Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-21
REDS PLAN ANOTHER STRIKE
Russian Radicals Arrange for DemOnstra-
tion When Assembly Meets.
PROMOTERS ANTICIPATE GENERAL FAMINE
Plague IL Also Expected to serve ~
an Ally TO AEitatiOn-ArmS
ana Navy 90 Re In
Noived.

ST PETERSBURG, nov. 23.-With the
collapse of the railroad strike the leaders
of the reds say they will now devote
their energies to the preparation Of uni
versal political strike to sustain the revu-
luHonary program when the national as
sembly meets. These plans, which were
suddenly upset by the precipitation Of the
railroad strike last month, are exceedingly
ambitious involving the cooperation not
only of the workmen Of the cities, but the
peasantry, and, if possible, the army and
navy.
The propaganda among the soldiers aud
sailors will be pushed energetically. The
leaders already claim that they have or
ganized the peasantry in five districts OF
l<harkoff province, the peasants having
agreed not TO work for the landlords when
the strike is called. They anticipate that
the famine, which is at the doors Of almost
$4,000, 600 peasants of the central provinces,
according to estimates, will prove an effec-
tive ally Of the agitation, as they can
promise to give the peasants land to an
unlimited extent The plague, which is
moving northward from the Klrghiz
Steppe, II not stamped out in the Vistula
region, may also be made to serve the pur-
pose of arousing the ignorant and super
stitious peasants The leaders will urge
the proletariat everywhere to secure arms
and be prepared TO fight for their rights.
watching zcmstvO Congress.
The struggle in progress in the Moscow
zemstvo congress is watched with intense
interest. The main question to be decided
is whether the zemstvoists will cooperate
with the government and what terms.
The test probably will come upon the reso-
lutions to be offered by NJ. Nemiroveski,
mayor of Saratoff. and NJ. Kucheroff,
mayor of Kharkoff, Jproposing cooperation
with Count Witte in the general pacifics-
tion of the country and the introouctions
OF the reforms with the understa nding that
the national assembly will work out the
details. The men who are making a fight
on the necessity for supporting Count
witte urge that unless the country Is
tranquilized the government will be forced
to return to reactionary measures From
the dispatches received. however. it is
likely that even IL the radical wing is out.
voted considerable guarantys will be de-
manded as the price of cooperation of the
zemstvoists.
It is significant that delegate to the
zemstvo who presented himself the rep
resentative of the Jewish population of
| wilma, Lithuania, was excluded
Many liberals here believe that the con-
| gress is sure to result in a split and that
the radical wing standing on it's insistence
upon a constituent assembly and universal
suffrage will refuse all connection with the
/ government. The plan loudly discussed by
| the extremists fortnight ago of turning
| the congress into a constituent assembly
| appears to have fallen through.
While no information has been received
! regarding the reported false emperor. who
was said TO be marching at the head of
thousands Of peasants in the province Of
! Penza, the turbuepee there has become SO
placed the province 4in state of siege.
Dmitri ShippoffAand NJ. Guiechkoff. who
are attending tho Moscow congress, will, it
| is understood act as Intermediates in be-
! half Of Count Witte. They have in their
possession propositions in which the gov
| eminent will ask for the cooperation Of the
zemstvoists. The principal point is an
extension and definition of the powers Of
the national assembly promised in the i'm
! perial manifesto OF October 80. 1t is ex-
pected that the fight over the question Of
supporting the government will be settled
| at tonigh's session of the congress.
All issues on the Bourse today advanced
sharply on the collapse Of the strike. Gov
eminent Lotteries jumped 80 points to $50
| and Imperial Is went up over a point, clos
ing at S51z.