The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-07-13
REVOLT ALREADY
BEGUN IN RUSSIA
LIFE IS UNSAFE THROUGHOUT
THE NATION AS CIVIC WAR
SURGES.
MUT|NY IN ARMY SPREADS
cZAR CONSIDERS FORMATION OF
CADET MINISTRY TO STEM
REBELLION.

REBELLION.
st. Petersburg, July 10-The douma,
the soviet and the country at large do
not share In the optimism Of the min
istry, but consider that the revolution
has already begun and that the only
question is where 1t will stop.
Saturday Warsaw, Tif1is, Riga. Kiev
and Moscow reported strikes, bomb ex-
plosions and highway robberies. Life
is safe nowhere. In the Kiev and Sa-
mara districts the peasants and the
administration forces have met in reg
ular battle, the latter being defeated.
The disaffection in the army is
spreading. Yesterday Cossack Off
Ger led delegation OF his fellow Cos
sacks to the douma to protest against
interior police service by their forces.
The government is now obliged
abandon the mobilization of the Co
sacks, Even the gendarmes are unr
liable.
Gear May Yield More.
At Peterhof there is uninterrupted
deliberations. The czar is considering
the formation of cadet ministry, but
deems this the gravest step taken
since the time of Peter the Great, be-
cause it would reduce the authority of
the monarch below that of the presi-
dent Of France. Therefore he insists
that the cadets guarantee that they
will be his ministers, not the douma's.
He demands also that they give proof
OF their ability to pacify the country.
The behavior of the army. the peo-
pie and the douma is feverish. Women
and children are being sent abroad
Many Jews are fleeing to America.
The courtiers argue that the cadets
are no longer masters of the situa-
ton.
Situation Grows Worse.
According to advices received here
from Moscow, there are now 10000
workmen on strike in the city, and
conditions are hourly becoming more
threatening. All of the police and SOL
diers on duty there have been notified
to use the strictest measures to pre-
vent crowds gathering ON the streets
and to compel all persons who cannot
show authority to keep off the streets
after nightfall.
The situation in the Caucasus is de-
cidedly threatening, and a large de-
tachment of Cossacks. armed with
rapid-fire guns, have been dispatched
there on special train.
Ship Away vaIuabIes.
At Isofka there have been number
OF pitched battles fought between the
Cossacks and the striking miners, in
which the casualties have been heavy
on both sides.
1t is asserted in official circles in st.
Petersburg that the several grand
dukes are taking the most gloomy
view of the situation. All are said to
have sent their valuables to Paris and
other European centers, and to be
ready to fee the country at an hours
notice.
The rumor is again afloat that the
cZar has asked that one of the powers
send warship to wait at convenient
point to take off the royal family in
case of a revolution and convey them
to place Of safety.
Lock Horne on AQrarian Law.
The first paragraph of the proposed
agrarian law, the augmentation of the
lands of the peasants by the expropria-
tion oil state and crown domains and
church and monastery lands, has been
accepted by the committee of the low
er house with practical unanimty.
The commissioners have now locked
horns over the mode of appropriation
and the method of disposal of private
estates, and the end is not yet in
sight. A correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press has just completed a tour
of the provinces Of Samara and Sara
tov. He reports that the drouth is
finally broken, but that the rains have
come too late to save the crops.
In PitiabIe Condition.
The peasants are in pitiable con-
dition. Their cattle have either been
sold or are starving In the fields. The
government relief granaries were CON-
pletely emptied during last years fam.
ine. The present agrarian disorders,
which can be expected to grow worse,
are due rather to efforts OF the peas
ants to secure food The disorders
have reached the highest pitch in the
province of Voronezh. where the
troops and Cossacks, although in con-
siderable force. are practically help
less and on the defensive. Many peas
ants have been killed or wounded in
desperate attacks on the military pa
trolls and the rural guards
Fire Starts a Panic.
A<1on<io Cifv I,,l, c,;rhA