The Washington times., 1905-11-14
NICHOLAS, At BAY,
FINALLY REYERTS
TO MAILED FIST
Troops Sent With Free
Rein Against the
Peasants.
PRlVATES' PAY RAISED
Other Inducements Offered
to Soldiers Provincial
Revolt Spreads.
PRlVATES' PAY RAISED

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov 15-I7ie car
and Count Witte have decided to tage
radical measures TO suppress the revo-
lutionary outbreaks IA the empire. An
OF the military and naval forces OF me
imperial government are 10 be useu ar-
lively and a. once 10 stamp out an
uprisings OF the people
At the war office IL 81 Petersburg To-
day the officials declared Jnat al lnul-
eaIions pointed to the belief that Iae
iron hand OF the Czar mas been ralseu
10 strike deadly blows against the re-
voting peasantry and the workingmen
in the cities.
One OF the best informed ofuclaIs n
the war department. told ne TINS moru-
ing that oraers mad been issued 10 tns
department by the Car for the senolnx
OF oser 1U,oe0 soldiers 10 the provinces
OF Tamhon, SaraIon ana CnerTngou,
" mere Ine peasants nave Orgas.4zs.a
themselves into revolutionary sssc4etlgs
OF 1900 men each and have armed them
serves Tor the overthrow OF all imperIsss
governmental authority.
May Do Anything.
The troops being rushed 10 the three
provinces viii be under the orders oz
the Cars aides-de-camp ana nave Decn
given the Emperor assurances that
whatever measures they may adopt 70
crush out the spirit OF revolution. tney
Will have the sanction OF the govern
ment.
This is taken TO indicate IN the gov
crnment circles that the des-de-camp
viii use machine guns TO break up tn1
meetings OF the repeiilous peasasky
Georgia Revolts.
Dispatches received today BY the mill-
tary authorities here show that over
20.OEo GeorgIans have taken possession
of the province of Georgia, ia Trans
caucasIa- The revolutionists nave
seized all the government armories in
the province and have destroyed teie-
graph wires running TO points outside
Four regiments of imperial troops are
marching on the Georgian rebels, and a
desperate battle is expected.
The news from Warsaw today, though
meager. indicated that the disturbances
there were spreading. Frequent clashes
between troops and Workingmen oc-
CURED last night in warsaw
At military headquarters this morning
an order was posted, showing that the
government had Increased the pay OF
the men in the army cents month
and reduced the term OF service BY one
year. Until the increase in the wages
was made the pay or an infantryrnan
was II cents a month and OF as cavalry
man u cents month
Resent Kgsser's MeddIirg.
The action OF the German Emperor
in giving advice TO the Czar in regard TO
political reforms in Russia is being ad-
versely commented upon By Russian Dip
lomats II Is charged against the Kaiser
that it was his advice 10 the Russian
Emperor that caused Nicholas TO deny
autonomy 10 Poland
L had been regarded in St Peters
burg that the question OF Polish auton-
iornv WAS settled. The Russian diplomats
/ here say now that it was due to Ger
man intervention that the Gar and
Count VVitte decided to reconsider their
recent intention of granting autonomy TO
/ Poland.
/ that Emperor William and Emperor
/ Francis Joseph have Joined hands To
give Russia their support in crushing
| Polish independence The action Of the
FGerman and Austrian rulers is declared
1 10 be due to the fact that should Rus
/ sian Poland be ~Fanted her independ-
terce. the people in German Poland would
/ al once demand autonomy.
| II Is pointed out by those opposed 10
Polish autonomy that in the convention
| of 1863 there was tacit agreement
that the Gar should be allowed 10 de-
| nude western provinces OF troops on
the condition that Russia should never
| grant Polish autonomy