Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-25
boLlND AND the CAUCASUS.
=. t,om Both Are Very Dlsqulet'
,uo-Ramors Of Relsn Of
Terror.
PEASANT UPRISING THREATENED
o,,,ooloc Of a Dangerous Movement
p,s Been Observed In Southern
Provinces

g, pefersb,lrg, Feb. 25.-The Reports
,oAsy both from Poland and the eau
s,ms are very dIsduieting
owing 10 lack Of direct telegraphic
communication with many places IN the
c.nossus yerlhcation OF the countless
,nmors aaoat Is impossible, but it is
rostlyely known that almost reign
., terror EXISTS in the territory between
me- Caspian and Black seas, Private
vengeance has gutted the streets or
psku Batoum and riffs with dead Ar
nenians and Mussulmens.
gbs reports however, OF the capture
~ ,he Russian garrisons and OF the
srng OF the Black sea fleet IN Pol, etc,
are not confirmed.
In poland the strike situation is once
more assuming a critical stage, ana IL
Il feared the authorities may again
X forced 10 adopt violent measures.
mo railroad strike situation in SOUTH
en- Russia Is also more serious. Traf-
AZ on half dozen roads has been
stunned. causing still further difficulties
n she transportation Of grain and
coal and bringing business TO stand
s.Ill,
over 10000 carloads Of grain await
movement IN the Volga district and
several hundred thousand tons OF coal
FOR the iron and steel manufactures
cannot be budged from the dinetcskl
oollieries Added to this Is the dam
gerous agrarlan movement among the
PEASANTS OF some Of the northern pro-
ylnces as a result Of the circulation of
the report that the emperor, March 4,
will issue a manifesto providing for a
general division OF lands which has
teen the dream Of the peasants ever
since their emancipation.
Here, In 81. Petersburg, the work.
men are In q constant state Of agita-
ton The employers are unable TO deal
with the men, who walk out and re-
Wne work on alternate days There
bfe now over 10000 men idle and walk
Ing the streets
ASSASSINATION IN BAToUM.
Constsntlnople, Feb. 25.--Advlces
from Batoum say the project OF police
and several leading merchants OF that
city have been assassinated and that
numbers Of ottoman subjects have
been murdered by Georgian strikers,
The porte has drawn the attention
Of the Russian embassy to the situation
and the latter has promised the neces-
sary protection.
Revolutionary manifestations in IA
yor Of a republic are being carried
broadcast IN Bat0um. The movement
Is not confined to the city workers. but
has many adherents among the peas
ants and agricultural classes, who claim
that the land owners are treating them
ms serfs.
The whole OF the Caucasus Is said TO
be seething with disaffection. Armen-
lahs, Jews and people OF other ntionall-
ties and creeds are aiding the strikers,
VINO appear 10 be acting under the or
GERS OF committee at st. Petersburg.
PEASANT UPRISING THREATENED
st, Petersburg Feb. 25, 2:l5 a. m.-
me beginning OF a dangerous moye-
ment has been observed among the
peasantry OF some OF the southern
provinces, where revolutionary agita-
lors are circulating reports that the
emperor will on March 4 issue a man
heslo providing for a general division
o. lands. A new allotment has been the
cream OF the moujiks ever since eman-
olpauon, and according TO private re-
tolS the stories have spread like Wild
nle and are implicitly believed. In the
government Of Talu a large proprietor
vent 70 his estate last week and found
We peasants az work measuring and
.ahlhg their shares. In response 10
,ai, Vvuahds FOR an explanation they
az y,I MN OF the coming manifesto. Re-
.ssnB 10 listen TO his declaration that
s sae report was absurd, they would only
we have heard the little father
uo mnen the proprietor asked what
'S Vos become Of him, they replied:
.rS ~, we WIN leave you the buildings
n, NV nv we peasantry becomes possessed
y ule idea that the emperor has willed
|, u ,ia OF land II will be exceeding
.er u',huult TO dlsabuse their minds. and
horaS"h troubles on large scale arc
m ~ me moujlks are likely TO turn
yeasn ae proprielors, as they did several
IA n Sso IN the provinces OF Saratoff
Ior,o Vt3'SeVa' when anarchy reigned for
,praa 'Shs me reservlsts agitators are
srp'e0ulhB the story that tho war ls
case Il cited which occurred
,.lollnlght ago at Rlazan. whore oOo
veel1lsls who had been called ON. astv
hrve. '"eS ulu not intend TO
,vd me war Ia over" said the leader.
,on. NOV you simply want To make
Wo ,.r, out OF contract for feeding us
., WI not serve" and of they march
ss,,,,.Nl instance IL also given OF re-
,,,9 VINO actually left n railway
ns ', aller they had been started for
fr 5ieule reports also leave no room,
rss,nu ,l mat the strikes i'm tho whole
nroI,," pelow Moscow are almost on
Hon poHtlcal in character. The sltun-
/, senefally In the south of pussia
ana c4hnB worse Instead of better
rnns,ns 'Oalns many factors which arc
,srr nv 1ne authorities the greatest
ior ~ me possibility OF the necessItv
10 tbn despatch OF additional troops
Ildsre e Caucasus is already being con-
DETAILS OF STREET FIGHTING.
M 'uls, Caucasus, Feb. 25.-Detaus Of
ths, s5e s street fighting at Baku show
Fob Sl persons were killed or wounded
ia and that on the following dav
mlme, bitterness between the Mus
nav enu Armenians reached a cIl-
hnd eieet murders were incessant
gelber 'ns lasted all day long. Alto
b won a hundred people were kIllel
lhs sunled' Shops We're plundered onJ
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