The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-02
CO{ Wifts's Task is RsgaId- ed by Everyone in St P'-
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DISORDERS ARE REPORTED FROM ALL SMALLER CITIES Attacks on the Crowds Are Reported to Be In Most Cases the Work
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St Petersburg, November 1.-Although ,ha dav nassed in comparative quiet Tn St. Petersburg and Moscow noou o- from all parts of the empire re- port disorders in many cities with heaVS total of dead and wounded.
 The people while celebrating their new found freedom, were In many Instances set upon by Cossacks and guards, "riie sometimes the spirit Of mop Vioiehoe broke forth and the lower element ol the population gave themselves to pliiase and destruction.
 The most serious disorders apparently occurred at odessa where hundreds or persons are reported to have been Killed or wounded and where the rioting Is mo mentarily expected to flare out into repetition of the slaughter of last July at Kazan, where a three-days reign or terror was ended only by the retirement of all Cossacks into their barracks.
 Anti-Jewish Uprising.
 A deplorable feature of the news from the interior is that anti-Jewish uprisings have occurred in many places. especially in south Russia, where the populace vent ed it's hatred of the Jews by sacking their stores and clubbing them, the members of the mobs in some cases resorting to the torch.
 The attacks on the crowds are reported to be in most cases the work of Cossacks' who many times were apparently let loose upon the people without direction or au- thority.
 In St. Petersburg today, General Ire poff, in accordance with his announce ment of last night prevented the resump- ton of the revolutionary demonstrations by having the crowds dispersed whenever and wherever they gathered. Kazan place and the Nevsky prospect were several times cleared by Cossacks and police, and the crowds were driven from the vicinity of the university with whips and the flats of sarres. General Trepoff was aided by the weather which was cold and rainy, and which kept many persons off the streets.
 Witte's Task Is Difficult.
 Count Wttes task in securing a fair trial for the new experiment in constitu- tionalism is a most difficult one. He is disappointed at not securing the support of the liberals on whose cooperation he counted. Many of these are holding aloof and seem rather to enjoy the predicament in which the new premier finds himself
 The socialists and revolutionists who have the government stampeded, are be- hind every effort to keep the movement up and to precipitate catastrophe from which they hope a socialistic republic will emerge There Is little to be desired by the llberalists and zemstovists and 1t Is hoped that the forces gathering to Count Witte are sufficiently strong to re- gain the empire to a peaceful stage
 Count Witte is doing his utmost to meet the chief objections against the new regime. In addition to the promised am nesty for political prisoners. liberty of the press has been granted. Count Witte of fering to a delegation of editors who call ed on him to demand the abolition of the censorship regulation. the explanation that the words in the manifesto liberty of the press were unintentionally omit ted, and the count had not noticed 1t un- til the complaint was made.
 Includes Liberty of the Press.
 The official Gazette says the liberty of speech Is to be interpreted as Including the liberty of the press.
 Count Witte informed a delegation of strikers who called upon him today to demand the release of their imprisoned comrades and the removal or General Trepoff, that it would be madness for him to dismiss the only man capable of maintaining order in the city at the present juncture
 Nominally, for the purpose of perfect ing their organization and gathering funds, the strike committee tonight de- cided to call off the St. Petersburg in- dustrial strike at noon Friday next but to resume 1t at an opportune moment.
 The St. Petersburg railroad men have resolved to continue their strike, declaring they have assurances that the soldiers of the railroad battalion will desert if little persuasion In the shape of train wrecking is employed.
 No newspapers will be issued tomorrow, and probably not until Friday at noon. The printers have determined to work only for the journals which refuse to sub init themselves to the censorship regula- tions. The publishers association has met this determination by resolving to disre- gard hereafter all circulars issued by the censor and to print what they please. The