The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-17
A RUSSIAN
PRETENDER
ChIcf Of $4,000 Peasants
Would Gust Gar.
NEW UPRISING ON vOLGA


This j. the startling report revived
from simblrsk.
rrnKa 10 IN N. heart u the vast
r-gisn extending westward from lhs
NoSa. where agrarian uprising. on
large scale have b--p occurring
IL lh- pr.i-ndrr 10 the throne hai
plac-j himself az the head " The
p.ssaniry Tho government viii so''n
face. besides Ito othef troubles. f"r
mldahlr agrarlan rebellion.
II required q year o. suppress. ihs
famous rebellion led by fuEatch.ff.
who imp-r-onaiei the dcthroned aud
murdered Peter III. la th. time Of
Catherine II.
That uprising was started Ia the
same region. on the banks Of the
yolga.
A vcriiablc panic prevails on the
bourse as the result ~ a rumo that
the Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholni"'
witch. commander 81 the imperial
guanl. had been appointed military
dictator.
There was n stampede 81 holder. Of
Industrial stocks. who hasicnc,i a. un'
load. Government lotteries fell -
points 90 400. and imperial q droppei
~ SBis. q lower point than touched ~
my time during the war.
VI. vouich chief ~ Premier Whites
chanccllcry. denies positively the ru.
NOR that dictator had been appoint.
81.
While neither q dictatorship nor mar
tlal law for ST Petersburg or Russia
proper has been decided upon. there II
no doubt that the Witte cabinet has
been compelled Ia consider the posi-
billty OF the government being driven
| To extreme measures.
The attitude Of the moderaies leaves
the government. unless II Il prepared
Immediately 20 convokc a constituent
assembly based on universal suffrage.
no choice between the anarchy which
the revolutionisis are trying 60 create
aud repression.
Iiumors are circulating that the en-
peror will extend clcmency to the
great majority OF the cronstadt mutt.
necrs.
The council OF workmens delegates
here have resolved to continue the
strike indefinitely.
The workmen's organization M Odes-
81 has proclaimed general strike
The workmen of Moscow are oppos.
I'd 10 The general strike proposed by
the leaders at ST. Petersburg. and the
majority OF them decline TO cease work
for the Polish cause.
The strikers have forced the closing
Of the Moscow railroad station here.
stopping outgoing traffic for Moscow.
and have finally succeeded In closing
the electric stations and In cutting OF
light from the city. Committees were
sent 10 all the theaters and succeeded
in stopping the performances in sew
eral OF them. and in the outlying dis
tricts they went from drug store to
drug store. ordering the pharmacists to
close and threatening them with the
destruction Of their stocks II they re-
fused. Other stores were not inter
fered with.
The action Of the strikers with regard
to the druggists is In striking contrast
with the course pursued In Finland
where, when every other business par
ticipated I'm the general strike. the
druggists were directed to remain open
in order that the sick might not suffer.
The course Is condemned by large
part Of the population.
10 hatf IF ha
rian conditions Dispatches from
Kursk Poltava. Riazan. Samara and
other provinces continue to report the
spread Of disorders. which in Poltava
ere taking an anti-Jewish turn. How
tver, the imperial manifesto regarding
the distribution Of the crown domains
Nill be issued throughout Russia early
ehis morning, and the emperor and
Count WHITE hope it will.tend to pacify
the peasants and will have an impOr-
tant tactical effect on the coming strug-
gle with the Socialists and other anti
government forces In the elections for |
the douma.
personal appeal to the workmen, which |
was sent to all the factories mills and
other works and posted throughout the
industrial section:
Brother workmen Get to your
work. Cease making disturbances and
have pity on your wives and children.
DO not listen to bad advice. The en-
peror has ordered us to devote special
attention to the labor question. For
this purpose his majesty has created
ministry of trade and commerce which
must especially seek to establish rela-
tons between workmen and employ
ers, Have patience. All that is posi-
BILE will be done for you. Listen to the
advice of a man who sympathizes with
you and wishes you we'll"
When the above appeal was read to
the workmen at the Westinghouse
works the leaders replied:
"Witte promises us soft bed, but
in the meantime we must sleep ON |
hard one" II