The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-05
THE TENSION
 CONLNUED zs' .st. Petershyg TrembIes For Es ruture. WHITE HARD AT WORK Yet May Hay. to Ask for
 a Dictator. Authorities Declare strike VIII Be Broken in Few Days But Cause of Confidence Ia Not Ap-
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St Petersburg, Dec. 3.-(9 p. m.)-- Via Edtkuhnen. East Prussia, Dec. A. The city remains quiet. but extreme tension prevails. Armed patrols of cavalry and infantry are in the streets especially in the neighborhood of the telegraph office. The telegraph and postal tie-up remains compete. Sol- diers and employees of other depart- meats are being used to deliver por- tions of the vast accumulation of nail.
 The telegraph operators met yester- days threat to dIscnarge them unless they return to work by resolving to prosecute the strike until their de- mands are granted.
 The League of Leagues which is ts- suing decrees like a workable provis- ionai government, has openly defied the prefects warnings to walking deie- gates and agitators that any attempts to persuade employees to leave their work would lead to their arrest and the imposition of a fine of ,250 and IS issuing a counter proclamation warn- ing not only the Russian but the Fin nlsh operators to work at their peril i Hope 10 Break strike.
 The authorities express confidence that tho strike will be broken In q few days, but the basis of their optim- ism is not stated. The immoiation of interior Minister Durnovo seems to q ment This Involves another surrender before the victorious proietariat.
 Count Witta is now convinced that the Emperor by acceding to the de- mand tor universal suffrage may still find a common ground which the government and the mod crates and the extreme elements can stand. If this faAs to stay the headlong march of events the procla- nation of a ready made constitution might be tried as the last card. Then nothing wou4d remaln except the pro- cIamatlon of a dictatorship,
 Competent judges of the situation believe that dictatorsnap;a ;aod ~niie s.rat N pofarily, would only. increase the .di- inensions Of the catachysfn and when the dam goes sweep the government ana dsssissz isss aEaz ssssss x S%Sn rum
 Tn order to convince the Zemstyo- ists that the government IS honesty trying to meet the wishes Of the Mod crate and substantial elements, Count Witte has invited not only a deputa- ton of the Moscow Congress, Nm. Petrukitsch: Kokoshine and Morem- steff, but number of other zemstvo- off. M. Guchkoff, NJ. Kuzmlnkara and NJ. Vieff, to participate in the sessions of the cabinet on the election law. which were continued last night and
 Count witte appealed to the patri- otism Of the ZeTnstvoists, saying 1t was their duty not to infiame the sit. uation but to cooperate in saving the country from complete anarchy. A decision was reached to grant prac- tically universal, secret and equal suf- frage to males 25.years of age. on the basis of one representative for each 250.ooo of the population. but Count witte refused to yield direct suffrage to the A ltry districts where there will be a uoubIe set of electors.
 Unless the extremists are willing to accept this solution. the support of the situation as the latter In the pres ent crisis are almost a negligible Perhaps 1t is too much to hope that the social revolutionary achieved can be induced to cease their efforts which are now entirely directed to winning over thesarmy.