Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-10-30

situation, would like to leave the
country, but find it impossible to do
so. Hundreds have left St. Petersburg
in carriages and by using other slow
vehicles, but the danger of travelling
through the country when there are
threats of agrarian outbreaks at any
time has deferred many others from
making the attempt.
Other Cities Affected.
A strike of all the telegraph opera
tors has been decided upon, to begin
on Saturday, and if inaugurated st.
Petersburg and other cities will be cut
off from all communication with the
world.
This condition of affairs is not CON-
fined to St. Petersburg. In other large
centers the situation is as bad or worse
than here.
Moscow and Warsaw will be cut off
from all communication with the out
side world just as completely as st.
Petersburg. From both these cities
come reports of fighting and clashes
between the people and the soldiers.
At Riga state of anarchy exists,
many persons having been killed in
conflicts with the soldiers, and the SOL
diers appear practically helpless.
At Odessa a general tieup Of all
roads running into the city is expected.
Men on the entire system have joined
in the movement and traffic on all
lines is suspended.
st. Petersburg, Oct. 27.-Nobody
any longer questions the reality of a
revolution or a reign Of anarchy. The
government appears to be blind and
palsied, power blind and frenzied.
Anything. even such monstrous doings
as history has never yet recorded, is,
to put it mildly, quite possible in car
dom today.
The railroad strike has, however,
proved most effective in forcing the
government to speedy action on mea-
sures which have been slum beripg in
commission for many weeks. Wednes-
day night, the ministers, after five
hours session, finished the final draft
of law creating responsible council
Of ministers, and yesterday completed
the revision of the statute granting
freedom OF assembly, both Of which
are being taken to Emperor Nicholas
today for signature.
Last night the ministers held anoth.
or session, meeting formally as the
Solsky mission, but in reality as Count
Whites cabinet, to discuss the election
regulations of the douma. 1t was q
short session and mainly concerned the
elections in Siberia.
1t is reported that M. Witte, stimuli.
taneously with the PRONUNCIATION Of
the cabinet statute, will issue a proc
lamation defining his policy and ask.
ing the nation to give fair trial to
the new government system and resist
the efforts of revolutionists to throw
the entire country into state of an
archy.
lmperiaIists In Panic.
Panic prevails in imperial circles.
1t is reported that the imperial yacht
Polar Star is lying off Cronstadt un.
der steam and that the smaller yacht
Strells is held in waiting at the wharf
at Peterhof for emergency use.
Count Witte, even in advance of the
PRONUNCIATION of his formal appoint
menr as premier. completely dominates
the situation. At his interview with
Emperor Nicholas last week he told
the emperor that in his opinion not
even a republic could now save Rus
STA from anarchy. 1t was the emper-
or's duty to the people and the country
to face the situation by meeting the
GLASSES, namely, to aorogate the auto
cratic power and grant constitution
by creating ministry responsible
alike to the crowd and the representa-
tives of the nation.
The emperor finally accepted, re-
questing Count Witte to draft a pro-
ject, which in skeleton form he ap-
proved last Sunday when the count
agreed to accept the premiership on
condition that he could name the min
listers and that they should report to
his ma ieatv onlv throuph himself AZ