Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-20
Leaders Preparing Universal Pol
itiCal Strike to Sustain Rev.
dictionary Plan.
AFTER SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
ProIetariat Everywhere viii be
Urged to Secure Arms and
Fight for Their Rights.
zemstyo Congress at Moscow Watched
Very Uncertain Whether II VIII
Cooperate With Government.

ST. Petersburg. Nov. e0.--With tbs
collapse OF the strike the leaders OF the
Reds say they will now devote their
energies to the preparation Of a uni
versal political strike to sustain the
revolutionary program when the ma
tonal assembly meets. These plans,
which We're suddenly upset by the pre-
cipitation of the railroad strike last
month are exceedingly ambitious, in
Volvtng the cooperation, not only OF
the workmen Of the cities. but the peas
antry and If possible the army and
navy. The propaganda among the SOL
diers and sailors will be pushed ener-
getically.
The leaders already claim that they
have organized the peasantry In flve
districts OF Kharkoff province. the peas
ants having agreed not to work for the
landlords when the strike IL called.
They anticipate that the famine which
X at the doors of almost 100000 peas
ants of the central provinces. accord
ing to estimates, will prove an effective
ally of the agitation as they can prom
ise TO give the peasants land TO an UNI
limited extent. The plague, which il
moving northward from the krghlz
steppe, II not stamped out In the Wis
tula region, may soon serve the pur-
pose Of arousing the ignorant and su-
perstitous peasants. The leaders will
urge the proletariat everywhere to Sc
cure arms and be prepared to fight for
their rights.
The struggle In progress IN the Mos
COW zemstvo congress is watched with
interest. The main question TO be de-
cided Is whether the zemstvoists will
cooperate with the government and on
what terms. The test probably VIII
come up on the resolutions TO be offered
by M, Nemiroveski. mayor of Saratof
and NJ. kuoherof. mayor OF Ihrakoff,
proposing cooperation with Count
Witte In the general pacifcation OF the
country and the Introduction of the re-
forms with the understanding that the
national army will work out the details.
The men who are making a fight on the
necessity for supporting Count Witte
urge that unless the country is tran
quilted, the government will be forced
TO return to re-actionary measures.
From the dispatches received however.
II Is likely that even If the radical wing
Is out-voted certain guarantees will be
demanded as the price Of the co-opera-
ton Of the zemstvoists.
II Is significant that a delegate to the
Zemstvo who presented himself as the
representative of the Jewish population
Of wilma. Lithunla, was excluded.
Many liberals here believe that the
congress is sure 10 result In specit
and that the radical wing standing on
its insistence upon constituent assem-
bly, and universal suffrage, will refuse
all connection with the government. The
plan loudly discussed by the Extremists
a fortnight ago Of turning the congress
into constituent assembly appears to
have fallen through.
While no further information has
been received regarding the reported
false emperor, who was said to be
marching at the head of thousands Of
peasants in the province of Penza, the
turbulence there has become so threat
ening that the government has placed
the province In a state Of siege.