Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-02
JAILs AT ST. PETERSBURG ARE
OVERLOOKING.
GOVERNMENT ACTIVE
With RedoubIed Energy the Officials
Are Carrying on the Work OF Re.
pressing the RevoIutlonIsts - Ter.
rorIsts Busy at Russian Capital.

oI. petersburg, Jan. 1.-The policy
of REFRESHING the revolutionists con-
tinues with vengeance. Their an
nouncement that they proposed to car
ry on guerilla warfare until general
armed revolt is prepared has stimu-
lated the government to redouble its
energy.
A band of terrorists is at work here
and last night there were wholesale
searches for suspects. The city pris-
ons are 80 crowded that hundreds of
prisoners have been removed to neigh
boring fortresses.
Threaten Strike at Riga.
Riga, Jan. 1.-Three policemen were
killed during the night. The railroad
men are again threatening to strike in
order to obtain the release Of the ar
rested delegates. ss4
tsAvitte, Must CO. n
a. st. Petersburg Jan, L The report
1 that Count Witte Is booked for retire
Iment in a few days is again being per
sistently circulated.
The Nasha Chisn, which declares 1t
can guarantee the accuracy of Its
stateme ent, says that M Durnovo, min.
lister of the interior, who is worshipped
Jas an idol by the court camarilla, which
believes that his stern policy alone can
put an end to the existing monarchy
has accomplished the downfall OF the
count and will be elevated to the pre-
miership.
4 Investigation by the Associated
Press. however, indicates that the re
port is baseless, certainly for the mo
ment Nevertheless 1t is true that M
Durnovo has a powerful cabal Of re
dictionaries behind him and temporar
lily seems to dominate the situation.
Bitter Attack on Witte.
On the other hand, Count Witte 1!
being attacked more fiercely than evel
on the side. Of the liberals, who charge
that he Is showing the cloven hoof, ant
say that he might happen to fall be
tween two stools. .t
II SIovo Against Premier.
], M. Brianchaninoff Is out with {
strong article in the Slovo, entitled
, "Witte Must Co." in which he asserts
. that the vitcory atPortsmouth hal
been followed by defeat at st. Peters
burg. His line of argument is that an
archy has been able to make headwa.
because true liberals doubt whethe
Russia is to have a constitution @
whether the manifesto is tactica
!, movement to lull them to sleep.
was Witte's first duty according to th
!. writer, to remove this doubt, but it 1
charged that he still maintains al
equivocal role. He has not, the articl
| says. even safeguarded the prerogativ
, granted by the ukase creating re
sponsible cabinet Of ministers, but ha
allowed NJ Durnovo, whose patent pul
pose 1t is to cut off the heads of al
archy and constitutionalism at tn
same time, to report directly to tn
), emperor and to secure his majesty
approval Of measures without consul
ing the premier.
!. "A man like M. Guchkoff In whor
/. the people have confidence must go t
the head Of the government" says N
Brianchaninoff. 1T is impossible fo
= Count Witte, who never was const
= tutionalist at heart, to continue to pla
a double role any longer. The stu;
ton imperatiyely requires sincerit.
and we need less of Whites dexterit
= and more honesty"
= The government is now proceedin
= on the theory that victory over th
l"reds" is assured. It is displaying
strong front and announces that it wi
= no longer tolerate in its service en-
ployes who are plotting against 1t. Th
ministers have been authorized
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