The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-22

mean for Rusaia
\ Most of the predictions are for dire
events.
Revolutionary literature IS flooding
The country outside of ST. Petersburg,
emanating from the hotbels of organ
lzed revolt in the capital.
Worst feare surround gossip of trea-
son and intrigue at court.
The possibility of any portion of
the army being swept away into the
popular revolutionary movement is
the terror Of The hour to every Rus
sian still loyal to Nicholas
These fears are not Gained by the
,wo Investigations which are proceed.
ing indenanden ly regarding the mar
row escape of the royal family from
death on Thursday.
Though these reports promise t. be
tina, the bombaedment OF the palace
was a gunner's mistake till no per.
son believes hat Il was other than a
deliberate attempt 70 slay tIeS czar
and his encourage under the most
/
Court Disnitaries Involved.
Every fact points to deliberate at.
tempt to wholesals as assination.
That persons close to me cars per
son at court are involved is certain.
The court is now said % be honey.
combed with suspicious and jealous.
te-,
I In the midst cf thi hangs the life
I Of he czar who is confronted by a
worse menace without.
Soldiers May AssaiI Strikers.
Fes impartial cbsorvers believe
hat tle Ienient mcthol Of meeting
/ th er.sis can be much l3ager adher
ed u, unless II is the purpose Of his
majesty to grant the demand4 Of the
rioters, and this is regarded beyond
any reasonable hope
II would cause li,tle surEriss IL
the soldiers were turned loose on the
rioters at any time
Ii ia hinted tAat one reason why
troops have no. been used against the
strikers is that that section Of the ar
my now in Russia is comprised large
| ly of reseryists, who have taken the
place of active service men sent 10
Manchura, and that il is so honey
combed with socialists and reyolu
zionist sentiments that, outside the
household troops it is no sure thing
that the troops would not make com
mon cause with the rioters if order
ed to fire on them, and thus precipi
tate a real revolution, which would
mean the downfall of the present
government.
The feeling in St. Petersburg may
be characterized as one OF anxious ex
pectancy which is shared by all class.
es from the czar down.
Spirit of Unrest Spreads.
From the fact thai well known an.
archists and Nihilists from Germany,
France, Italy and even from the Unit
ed States have been recognized in the
ranks of the strikers it Is inferred
that this movement has been in con
| temptation for some time.
News from o.her sections of the
I
rest is rapidly spreading, and tends to
show that the whole empire is in a
dangerous sta.e of ferment. From
Warsaw Odessa and other points
where the revolutionary spirit has
long been strong come reports of dem
tnstrations similar in character, but
no Of such proportions as that which
las stirred St Petersburg as it never
has been stirred in its history.
The next few days Will probably
/ give answer to the question which is
being very generally asked " Is Rus
sia face to face with a repetition OF
! the French revolution"
Officers Commit Suicide.
News that the officers Of the bat
/ terry had committed suicide caused
little surprise. Even though they were
not involved in the assassination plot
they unquestionably would have been
disgraced for permitting the attempt
o be made with their gun.
The regiment to which this battery
is attached is one of the finest in the
Russian army and the fact that a
conspiracy of this kind was possible
in this regiment is an indication of
how thoroughly the whole Russian
military establishment is honeycomb.
ed with the revolutionary idea.
In diplomatic circles the opinion is
gaining strength constantly that the
only thing which will save Russia
from a revolution is the prompt con
clusion of peace with Japan and the
bringing back to European Russia
without delay the troops which have
been sent TO the front