin says
| From later reports it appears that
| IN capturing these positions we made
| prisoners Of 100 Japanese. We also oc-
cupicd the village of Weheitaise on the
| Hun river. losing 50 men.
| .'On Jan. 26. our troops continued the
| offensive against SandepaS. The Jap
anese attacked our positions near the
village from the south and southeast
but were repulsed. our cavalry partic-
ipated in maneuvering against the left
flank and attacked the Japanese in the
rear
"Our force then attacked Sandepas
and ut +. NJ. after a desperate fight.
with the assistance of sapperS. we sur
mounted the strong entertainments and
occupied the large village.
"'The same day our troops occupied
the enemyS entertainments at Shakhe
and repulsed Japanese attempts to re-
take them
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