Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-02
THE LITTLE FATHER" TALKS.
Meets His Subjects and Serves to Re-
assure Them.

st. Petersburg. Feb. 2-n2 10 +. M
Personal assurances of n intention 70
amend the conditions and remove in me
cause insofar as they are econoTnc, whlcH
led TO the recent strike were ucnNCfeu
by Emperor Mic ho!'ts, yesterday 70 aei7
egation of work!nSmtn representing a.,
tn, leading factors OF st. PotcrSbul &. w.:o
at the invitation journey ed to Barhoe'
Seto. and were received in audience III
the hail of the Alexander palace. where
he has his winter residence.
This interview. taco to FACE with their
little fatEcr" in whom their f"ith has
rot been shai;on by the events of the
bloody Sunday If jar. - mas nitu a LIZ
greater ard more rcassuri1g effect than
any number Of prCClama ions ny MINIS
men OF st Petcl shurg are now general"
incli-cd to aCCeOt the promises oi GOV
ernor General Trcpof and Finance Min
ister kokoNsrtf at Their lace N"luc I'm
eiit w the imperial family of $1,000 to
ana the families of the victims Of the con-
iiict on Jan. - also has had an excellent
effect: and rs tn" news slowly rrrmeateI
the iahoring clasScS OF Russia ii is eX-
pect71 that it Will make them content to
wait for the promised reforms.
LIKE IL wave caused by the falling of a
stone the strike movements however is
spreading over the great sea of Russian
industrial life: and while St Petersburg
and Moscow, where the troubles began,
arc placid. the workmtn of Poland and
other Irovir ccs are not yet calm and the
ripple has reached to far-om IkulSk and
other Siberian towns.
Emperor Nicholas adopted the tradition
al fltherlN tone in his talk wi the work
men. yesterday. H. ohidpd them for al
lowing themselves to he nlsed into en-
saginS in movement itnperilins the in
ternai order of Russia ana aiding the for
HiSn foe. and 70" attempting to demand
ny force what he otherwise would he will
ing to do voluntarily. The Wurkmrn re
ctINtd the royal assurances OF reform
with cheers. ANA after Il lunch at the i'm
pt rial table returned To st. PctrrsIjur..
i'll the best humor 10 report to their FEEL
lows, tnjrned. the words of Ills Ma;
@StN. No attempt WAS maize by them to
present their desires. Whc halrctdV ar.
sufficiently evident. The action Of the st
Petersburg manufacturers in plhs.ing
themselves in the hands OF the govern
mcnt in the matter Of the adjustment OF
gran; the men pay for the time they have.
been on strike. not as Il matter Of right
but as Il favor. and their cnntriLntirr in
ali ct tn" sufferers among the fumilit.
~ their Workm"n are expected 10 ada
t" the prevailing good feeling
The current gossip to the belief thai
Rouli%an. furn1"r governor Of Moscow.
will succeed Prime" Sviat0polk- Mirs.v in
the ministry of the interior is another
Grand Duke Sercius is the dominant intIu-
ence in the grand ducll faction. The an
pointment OF General Irepof. who VA.
Srr"irS nominee. to the governor gener-
A'$hlp OF st. PrtrrSburG narrowed tn,
poW-r Of IN" minister al the interior and
j. is believed. precipitat"d Prince Syirfo.
: oiN-MifS!iVS resignation: ana that thUS,
NAo are posted should pick anothcr Mos
CIV Tron ard Il friend OF Grand Duke
s. r@i's u receive this portfolio indicates
= growing APPRECIATION of the influence. of
tHe emperor uncle.