The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-29
PANIC IN THE CAPITAL.
Soldiers Everywhere on Streets nnd
 Business is suspentsesi.

Business is Suspended. St. Petersburg, Oct. 2S.--A condition bordering upon panic prevails here to- day. Business is completely suspend cd. Soldiers are everywhere in the streets and bloodshed on a large scale Is feared. The Government is trying to appease the infiamed popuIace, but the revoiutionaries seem determined to force an armed conflict.
 The last railroad link connecting the capital with the outside world, was broken last night when the Finland railroad discontinued service between St. Petersburg and the Finnish border. but communication by water is still open. Photographic communication with Moscow is new interrupted. The cable service is still operating, although the postofficc is closed and the only papers to appear this morning were The Offi- eial Messenger and the army organs which printed directions for the mili- tary
 The former contained a letter from General Trepoff. who is in command of me St Petersburg garrison, and ad- dressed to the provisional governors, instructing them to allow public meet ings for the discussion of political questions and to interpret the law lib- eraliy under Count witte's direction.
 The Government realizes that repres- sion by arms in the tremendously ex- cited state of the country would be fatal. and meetings are allowed as safety valves. Further meetings at the university here have been prohibited. but three buildings have been set aside TOT meetings in St. Petersburg and General Trepof has instructed the gov ernors to select buildings in all the cities.
 Much alarm is shown at some of the embassies for the safety of foreign sub tects. and the situation is being gravely discussed. Beyond preliminary ar engagements for the dispatch of em- bassy mails by boat. however, no steps have yet been taken.
 IeIegraphic communication with the interior Is open, but the dispatches re- ceived are meager
 For Political Liberty.
 Communication with some places is entirely interrupted. From all over the empire the story is the same--work stopped, no newspapers printed. schools closed, and the business life of the peo- pie suspended The cry of the masses is always the same-political liberty The military everywhere is in posses sion, the inhabitants are terror -strick- en, many cities are in darkness and at Reval mob began work last night The rioters sacked shops. and this morning the city is on fire. The the atres and spirit shops are burning.
 Kharkoff is under martial law.
 The most startling news, however, comes from Moscow, where all the po- litical parties have joined in a resoIu- tion to set up the provisional govern ment. Details are lacking, and the ex- act progress of this attempt at formal insurrectt1n is rot known
 As the day advanced the military patrols were multiplied but no vio- lence was reported, the streets being almost deserted. save for throngs of idle workmen. Groups of agitators are entering all the stores and banks which are still open. insisting on their imme- diate closing. The authorities seem to hesitate to employ force.
 The strikers evidently have some funds, but whence they have been de- rived is a mystery. According to ru- mors, the Moscow merchants who have been supporting the constitutionaIists have made large contributions to con tinue the strike under the belief that the Government will be forced to sur render
 Meeting a Ffzxle.
 A meeting of strikers, called to take place in the Addize courts at noon to- day, turned out to be fizzle. The police succeeded in preventing all but a hundred persons, and the court ad- journed until D. m The strikers broke d number of store windows
 The strike commits, which is direct ina the movement here Is well-organ- ized and it sitting constantly Its di- rections are obeyed unhesitatingly by