The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-24
BurtaIcracy Cannot Live i
Togo is Victorious
.DISCONTENT is SETTLING
May Day is Awaited With Greatest
Anxiety, as Social Democrats Are
All Armed With RevoIvers
for Demonstration.

st. Petersburg. April Ell: :s5 D. m.--
Not only the future of the war in the far
east, but the fate of the whole programme
o. internal reform To which Emperor
Nicholas stands committed, appears 10
await the issue of the approaching sea
battle between Rojestvensky and Togo.
The government will be strengthened
| az least for the moment by a victory de-
eisive enough to change the war situation.
| The liberals are impa .ient at the delay
and suspicious of every move of the gov
ernment. They convinced that il
victory comes the bureaucracy, to which
| the realization o1 reforms has been con-
| signed by the Emperc, will be able de-
spite the clamor throughout the country,
| II keep the execution of these reforms
| IA their own hands, which, of course. in
their opinion, would mean their eventual
dissipation in Il labyrinth of endless COM
missions Moreover they believe that
the Emperor might again be persuaded to
listen to the necessity OF the old style OF
presentation for the present agitation.
Police Arr in Charge.
| Practically the entire interior admin
| istration is being conduced through a
police regime Already there are every
| where evidences of return to Won PlehveS
methods Domiciliary visits and arrests
by scores and hundreds are reported in
every part of the empire, and meetings
| OF all classes of the people are forbidden
| and broken up by the police under the
| direction of the local governors.
| Even zemstvo meetings at Vladimir
| Euzabethnol and rf1is have been closed
of course the government properly argues
| that II cannot fold It's arms and see the
| aan,os of ravontion famed nv a apitators:
but 1t is noticeable that such spokesmen
| of reaction as Prince Mestchersky, (edi-
| tor of tho crashdanin1 are again boldly
nrocIaimIng the doctrine of repression.
| cbaracterizinp the constitutionalists and
"tntelIisents,, as nnatlcs
"pussia has suddenly heeome a vast
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| ,laan1 - - har,,is mo-, thara tez,,,
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Anxious About May Day.
| In the meantime the Easter holidays
and May Day are awaited with extreme
| anxiety, Doth py the anthorities ana the
puphc, me social democrats ana reVo-
lutlonarles nave pianhed deinonstrations
on an extensive scale, ana undoupteuly
many OIL them are armed with feVoiVers
which have been smuggled into the coun-
try to light the police and troops IN case
they should attempt to Interfere with the
demonstrations. The revoluuonaries seem
to have plenty of funds furnished both
from abroad and by wealthy sympathizers
| In Russia. The widest stories OF plans
| for blowing up the members OF the i'm
perial family, ministers and palaces. and
| pillage and murder of the nobility and
wealthy, are recurrent. especially In aris-
tocratic drawing rooms, and many So
| ciety people throughly frightened have
| already made preparations to go abroad.
| Large reinforcements OF troops. and
| especially of oossaeks. have been brought
! to St Petersburg. Arrests and searches
| OF the lodgings Of suspects continue. but
even General Trepoff although he is
| taking every measure of preeaution does
not seem to know exactly what to ex-
nect That he anticipates trouble and
bloodshed is apparent from the fact that
| he has notified all manufacturers To
| guard against incendiarism ana
through house porters has warned every
family that women and children must
remain off the streets on Nav day.
Clothed With Dlctasorial Power.
Although disorders more or less seri-
| GUS are anticipated every where Poland
and the Baltic provinces propably are tho
| storm center General Maximovtch. gov
| ernor-general OF Warsaw has tst re-
turned TO his post after a conference here.
| and has been clothed with almost dcta-
torial power The Polish cities are now
| in a state of minor siege, but the COVER
! nor-general Is authorized to declare mar
| tial law. and ample troops will be fur
| nIshed TO him.
| There are man. dIsouioting renorts OF
| dlsa ffectfou of troops and tin rs,rnes of
/ regiments even in the imperial Guards.
| are given as having been won over TO
! the cause of liberty" The military au-
thorltIes however. declare that there ix
no question of tho loyalty OF the troons.
and that the orders viii be obeved Thev
admit however. that the reyolutionarles
have pushed their propaganda among The
| soldiers with great earnestness