Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-29

debate the Maryland suffrage amendment
powerful searchlight mounted at the ad-
mralty illuminates the center of the ave-
nue. with binding light leaving the SIDE
| walks in darkness. Drivers in the roadway
! dazzled by the glare, were unable to see
where they were going and the throngs in
| obscurity on the sidewalks were in but a
| little better plight. There was constant
| confusion, which was augmented during the
evening by an attempt of the cossacks and
gendarmes to clear the sidewalks.
Rations for ten days have been distrib-
uted at all the barracks.
Moscow in Frenzied Agitation.
Two Moscow merchants arrived here dur
| ing the afternoon, having covered the dis
| tance in motor car. They reported that
Moscow is in an almost frenzied state of
| agitation.
The foreign residents here are extremely
| nervous and have begun to besiege their
| embassies with inquiries as to what will
| gets the upper hand Requests for protec-
ton are also reaching the embassies from
the interior This is especially the case
with the British embassy
Large property interests are also asking
| for military protection. All such requests
are being sent Immediately to the foreign
! office. but 1t is realized that the govern
| ment could give little special protection to
foreigners. Should an armed uprising take
| place the foreigners will have to take their
| chances with the native population.
Americans Alarmed.
| number of Americans have written TO
| Charge d'Affaires Eddy asking him whether
| they had better try to leave the country.
| The embassys courier. who is in Berlin
| has been instructed to come here imme-
| diately by boat. In the meantime Mr..
Eddy Is getting out dispatches by the En-
| glish courier, via Helsingfors.
| Urgent appeals have reached the British
| embassy from Ekaterinoslav and Grozny1,
in northern Caucasus, where large English
works are threatened. The feeling gener-
| ally at the embassies is one of extreme
tension and nervousness, but there is mani
fest unwillingness to prophesy the result.
If the worst should come warships could
enter the Neva and protect foreigners.
100000 Men Are Idle.
Two hundred thousand men are idle.
Workmens meetings held throughout the
city today unanimously favored continuing
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noon stopped all the business of the
| courts.
The situation at Moscow parallels that
In St. Petersburg. The same paralysis has
seized Russias second city. The strike is
general, the people defying all prohi-
| bitions and are swarming to the universities
and other meeting places. A provisional
| government has already been organized and
| is waiting to exercise its powers.
The university is barricaded against the
| troops. The populations of other towns are
| growing more violent and reports of dis
| orders arriving in increasing numbers,
| but the attempts of the strike leaders to
hold the people in hand thus far have been
| generally successful
Troops in Full Possession.
Troops are in full possession at many
| are panic-stricken.
There is no relaxation to the railroad
strike. which has spread even to central
| ASIA where the Trans-Caspian Orenburg
| and Tashkent lines tied up. The strike
| on the Trans-Siberian railroad is interfer-
| ing with the return of troops from the far
| east. The 18th Corps was ordered to en-
| train yesterday, but was unable to start.
| The sudden and unexplained arrival of the
| battleship Catherine IL at Odessa while the
| remainder of the fleet is announced to be
| still cruising at sea has revived the rumors
| of the muttny reported to have taken place
on board that battleship and second mutiny
| on the Knaz Potemkine, but there is no
| confirmation of these rumors
Cannot Long Endure.
The dispatch to the Associated Press from
Odessa announced only the bare fact OF
| the Catherine lis arrival there. In spite
| of the fact that the revolutionists have the
| government almost by the throat persons
| well informed as to the situation are of
| the opinion that present conditions cannot
| long endure. The proletariat they say
| will be first to feel the pinch of hunger
| There are intimations that the strike or
| ganzation may early next week issue a
proclamation that the strike has served It's
| purposes and shown its strength to the peo-
/ pie, and directing that the workers resume
| their occupations but to be prepared for
| another ,and greater demonstration later
| on If necessary.
| Situation at Other Points.
| LODI. October 2S-The town is threat
ened with famine. Coal is lacking and the
streets are dark and deserted
| newspaper publishers 1t was decided to sus-
pend publication on account of the crisis.
| A meeting of the Douma demanded the or
| ganization of city militia and the stop