Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-13
OFFERS GAR FLEET
German Emperor Would Aid Brother Sovereign.
WARSHIP MOVERS NEAR PETERHOF
Russia stflI Scene of Much Mutiny and Rioting - General Political CatacIysm Is Feared-RuIer
 Is In Peril.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 13. = The dreaded intervention of Germany in the Russian crisis has come. The kali ser when he learned of the Cronstadt riots sent a wireless message to the czar offering to place the German northern squadron at his disposal. The czar sent back a message of thanks.
 It is not known whether the offer goes beyond safeguarding the sover- eign's person, but inasmuch as a Ger man warship had been stationed off Peterhof for several days for this pur- pose 1t is inferred that Emperor Will liam's proposal has wider signif- canoe.
 Poland is not to be permitted to be- come second Finland The Russian government in a strongly worded proc lamation serves notice on the Polish Nationalists that for good or ill the ancient kingdom of Poland has now become an integral part of the Rus sian empire and that while the gov ernment intends to fully observe the national rights of Poland any attempt to wrest Polish autonomy from the emperor would be considered an act of revolt and would lead the Poles into the sorrowfuL paths trodden by them in 1881 and 1868. The Russian author ities declare that none of the benefits of the emancipation manifesto can be conferred on "a country in revolt
 All Poland, exasperated at martial law. threatens to rise. Father Gapon is returning to St. Petersburg. Peas ant rioting in southeast Russia grows worse as it spreads.
 Amid the virtual chaos now existing there are beginning to develop certain ominous features which leave little hope of averting general political cataclysm in Russia The contending forces are divided into four camps:
 First.-The hereactionaries including the court party, some military leaders and some bureaucrats who for the past ten days have been melting the dregs of the population to murder and out rage in order to frighten the czar into withdrawal of the concessions.
 Second.-Count Witte and his follow CTS, including many bureaucrats and some upper class Liberals.
 Third.-The whole commercial class and the moderate reformers, who are best described as zemstvoists.
 Fourth.-The Socialist workmen. who created the present situation by gen eral strike.
 The peasantry do not figure in the problem as yet, and the rank and file of the army is still an uncertain quan tity. The reactionaries are the small est In numbers, and their strength de bends solely on how far they can com mand military support. They are des Gperately opposed to Count Witte and in the present situation to the czal himself. This last is one of the most critical facts of the moment.
 According to information received here, the mutiny at Cronstadt is not yet quelled, the Fourth and Seventh equipages still holding out in their barracks and keeping the troops which surround the building at bay by means of machine guns mounted at the win dows. The commander of the forces it is added, hesitates to order the troops to storm the building, believing he can reduce the mutineers to submission by starvation.
 General BeIeaf has been summarily dismissed Cronstadt has now been turned into huge camp.
 Tn Warsaw 1.500 political prisoners have been released, while the Schlus. selburg, a prison with the awful repu. tatiop that no prisoner entering its gates ever saw the outer world again, has opened its doors wide to all pris. oners, those removed including the murderer of NJ. Plehve
 At the corner of every street in the capital placards are posted notifying the people to rest assured that the gov. ernment is thoroughly prepared to sup press any rioting or outrage.
 The proclamation of martial law In Poland is understood to be the begin hing of an attempt by the Russian gov, ernment to restore order throughout the empire by severe measures.
 It is reported that battalion of fin. fantry stationed at Kransnoye Selo the great military camp eighteen miles southeast of St. Petersburg, has mu' tinled.
 Admiral Nikenoff, commandant of the Baltic ports. has resigned.
 Three cruisers are being prepared to take the mutinous sailors at Cronstadt on a long disciplinary voyage.