Evening star., 1905-11-03
VIOLENCE UNCHECKED
Riotingis Continuedat Odessa
Today.
JEWS ARE THE TARGET
FRIGHTFUL WORK OF THE RIOT
ERs FOR TWO DAYS.
Situation at Other Points in the En-
pire More Quieted-Twenty
Killed at Warsaw.
JEWS ARE THE TARGET

not yet been declared off. many of the rail-
road men are returning to work and trains
are being gotten through. The populace is
calmer.
Deplorable rioting In the provinces is still
in progress. especially in the south. The
most horrible stories of massacre and pill
lage by mobs and attacks upon Jews con-
tinue to pour in.
The news from Odessa is meager, but
enough has been received to show that the
city for the time was practically In the
hands of the mob. The numbers killed
or wounded are not definitely established,
but the London report that 5000 were killed
or wounded is undoubtedly very great
exaggeration. The situation at Kieff is also
grave.
The spasm of lawlessness and revolution
airy manifestations which everywhere sig
nalized the PRONUNCIATION of the "constitu-
ton" played into the hands of Count Whites
enemies at court, who momentarily over
thrown, are again beginning to talk of the
necessity for the sternest measures of re-
preston to prevent the whole country from
being drawn into the vortex of a revolu-
ton.
There is no truth in the rumor circulated
in certain quarters that the empress has
fed abroad. According to reports, the re-
actiOnaries have a powerful ally in the
empress, who desires the autocratic power
of the Romanofs to be handed down un-
impaired to her son.
The st. Petersburg municipality has sent
, the following to the emperor:
"The city council greets with delight the
welcome freedom granted to the nation
and firmly believes in great and bright
future for our beloved country. Long live
the emperor Of the free Russian nation"
The imperial manifesto was read today at
thanksgiving service of the Mohamme-
dams of St Petersburg.
The amnesty ukase has been signed.
ODESSA, November 3. 12:42 p.m.-After a
fairly quiet night shooting again COM
menced this morning. The Red Cross is
busy attending to the wounded.
Up to the present time no Christian shops
or houses have been touched. The prin-
cipal hotels are full of the better class of
Jews. seeking refuge from this weeks dis
orders.
There was veritable reign of terror on
October 81. After the emperors manifesto
granting a constitution to Russia had been
published the Jews made the Russians fu-
rious with rage by making a prominent dis
play of red flags. trampling on portrait of
the emperor and tearing down the emblem
of the crown.
Late I'm the afternoon there was firing in
the outskirts of the town, and the massacre
of Jews commenced and lasted during the
night of November l. All Jews found in
the streets were severely beaten and many
were killed in their shops. which were ruth
lessly pillaged. In the poorer Jews quar-
ters, on the outskirts of the town, whole
streets were destroyed, the soldiers appar-
entity looking on. Crowds of workmen row.
dies. women and children laden with all
kinds of loot walked openly through the
streets quarreling over the spoils Bombs
were thrown in various parts OF the town.
Late that night patrols of soldiers and Cos
sacks restored some semblance of order
Pillaging the Shops.
The pillaging was continued yesterday
and there was heavy firing all over the
t'Nl4. ANoDoNS was SdIc III tfle streets. PeO-
pie carrying arms who were caught by the
troops were shot at sight The shutters
OF all houses were ordered closed and peo-
pie detected shooting from windows were
promptly shot The soldiers used machine
guns to clear away the crowd from the
vicinity Of the port In fact, there was In
discriminate shooting everywhere in town
Firing is still going on as this dispatch
is hied- Trade is at complete standstiu
Provisions are still obtainable at greatly
enhanced prices. The gas and water works
are wo,-.ng.
IL Is impossible to make a correct esti-
mate OF the number of killed and wounded
Similar serious reports reach Odessa from
most of the other towns in southern Rus
sia.
Bodies of police escorted by squads of in
iantry are placarding the city with notices
from the mayor appealing TO all peaceable
citizens to remain indoors unless the most
urgent necessity takes them out
Recriminations Of Factions.
The recriminations OF the different fac.
tions in regard TO the responsibility for the
outbreak are bitter. Official circles blame
the Jews. but the liberal leaders declare the
disorders were engineered in St Petersburg
a leading general In an interview TO-DAY
argued that the disturbances were the re-
suit of the behavior of the Jews. who
rudely shocked Russian patriotism by the
manner In which they celebrated on Tues
day the publication of the imperial mani
festo.
They abused their new-found freedom, -
he declared, by tearing down the national
flag, hoisting revolutionary banners. in
sulting the emperor and boasting that they
alone gave Russia freedom,
On the other hand. the liberal leaders say
that the simultaneous manner in which the
disorders broke out in many towns proved
that they were dictated from st. Peters
burg in revenge for the concessions recent
ly granted and with the object of creating
the impression that the Russians did mol