The Washington times., 1905-12-27
REFUGEES BRING CHASTITY TALES.

Moscow is a city Frustrated and nearly
ruined under the burden Of revolpttcl.
Fire and p.llage have blackened and
narred some OF the fairest portions OF
the old capital. while millions OF roubIss
worth of property has been sacrificed
to the fury Of the mobs OF destroyed Oh
the score of military necessity by the
troops under Governor General Dubas-
son.
Dead lie unbaried in the streets and
alleys. Living persons. save the soldiers
and revolusfonists. are rarely seen
abroad. Death from stray bullets
menaces every person
Peaceful Are Prisoners.
The non-eombatant population Of the
city is either fed or penned in houses
which have been provisioneG as II the
city were in state of siege.
Four thousand soldiers and citizens
have been killed. This is moderate
estimate and the fatalities are not un-
likely to reach nearly double this sum
Refugees Arriving.
Stories of conditions in Moscow are
being supplied ST. Petersburg by refu-
gees who are commencing 20 arrive
here. They have been delayed by the
interruption TO traffic on all the rail-
ways running out of the city. Nest OF
them required forty-eight hours 10 come
here.
the Nicholai depot, about which the
fighting OF yesterday centeTed saw Ihe
contents Of his shop seized by the reNo-
lutionists and carried away, Wnlie pack
ing boxes. furniture. and bulky goods
were hauled into the street ana used IN
the construction OF formidable oarrl-
cade across the highway, so cutting on
the principal avenue Of approach 70
the NichOlai station
Tchenoff says that up to the time he
left Moscow on Monday, the result of
the contest between Dubasnon's troops
and the revolutionists was in doubt Few
persons knew which way the advantage
lay.
No one who cared for his life dared
abroad. There were no newspapers, ex-
cepting the revolutionary circulars that
were printed and circulated daily. and
which gave only information calculated
to infiame the passions OF the revolu-
ttonists against the government.
Disappointed Rage.
The rage of the revolutionists against
the troops. especially the infantry. is
intensified by disappointment They
were led TO believe that when they OF
fered their first demonstration the troops
would desert the Colors and flock 10
their side. This has not followed
The infantry. TchenOn said, is dis
trusted by General DubasnOn. and IS
being held in barracks. DubaSnou re
lies upon the artillery. the cavalry. ana
the Cossacks TO crush the uprising
Eager for Blood.
From Tchenon's account the scenes in
and about Moscow parallel in frightful
aspects and terror those which accom-
panied the French revolution. and later
the Commune The spirit of murder
dominates the situation. The revolution
ists are desperately eager for blood and
frenzied in the extreme in their attack
upon the troops and in the aroor with
which they defend the stands they take
behind their barricadeS.
No mercy is shown soldiers who ran
into the hands of the inSUrrectloniStS- [
Tcbenoff saws that the barbaritieS and
crueltieS on both sides are extreme
TchenOf says he was at house. or
which every entrance vas barred, eN-
iepting through a rear door, which
opened upon a narrow alley.
At nightfall, as Tchenon was pre-
paring to leave. after spending the att
ernoon with his friend. a body Of fifty
or sixty Insurgents appeared, and, be-
ing ioined by Il company Of similar
nurnbers. laid hands upon a number Of
carts and one street car. and with them
barricades 1t either end OF
the block.