Milford chronicle., 1905-01-27

st. Petersburg, Jan. 25.-St Peters
burg has been declared in a stase CT
siege. General Trepoff. until recently
chief of police of Moscow, has been
appointed governor general Of st. Pc
tersburg and has taken up quarters in
the winter palace. Strangely enough,
the only precedent is the case OF Cen
eral Trepoff's father, during the reign
of Nihilistic terrorism under AleXan-
der H., and it is also a strange coin
cidence that unsuccessful attempts
were made on the lives of both. Cen
eral Trepoff is a man of great energy,
but the measures he adopted at Mos
COW for suppressing the student
demonstration in December last pro-
voked much resentment, and the revo-
lutionists recently condemned aim to
death.
The aspect of the Russian capital is
decidedly more calm. Business, which
had been at a complete standstill, has
been resumed upon a limited scale. The
employees in a few of the smaller fac
tories went back to work, and the
crowds Of strikers in the streets were
diminished. The troops in evidence
were not so numerous as on Monday,
and a more confident feeling exists in
official circles that the energetic meas
ures which have been inaugurated will
ensure the safety and quiet Of the
city.
Beneath the surface, however, the
ferment continues, and the public ner-
vousness and apprehension as to future
developments is still unallayed. Secret
meetings of different classes in oppO- |
sition to the existing order of things
were held in various places during the |
afternoon and evening, but the diver |
gent elements which were suddenly |
brought together by the tragic cvents |
of last Sunday are advancing on di-
vergent plans, and no common ground /
of action has yet been found. In the |
meantime the police are actively |
searching out the leaders Three we'll |
known Russian authors and a promi-
nent editor were arrested, and the
prisons are filled with agitators, Tevo-
lutionists and student orators. Such
measures may result in bomb throw
ing and terrorism, but the consensus
Of opinion is that the immediate fu-
ture actions of the agitators depends
upon what occurs in Moscow and other
large cities of Russia, where the work.
men are beginning to strike. Over 100,
600 men are out in the old capital of
the empire A telephone message from
Moscow reported that there had been
no disorder there as yet. There will be
a big demonstration in Moscow today,
and it is feared that it will be accom-
panied by bloodshed.
At Kovno and Wilma, where strikes
also have been begun, the wOrkmen
are following the st. Petersburg plan
of marching about the city and ln1uc-
ing or forcing other workmen to leave
their employment.
1t Is not known definitely whether
Father Gopon, the leader of the work
men, is in Moscow or in st. Peters
burg. A proclamation said to emanate
from him has been distributed indi-
eating that he has gone over body and
soul to the Social Democrats.
The proclamation declares that since :
the emperor and the emperor's minis
ters have refused. to listen to the peO- ,
ple's grievances and fired upon them, /
The government has outlawed itself, so r
that every mans hand should be ?
against it, and calls upon the people to I
3lay the outlaws and destroy the gov {
,rnment root and branch. 1t authorizes +
he men to use bombs, dynamite and /
,ther weapons, invites students to join g
Ind absoIves the soldiers from their
,ath of fealty. The destruction Of gov 4
property is recommended, but b
he proclamation requests the follow d
rs of Father Gopon to spare private a
and ransack only shops con- G
aiming victuals and arms, and urges 4
IL to continue the fight until they 2
ucceed in obtaining a national as b
embly. v
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