The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-03-31
If he Does He viii Lose His
Throne
PREDICAMENT OF CAR
japanese al Sitiasa and Continue
Advance on Both
Flanks

LONDON, March 81. 90 Dispatches
from St Petersburg say that the i'm
perial commission, under the presiden-
cy OF Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaie-
witch which has been considering the
question Of prosecuting the war. has
completed its preliminary report and
favors n continuation of the war.
The report says there is nothing in
the situation, either financial or mill
tary, to prevent its prosecution.
All eyes there are centered on Wash
ington and Paris, where developments
are expected.
The Washington dispatches are
scanned with especial eagerness. The
reports of President Roosevelt's confer
ences with Minister Takahira and Am
bassadors Jusserand and Speck Won
Sternburg, In spite Of official denals,
are believed in diplomatic circles here
10 relate to the opening of negotiations.
The foreign office continues to main
tain that Russia has taken no official
step, which certainly is literally true.
There is an important admission how
ever, that Ambassador Jusserand upon
his own responsibility may have given
President Roosevelt the French idea OF
Russa's position.
In view of the peasant agitation
throughout the country some of the
newspapers are seriously alarmed at
the effect OF the recent pastoral ad-
dress of the metropolitan of st. Pc
tersburg, NJ, Antonus, as being a di-
rect Indictment to the ignorant peas
ants to begin "A war of determination
against the entire educated class. and
the papers are demanding that the
metropolitan and the holy synod. whose
mouthpiece IT is assumed Antonius
was, take immediate measures to coun.
teract the effect Of his statements
A telegram from Sitjasa. Manchuria.
says that japanese column. which is
probably carrying out fanking move.
ment has been seen twenty seven
miles northeast OF Sipinghai, seventy.
-FOUR miles north of Tie pass.
AT st Petersburg man dressed as
porter fired three revolver shots at a
secret police agent in Great Mcrskaia
street last night. All the shots missed
their aim. The assailant was arrested.
A Tokyo dispatch says Russia's evi. |
dent desire for peace is observable TO |
Japanese statesmen the same as to the |
rest Of the world, and they possess
good facilities to correctly estimate the |
peace tendencies in responsible Rus
sian quarters. Japan knows that Rus.
STA wants peace without indemnity.
without humiliation and without rig
orous terms. but it Is clear that some
very substantial indemnity il neces-
sary as compensation for Russia $ caus.
ing Japan to engage In this costly war.
The land owners of the government
Or kharkov are almost panic stricken
at the spread of rural disorders, and
many of them are deserving their es-
tates and fiocking TO the cities
The peasants of the Bolachoff dis.
.rict, In the government of Saratov.
are already discussing division of the
properties of the large proprietors.
Thousands OF peasants have marched
through the town OF Gori carrying red
Tags and destroyed number OF shops.
The crowd also attacked military pa
rol, whereupon the soldiers fired a vol
ey, wounding ten of the peasants one
II whom has since died.