New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-15
PEASANTS IN CONTROL.
dominate Baltic Provinces Outside
Cities-Troops Sent.

AfGSSO W r
6. Petersburg. Dec. 13 misunderstanding
:. rano-t4 from Tsarskos-Selo. the reacuonaIy
,obs1 headed By General Count Alexis 1gnatien
sns M Steschinsky. formed to cause the oows-
..r of Count Wits and to create dictatorship"
IS failed. ans his majesty Is srenolns ~ uS7
p-e,nier. It is officially declared that the I'M
perial family does noE inrS1lo W i0
selo in the near future.
u Afanshikoff. the we'll known writer, VINO 10
= o,ose touch with the court. has published a
r+-or, article demanding aggressive hgnt
.-f,1s+ the revolution before it is too late M.
Menshikof says
rba re,,o,u+ionaries. like the French conven-
ne I,orIv sand enissaries. and do not con
ceal their intentions Ihey a9e IL in secret
Of dav while the government Molh , nj T1er-
Tbe government it is true. has cannon, pus poo +
hans only for the present VSnlie Ihey 0 90
-.orraeearv. when they are needeo HoIlo I[a.
es that they will not be in the possesslol51
e the reyolutionaries The present aEaIcLlS 90
suspense due to the lnaGI,oH nor ~ only per-
I+ tbe enemy TO arm and to concentrate Aao
4orces hut TO make his dlsposlIIloIS 80. "a -
choose the moment for giving 49, +p1e1r did In
is win no more win In RUSSIA liid4A ' -
Manchuria
The balance sheet of the government Tor tne
- ,ot,b+ months of the current year makes
evil, favorable showing. The expenolIuteS
+,+aIe5 saa1. 100000 including $3S4ooo'ovo 1oT
.s.a of an extraordinary character. Inc re- re-
o.,nts we're 81. OO6 100000, including SoooVoOOVO
for, tre nroceeds of loans, etc Inc ordinary
-sosnts were $50 100000 in excess OF those Ior
1904. and the ordinary expenditures So''0O'O'0
Kiss T,,,,a-.al
The Bourse continues TO hesita'e' pe-A1-
A. closed to-day at 7S15.
= 1.,,g+f,n rf the mania which has seized
tho peasants in many provinces to cut down Tor
ests both public and private. is that the In"1AAS
have been made to believe that the Emperor
has declared a division of the arabic land ano
that he desires to bring the forest lanos INTO
that category.
The HOLY synod has instructed the clergy to
hereafter solemnize marriages OF orthoooA
Christians with Old Believers
A constant stream Of reports is coming IN
that the military. principally the sapper ana
engineer ha+talions and the fortress artillery
are formulating demands for better 1000 ana
clothing and more humane treatment at the
hands of their officers
TROOPS SENT TO BALTIC.
The government is sending several columns Of
troops to the Baltic provinces of Esthonia and
Courand and to Riga. In response to appeals
from the German Embassy demanding the pro-
lection of German subjects, the government has
replied that ample troops were now on the way
10 insure the protection OF ali 1OTSlSilcAS-
August Won Hennings. a prominent member of
the Baltic nobility and assistant chief OF his
district. was murdered at his home near Riga
by rebel band. Two dragons who were de-
tailed to guard the residence also were killed
servant who walked sixty miles to train
brought the details of the murder to St Pesers
burg According to the servaot the rebels de-
handed that Won Hennings gis'e up his swore-
On being told that as an officer he could not
surrender with honor, the revolutionarieS shot
him. Afterward his head was hacked off and
his body cut to pieces ana fed to dogs
NJ Bompard the French Ambassador. who
turned suddenly a fortnight ago account Of
the crisis, has left here for Paris, and 1t is
understood that he carries important informa-
ton for his government. At the embassy, how
ever it was said that the departure Of the Am
bassador had no significance, as he had only
gone to finish an interrupted vacation. Spencer
+. Eddy, secretary of the American Embassy,
started for Paris on the same train. From Paris
he win go to the United States on leave of abb
sence. Robert Woods Bliss the second secre-
tary, win act as first secretary in his absence.
BURNING COUNTRY ESTATES.
The governments adviceB to-day from the
Baltic provinces are alarming. Thousands Of
Lsttish peasants are roaming the country. burn
-4s houses on all the estates, even lnTeaCen-
ing Riga. The districts of Riga and Venden are
entirely in the hands of the insurgents. The
revolt is spreading to all parts Of Courland. All
railway communication with Riga is cut. The
Insurgents have seized a number OF stations on
The three railroads leading from that city, and
are advancing against others.
According to the governments information. all
TIE sailors from the commercial steamers in the
harbor Of Riga have Joined the strike. The
government declares that the troops there are
loyal though inadequate. The situation is also
oad at Mitau, where on December IL the troops
hred at the rioters.
The government is making little Roadway in
crushing the telegraph strike. The wires Of the
tew lines which service had been tenn
pofsrily restored are constantly cut, and not
single wire Is working out Of st. Petersburg
MS morning. At the present rate weeks viii
eiapse before the service be really restored
Inc Cabinet has decided TO prosecute in court
"a violations of the new Press law The FIRST
prosecution win be that of the Editor of the
AaSha shsn" for printing the resolution OF
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