The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-31
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fore they were overcome. In the open
country this can not be done. The
land has been devastated to such an
extent also that it win be hard for the
troops to find sustenance. The send /
ing of large forces into the provinces
is therefore almost inpractcable- /
Then too the government dare not
withdraw many soldiers from the cities 1
to be used in quelIing the peasants |
lest new outbreaks should start in the
centers of population If it took 1
solid week for the soldiers to over
come the comparatively few revoIu- I
tionists in Moscow how long will 1t /
take them to subdue all the insurrec- /
tionists in the provinces2 This is |
question that the authorities dread to
think of answering.
The past week has given the govern /
ment some advantages. It has taught
the revolutionists one thing, and that9
is that they can not stand against
trained soldiers reinforced with artil- (
lery and machine guns 1t is also
proved that dissa tisfaction among the
soldiers is not so pronounced as the
revolutionary leaders had pictured it. /
The first lesson is apt to be forgotten
1t is more than likely that in every
city of any size in the country the
people will have to be taught with bull
lets and bloodshed that the troops are
their masters While this IS being
done the government is likely to re-
sort to such cruel measures as to
make the entire people rise in revolt.
A Spur to Revolution.
The repressive measures of the gov
ernment are generally regarded as be-
ing the greatest spur to revolution IN
this citv Minister of the Interior
DuronOVo has greatly angered the peo-
pie of this city by the orders given TO
| cOssacks and Dragons. The agitation
for an armed revolt in st. Petersburg
is growing stronger every day. All
meetings of workmen are broken up
and the cossacks fire on groups of peo-
ple without the slightest warning. I'm
less the tactics of the government are
changed the WOrkingmen VIII soon be
driven, in sheer desperation, to revo-
luton.
The developments of the last twenty
four hours have shown clearly the
trend Of affairs in the provinces. Ad-
vices of yesterday and last night all
go to show that the revolution is
spreading with unexpected rapidity
aad the government officials are great
~ worried as a result
IN Moscow conditions are rapidly
becoming normal. The credit for put
ting down the uprising there is given
to Lieutenant General Mistchenko, who
within eight hours after his arrival in
the city. by his display of activity had
completely overawed the revolution
lists.
1t is the intention of the government
to send him Immediately to other
storm centers in hope of quelling the
instructions.
From all appearances there viii be
plenty of work for him to do. IN the
TVer government the local OhlclalS
have fed from their posts in fear of
the revoiutionists who now hold COM
plete possession of IVer- In the
i Bakuet and Ekatrinoslav districts the
revoIutionists hold six railway stations
which were taken by force Strong
detachments of troops have been sent
to retake these stations and punish the
rebels.
At NIjni-NOvgorod the extreme
and moderate parties are engaged in
fghting each other in the KunavinO
quarter AdVices from that city also
show there has been severe lighting at
SormOvO. These dispatches say the
sound of cannon can be heard at sor-
movo and glare in the sky shows
that the city has been set afire. A
state of siege has been declared to
exist at that point.
Private advices from Riga tell of the
unhappy conditions there. The rebels
after severe fighting captured the mu-
nicipal buildings railway station, sew
/ eral government Offices and destroyed
the stations. In the Ural district the
/ government officials have all beeh
forced to flee.
Advices from Warsaw indicate that
the revOlutiOnists are preparing TO
take active steps to make the strike
more effective than it hasSbeen so Iar.
1 In view of the rumOrs that have been
current to the effect that a general
armed revolt would be attempted
/ throughout Poland today, the dis
patches have been disQu1etlng. A
message received late yesterday after
noon from Warsaw stated that procla-
nations had been issued signed by the
/ revolutionary government threatening
with death anyone who rented rooms
to be used as police stations The
same proclamation forbids the pay
| ment of taxes or licenses for the
estates to the government and threat
ened retaliation upon anyone who re-
! fuses to obey the order to close all
Uprising in the Crimea.
Private dispatches from a reliable
source tell of a general uprising on
/ the part of the peasants in the Crimea.
/ Serious trouble is anticipated in that
region At Odessa, however. quiet
/ prevails. Most of the strikers have
resumed work and the revolutionary
movement has been checked in great
measure by the wholesale arrest of
labor leaders.
Despite the serious conditions in the
provinces the government is taking
steps that threaten to make the peas
ants and Workingmen more bitter and
which may embroil all the outside
country in civil war if present plans
are carried out. Minister of the In
/ terror Durnovo has sent out circulars
to all local authorities directing them
to send him the names of all persons
who have participated in the recent
revolutions in every town and district
/ It is the announced intention of the
government to depOrt 100, 900 social
lists whose names will be furnished, in
| order to pacify the country. The gov
| eminent has gone further, and has
threatened with expulsion all mem
| bers of provincial governments who
fail to carry out the measures direct
ed to be put in force from St. Peters
/ burg in order to suppress this revolu-
( ton.
Advices received last night from
MOSCOW indicated there Us fie-lata., 2