The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-02-03
RUSSIA FACES A CRISIS

large NUMBERS OF troops. BRUSH con-
sular officers there are reported to
have been assaulted by hussars, and
the matter, it is said, has been called
to the attention of the st. Petersburg
government by the British ss::lbassa-
dor. A severe storm at tA,,oscow aided
the authorities there in al ting dis
order which was thought to 10 i'm
pending. There were no disturbances
in st. Petersburg. In Batoum, Prince
Gurielly, an officer of the police, was
assassinated.
Under Sergius' Thumb.
The influence of Grand Duke Ser.
gius, the foremost of the reactionists,
is alleged to have governed Emperor
Nicholas ever since the strike troubles
began, and that member of the i'm
perial family is represented to be de.
termined on drastic measures for the
suppression of all agitation for eco
nomic or political reforms. Reports
continue rife that the terrorists are
prepared to resume their activities.
Father Gopon. the leader of the St.
Petersburg workmen, is reported to
have escaped to Stockholm. The holy
synod has denounced him as Grim
inal priest betrayer of his sacred
Office.
Wholesale PilIage at Warsaw.
Warsaw, Jan. 31.-The strike diser-
ders are becoming more serious. The
oordinary life of the city is quite sus-
pended. On Saturday the strikers
stopped the street railway service, but
remained otherwise orderly. Yester-
day, however, they began wholesale
pillage The majority of the shops in
Marshal Kovski street and the state
vodka shops were looted. All the fac
tories, shops, schools and theaters
were closed and the street lamps were
extinguished. There, have been Sec
ral'collisions between the police and
strikers and many arrests have been
made. Peace-abiding inhabitants are
terror stricken.
British Consul Attacked.
London, Jan. 31-The correspondent
at Warsaw of the Daily Mail tele-
graphs as follows:
"a group of hussars ran down Brit
ish Vice Consul Muoukain Sunday
night in Marshal Kovski street. Two
hussars rushed at him with their
swords. inflicting severe cuts across
his face and lower lip. Dripping with
blood Muoukain was conveyed to the
hospital. where he is now doing we'll.
British Consul General Murray had
a narrow escape from being similarly
run down in Wierzbova sereet.
SIT appears that the incidents were
due to a company of hussars betting
drunk and running amuck.'
The Daily Mails ST Petersburg cor
respondent reports that Sir Charles
Hardinge, the British ambassador, has
asked the Russian government to
make inquiry into the outrages on the
BriNkh consul general and vice con-
sui at Warsaw.
Warsaw Is in Grasp of Mob.
While there seems TO have been a
complete restoration of order in St.
Petersburg and Moscow, conditions at
Warsaw continue to go from bad to-
worse. Estimates of the killed and
wounded in consequence of collisions
between mobs and the soldiers place
the number at 100. The bakers being
on strike, bread is at famine prices in
Warsaw and attempts to break into
stores there have caused numerous
collisions with the military. The find
ing Of revolvers OF uniform make on
many of the rioters arrested afford
confirmation of recent reports that
rcyolutcnist agitators have been
Smuggling Arms
in anticipation of an outbreak. 1t is
asserted that the official tale of the
dead through the recent conflict be-
tween the strikers and troops at Riga
is far short of the actually, many
having persisted in in attempt to cross
the liver on the ice when the soldiers
opened fire, the ice breaking and the
water cngulfing the tugitives.
Work is being generally resumed
In Moscow the mems demands have
been practically conceded and all the
railway workshops have resumed ope-
r&tions. The strike has ended at Sar-
atoff. AT I.ibau some of the strikers
have returned to work and there have
feen no serious disturbances during
the day. No further extensive strikes
are reported at any fresh centers, nor
are there disorders except at Warsaw.
Much Disorder at Warsaw.
London, Feb. 1.-The correspondent
at Warsaw Of the Daily Mail tele-
graphs as follows:
Street fighting continues and the
mob is growing in dangerous fashion.
There have been frequent collisions
between the people and soldiers. Rev.
olutionists attacked the troops with
revolvers and knives. The principal
disturbances occurred in Noviswiat
street, leading business thorough
fare.
At IL o'clock Sunday night a regi-
ment of infantry marched to this thor
oughfare from Smolna street, when