The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-31

q Responsible Cabinet and Count
Whites Nomination Will Probably
be Promulgated Today-Alarmins
Reports Concerning Affairs i'm the
South of Russ:a-Stories of Mutiny
on II BattleshiD and the Destrnc-
ton of Another.
St Petersburg, October 27.-That the
present situation cannot end without
bloodshed is the conviction prevailing
in the higher government circles.
which from moment to moment are ex-
Dectlng a conflict between the troops
and the revolutionists in st. Peters
burg, and news of trouble in the prov
lnces, especially at Karkoff which has
been declared in the state of war.
The governor of Kieff has bean in
structed to take all necessary measures
to restore order, which the local GOV
eminent and the commander of the
troops are unable to maintain.
One Of the most prominent members
OF h emperor's council received The
Associated today, and said with every
evidence of deep motion:
The situation is a g~rieyous and =
palnful one, and [ see no way out of
1t except by the employment Of armed
force. Please do not misunderstood
me. l look upon the prospects with
tears, but it is becoming more and
more evident that the troops will be
compelled to fire. l can see no other
possible outcome. The reyolutionists
are absolutely bent On forcing a con-
Hlct upon us, and nothing we can do
will satisfy them. The extension OF
the suffrage and the right of assembly
will be nothing to them. They are de-
termined to have ~b1oodshed, and we
cannot avoid the issue. 1t is a fright
full disease from which Russia is suf-
fering and, sad and painful as it is.
the government must act with force"
h minister said hat the law Great
ing a responsible cabinet will probably
be promulgated and Count Whites
nomination as a premier announced
tomorrow. Under the statute the pre-
mler mayor may hold special folio,
Count Witte spent almost the entire
DAY with the emperor at Peterhof, and
he has not confided to his colleagues
whether he intends to take the minis
try Of the interior or the ministry Of
finance or no folio at all.
The whole of the ministerial body is
also in ignorance as to whether they
will retain their places under the neW
leader.
Realizing that any attempt to inter-
fere with the monster meeting at the
university would inevitably lead to a
bloody outbreak, General Trepoff,
who announced during the afternoon
that he intended to prevent the assem-
bly, instructed the police to close their
eyes to the fact and the meeting which
was attended by between $4,000 and
10000 persons passed off without a
/! conflict.
The troops stationed around the
building were withdrawn, but in the
court the city bourse and other nearby
buildings half a dozen companies of
Cossacks and strong forces of infantry
and dragons We're in readiness to sally
forth if necessary.
Big meetings were also held in the
chronological and art Institutes, and il
two engineering schools. The stu
. dents at neither of these meetings
took a prominent part in the delibera-
tons, yielding the hospitality of the
college buildings without attempting
TO cloak the meetings with the guise
of student assemblies. With the hope
of avoiding further meetings at the
university, General Trepoff later
placed halls in three different parts Of
the city at the disposal of the people
for meetings, thereby practically con-
ceding the demands Of agitators the
right of assembly.
The scene inside the university beg
CARS description. In the great open
air court, with no light except a few
Pickering candles on a hastily con-
structed tribune, from 1900 to 5000
workmen, students and professional
men stood wedged together in the cold
and wet SNOW fall. listening 70 revolu-
tionary harangues. Another great
meeting was held in the central hal
of the university. and scores OF othel
meetings Of trades and professions
were held in the other rooms Of tn
building. Halls were set aside fol
teachers, physicians, bank clerks, jour
nalists, printers, c%hinoyniks. pharma.
cists, women, engineers, lawyers, tail.
ors and persons of other calling and
trades, and a was even set asid
for non-commissioned officers of III
army, but only a half dozen of these
were present.
In all the sections a strong minority
urged conservatism, but these wef,
carried from their feet by the genera
enthusiasm, and resolutions for a gen.
eral strike i'm every branch of s0cia
activity were adopted with a hurrah
Even the chinoyniks In the govern
ment service whose meeting was large
! ~ attended. were possessed of fhf
same spirit and passed resolutions t.