The Minneapolis journal., 1906-06-16
.Butchery Can't Be stopped.

ST. petersburg, June 7lb.-Ihe BOurS6
Gazette prints special dispatch from
that city has expressed himself to the
effect that there is no hope of stop
ping the butchery of Jews at Bialy-
stok for two or three days. He is quoted
as saying that mobs are invading the
trains passing thru Bialystok and are
dragging out and killing passengers.
The Jews who escaped from Bialystok
are wandering, starving In the fields
or woods. s@a ~
Unconfrmed rumors are in circula-
ton to the effect that antfJ ewishs OUT
breaks have occurred at sBrest-Litovsk
and Wilma. It is also reported that
Catholic priest has been torn to pieces
at Bialystok, but this is officially de-
MED.
Situation Is Worse Hourly.
The gravity Of the general situation
Petersburg and Moscow are in pam
icky condition and the social democrats
and social revolutionists, considering
parliament to be negligible quantity,
are pushing their campaign for an
armed uprising with increased vigor.
Demonstrations are daily occurring
| in the streets of Moscow in favor of a
general strike with which the prole-
a conflict. The AGITATION among the
Workmen here has reached boiling point
and patrols are again in heavy force
in the industrial quarters. In the coun-
try the rural guards are throwing in
their lot with the peasants, refusing to
protect the landlords
The progress Of the revolutionary
propaganda in the army is seriously
alarming the government, and to add
| to the popular excitement comes the
massacre Of Jews at Bialystok.
Authorities to Blame.
While the reports conflict as to the
| immediate responsibility for the out
break, the authorities here cannot es-
cape responsibility for the provocative
Black Hundred kilograms which they
! appealing to the worst passions Of the
mob against the Jews as the enemies Of
the country. The government is un-
doubtedly frightened at what has oc-
Cured.
Martial law has been declared at
Bialystok and troops are being rushed
| to the scene, but according to the lat
est reports the hunting down Of unfor-
tunate Jews continued unabated yes
| terday afternoon and night, accompan-
led by indescribable horrors.
The commission dispatched to Bialy-
stok by parliament can be relied on to
make pitiless exposure to the coun-
| try Of any dereliction of the authori-
~ May Defy czar.
| The leaders in the lower house of par
| lament are convinced that it is the in
| tention Of the government to prevail on
| the emperor to order a recess OF parlla-
ment and they have taken the import,
ant resolution not to obey the imperial
order. This amounts to open defiance,
plans of the leaders were secretly for
mulated, but it is known that If the gov
ernment turns the lower house out Of
| Tauride palace. the leaders contemplate
an attempt to continue the sittings in
dependently. In other words they will
try to seize the reins of power. The
eternal parallel Of the French. revolu-
again in evidence. The members would
probably be required to swear as did
I those Of the French assembly at the
/ tennis court, to meet wherever circum-
stances require it, until a constitution
| is established on solid foundation.
Dread Dilemma.
If this stage is reached dictatorship
or the surrender Of the government Is
inevitable.
The emperor must swear to abide by
the constitution as Louis XVI. did or
proclaim dictatorship. The latter
step is sure to be the precursor OF a
bloody revolution, which perhaps the
former will only delay.
The Rech believes that the case of M.
4 Ulianoff, whose expulsion from parlia-
ment for press offense is demanded by
4 the government, is the first step in the
i governments attack on parliament,
which the ministry is trying to persuade
paper warns the government that an
i attempt to dissolve parliament will
sl plunge the country into horrors of which
4 the Government has little dreamed and
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