Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-01
Telegraph Tie-up Complete and
Government Ignorantof Hap
penings In Interior
sNLY TWO MODES OF EeREss
4 Seem. !. Tho Government Must Put
Whole Country Under Dictatorship
and Martial Law, Or Proclaim
Ready Made Constitution -.Witte
2efuses to Consent to the Former.

st Petersburg, Dec. LINE Crisis
continues. The telegraph tie-up thru
out Russia Is practically complete,
and the government does not know
what is happening in the interior OF the
empire. Enlissaries Of the strikers
have been sent out to Finland, to in
duce their comrades to join In the
strike Much as the government would
like to rests, 1t is powerless.
Powerless, with the threat of a gen
sraa political strike next Monday
hanging over Its head, and the fact
that Interior Minister Durnovo will
probably be sacrificed to secure the
resumption OF telegraphic communica-
tion, at the same time the govern
ment is full., conscious that the de-
mands for reinstatement of the leaders
of the leaders of the telegraphers
union, and the dismissal Of Durnovo,
are mere pretexts, and that Its sur
render will only serve to encourage
the revolutionists to new efforts These
following the tactics in the case of
the COnstad': mutineers, are certain
10 take the form of fight to save
! the lives of the Sebastopol mutineers.
for the purpose of again proving the
proletariat's solidarity with the army
and navy. fuss declares the sit
uaition is such that the government is
unable to guarantee that tomorrow the
i guns Of Cronstadt will not lombard
I the capital. The Witte govern
rnet.t. seems utterly unaGala te fns a
weapon to fight the PASSIVE revolu-
zion, while 1t hesbtates hoping that the
tide will somewhat subside and permit
the realization Of reforms in an or
derly way. Meanwhile the country is
threatened with {. counter revolution,
with all the horrors OF Jacquerie, dn-
eurrection Of tae peasants) eand it be-
comes more and more apparent that
there are only two modes of egress.
the government. must put the whole
country under dictatorship and martial
law, or proclaim ready made consti-
tuition. Witte refuses to consent to the
former, although the court Officers
and imperial guard are clamoring for
ct, and advocates Of the latter are in
creasing. M. Souvorin, editor OF Mo-
woe vremya, openly announces that
this is the only possible hope of rail-
lying the moderate sentiment of the
country to the active support OF the
government The Associated Press
learns that none OF the Sebastopol
mutineers will be executed. No further
details are obtainable OF the circum-
I stances Of the arrest at Tsarskoe-Selo
OF soldiers belonging to the imperial
guard.
It develops during the mutiny at Sc
bastopol that sailors of the volunteer
aoeet and engineers of the Southwest
ern Railway refused transpo portation to
troops and artillery to Sebastopol. The
! garrison Of Tsal'skoe-Setlo has been
reinforced by the Seminonovka regi-
t NlSnl.1 &1IdAU @DulAS NACiAuAe1s, SonAAAio"A4
der of the imperial guard, has decided
to send in turn all other guard regs-
ments to Tsarseoe-Selo.
The frightened public continued to
unload stocks on the bourse today, but
no bankers, in view of the better OUT
look, took the offerings and prevented
q bad break, altho imperial fours clos
Cd half q point down.
Situation Improves Somewhat.
Late this afternoon the outlook for
Temporary Improvement in the situa-
tion, which would give the government
a., ,,pifv N, t.,,t1h IFS breath was