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PANlCKY FEELING
Still EXISTS IN
ST. petersburg
QUIET IN RUSSIAN CAPITAL
MAY ONLY BE LULL BE-
FORE ANOTHER STORM.
sULLEN CROWDS IN STREETS
Machine Guns Fixed for Emergencies
Strike Spreading at Moscow
-Proclamations Demand
Life Of Gear.

-Proclamations Demand
Life of Gear.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 25.-While the
city was quiet Tuesday there was still
extreme tension in st. Petersburg, but
from Moscow comes news that disorders
have begun there and the lull here may
be only the precursor of another storm.
Not single mill or factory has start
ed up. This Is very significant as in
dicating that the workmen are being
supplied with the sinews of war. None
has applied for pay at the factories, al
though some have two weeks pay COM
ing to them.
Although the crowds on the Nevsky
Prospect continued to increase during
the afternoon just as they did Monday
there were no collisions up to 2:30.
Moreover during the day several of the
smaller mills resumed work and the
men at other mills assured their en-
ployers that they were anxious to re-
turn, but that the strikers threatened
to kill them If they did so.
When darkness came on there was q
resumption Of the panicky feeling Of
Monday. Nevertheless the authorities
express increasing confidence that the
backbone of the strike is broken and
that all the prominent agitators and
many extreme liberals have been ar
rested.
Cossacks, while dispensing crowd Of
strikers at four p. NJ, drew their swords
and wounded several men.
Father Gopon has disappeared and II
said to be in Moscow directing the strike
there.
Rumors Of Assassinations.
Sensational but unconfirmed reports
were in circulation that the project Of
st. Petersburg has been assassinated and
that he will be succeeded by Gen.
Nrepoff, the former chief of police Of
MOSCOW. 1t is also reported that the
chief Of police of st. Petersburg has been
assassinated.
More Troops Brought to City.
The crowds in the streets are sullen
and several thousand additional troops
were brought in at daylight and housed
in barracks. Machine gun batteries
were also placed at several points for
emergencies. The terror Of the people
has been somewhat relieved, but the
dread of the next few days continues.
Many foreigners are leaving Russia,
The foreign embassies are not manifest
tng alarm. They are expressing conf.
dence that the government will be able
to handle the situation and that there il
nothing now warranting apprehension
for the lives or safety Of their fellow
countrymen.
Government Ready for Emergencies.
The. authorities insist that the dan.
ger Of the situation is exaggerated, con.
tinuing to scout the idea of q revolu-
tion and maintaining the ability of the
government to meet all emergencies.
Traffic between st. Petersburg and
Moscow and st. Petersburg and War
saw is uninterrupted The Northern
express arrived on schedule time.
A number OF government printers 70.
sumed work Tuesday morning.
During the afternoon came the news
that workmen were going out al
Kovno and wilma, but particulars WERE
hacking.
The widest rumors are in circulation
y mob was reported to be marching or
Gzarskoe-selo to see the emperor as the
multitude marched to Versailles to ask
King Louis VI, Of France for bread In
a7ss. but the story is utterly without
foundation.
hitter Feeling Against England.
IN certain quarters where the woes o.
Russia are always laid to the door q
Great Britain, the feeling against tn,
DfitiSh has become intense, 1t being
charged that the British are furnishing
money to bring about q revolution.
Fewer Troops on Streets.
81 Petersburg wore less martial as
pect Tuesday. Everywhere troops hav,
been drawn into court yards. Onl,
picksts are left outside and small
squads Of Cossacks are patrolling tn,
streets. The stores along the principa
khoroughfares are mostly closed ant
barricaded
A correspondent drove up the Nevsk,
Prospect and with the help of daylight
realized that the damage done to stor,
fronts was more considerable than ap.
peared Monday night. A large numbe,
Of business premises were wrecked. th<
mob having devoted itself principally te
sonfsctioners and pastry cooks.
Enormous crowds of strikers and
sightssers, encouraged by the mild
weather, were promenading the side
walks during the morning, and the
street cars were again in operation.
Urge Staying Of Gear.
The correspondent noticed several
men distributing proclamations. The
people formerly were shy of accepting
such documents; now they are eagerly
accepting them and have nicknamed
them '1astotchke" ("swallows"J, an al.
ausion to the spring which has become
D synonym Of evolution. The cor
respondent secured number of copies
They are all signed by The Russian
Social Democratic Labor Party" ON
PROCLAMATION calls upon the people to
play the car and his mobiles, and urges
Them to take up arms and overthrow
ehe government, because of Sundays