Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-15
Trouble at Newski Shipyard
in Schlushlburg Causeway.
TROOPS ON GUARD
MEN QUIT IN A BODY-RED FLAGS
AND HOT SPEECHES.
Soldiers Had Not Fired on Workers at
Last Account-May Day With
out Disorders.

ST. PETERSBURG, May 15-5:25 pm
There was a serious disturbance this after
noon at the Newski shipyard in the
Schlushlburg causeway, on the left bank
of the Neva above st. Petersburg The
Chevaler Guards have just left their bar
racks on Horse Guard boulevard at a gall
lop.
The Associated Press is informed by tele-
phone that the men at the shpyard walked
out in a body, carrying red flags and sing
ing revolutionary songs.
So far as ascertained the troops have not
fired upon the workmen.
May Day Quiet.
ST. PETERSBURG. May 15.-With the
Russian May day happily passed without
general disorders, the authorities breathe
easier and are inclined to regard the dam
ger of a really serious interior crisis this
spring as over. Turbulence doubtless will
continue with sporadic disorders, but the
plans of the social democrats and social
reVuIutonists to produce dtsanection among
g the troops and coordinate peasant and
workmens movements for the creation af
state of general anarchy have signally
8 failed. The only place whence acute dis
order was reported yesterday was Kishiner
and that was in no sense attributable to the
revolutionlsts. Apparently a crowd of SOL
diers off duty got out of hand. piilaged
= created a reign OF terror among the inhab-
itants until surrounded and arrested by
their comrades
.- 1t IS now evident that while the social
democrats and social revolutionists made a
h lot of noise, they had neither organization
nor real leadership behind them Even the
terrorists held aloof while waiting for big
ger game. These two parties, which al
ready have forfeited the sympathy of the
major portion of the liberals now stand dis
credited by their failure with the working
lower classes generally Their attempt to
retrieve their lost prestige in st. Petersburg
by proclaimng a general strike for today
also has broken down. the workmen refus-
Ing to follow their leadership. A period of
calm is now likely to supervene, in which
the intelligent elements of reform, which
are not in sympathy with violence, will de-
vote themselves, as they are doing. to dis
cussing and celebrating ideas of the form
which the promised popular representation
should take to bring rational pressure to
bear on the government to meet their views
Everything now depends on Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky, but cool observers more
and more convinced that the reforms of the
Russian state, like all their predecessors
will come from above and not from below.
The people are not ripe for physical revo-
luton. In the meantime reforms in all d.
{ rections are being worked out. although the
liberals are too impatient to properly appre-
ciate the great changes which gradually
{ being effected. The repeal of the law pro-
r hibiting Poles from buying land will be fol-
lowed by a general amelioration of the con-
{ 6tion of the Jews. touching particularly the
extension of the right of residence, on which
the committee of ministers is now earnestly
laboring.