Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-01-26
A REIGN OF TERROR.
Every Prospect OF an irsYrreetion.
Faithfulness Of the Soldiers the
Dynasty's Only Hope.

St Petersburg. Jan. 2J.-The revo-
luton has begun In earnest As |
write the capital is literally a city Of
dreadful night All lights have been
eNtinGuishcd and the streets are in
complete darkness. The tramp and
clattor of soldiers. armed to the teeth.
who patrol the streets. mingled with
the sound of occasional shots and tho
detonation Of deeper and mere sinister
explosions OF revolution challenged
with massacre has replied with dyna.
mite
Everywhere in the suburbs where
there are soldiers or public buildiags
bombs are being thrown.
A state OF siege prevails, and orders
have been issued that the people who
leave their houses do so AT the risk OF
being shot. Many frightened inhabi-
tants are fleeing from the city or bar
ricading themselves in their homes.
Others arc marooned in hotels. but
the strikers. or rcyolutionists. a. they
may now be called. are gathering In
the streets and the widest rumors
are circulated.
Armed men are reported to he
marching to their aid from various
quarters. Twelve thousand strikers
frcm the Capiloff works. sixteen miles
away. are stated to have beaten de-
tachmcnt Of troops told of to deal
with them and to be advancing ON st.
Petersburg
A bomb has been thrown among
regiment OF Cossacks near the Win
ter Palace. and the revolutionists are
hourly growing bolder.
There seems every prospect Of
great revolution. and this happy city
Is threatened with n reign OF terror
that may equal that Of the French
revolution.
The DDwager Empress. that relent-
less opponent Of reform, who might
parallel Louis XVI. has He'd. aud the
dynasty's one hope Is that the troops
are still stanch. 1t IS hell In rebellion.
with man trying to eNt.nguish the fire
with his hoofs
There exists today in St Petersburg
a body OF men wto look upon them
selves as the future provisional gov.
crnment OF Russia. As yet they are
political ciphcrs. who hope that a sud
den stroke Of luck may provide them
with the means to oyerturn the pres
clt regime and Place the reins OF
power in their hands. 1t they sue
coed they will. f,r the time being. be
identical with Ru sia. u thcy fail
they may. as they themselves admit.
wander TO siberia or descend into the
tomb.
They are prepared To respect Rus
sian traditions and pay interest punct-
ually on all loans heretofore negJ-
tiated. and viii cave nothing undone
To avoid Reputation. the curtailment
Of interest or any measure that would
run counter 10 the obligations under.
taken by the imperial government.
but every foreign loan contracted at
ter SUNDAY. January p. this year. they
will unheSitatingly repudiate. because
no nation can now lend to the Russian
government in goci faith ur Ia igno
rance Of the fact that the people and
bureaucracy are struggling - discover
which of them really represents the
nation.
II victory of the people over the
government should he but partial. and
the constitutional regime has been
substituted for an autocracy. the rep
rescntativcs Of the nation. who. In
that case. will have control over the
state purse. will insist on that same
policy being carried by the national
assembly in any and every case.
Therefore, the Russian people are
resolved to repudiate all debts con
tracted by the autocracy from the day
when civil war broke out between
the autocracy and the people.
] transmit this important message
in performance OF my duty and with
out any further commentary.-New
York Herald Special