The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-11
SITUATION IN BALTIC PROV.
INcEs Is STILL A VERY sERi-
Gus ONE.
MANY CLASHES WITH REBELS
CELEBRATION OF THE RUSSIAN
CHRISTMAS WILL BE GLOOMY
AFFAIR.

st. Petersburg, Jan. THE Asso-
ciated Press has been permitted to in
spect a report prepared for the en-
peror regarding the situation in the
Baltic provinces.
The report declares that though
open revolt has been crushed in many
parts of the provinces and though the
local authorities who were deposed
by the revolutionists are resuming the
reins of government under the pro-
lection of the troops, the situation is
still a very serious one.
Ranks Torn and Shattered.
In the districts of Dorpat and Per.
nau, in Northwestern LivOnia, the
troops are unable to move except in
heavy force. A body of cavalry which
made a forced light march from Walk,
surprised an insurgent band at Rueu,
but the peasants resisted until their
ranks had been torn and shattered,
when they surrendered their arms
and their leaders. There is a strong
concentration of insurgents in the
villages of Meizekul and Lemcal, fur
Their to the westward, which must be
attacked and broken up. A band of
insurgents attacked Gen. Orloff and
his escort of a squadron Of cavalry
near Marienburg, but the
Attack Was Repulsed
and the leaders captured. The latter
was Immediately tried by a drumhead
court-martial and shot.
The advices received by the gov
eminent report the capture of an i'm
portant arsenal of the revolutionists'
at Temernik, in Southern Russia, in
which were found not only rifles,
bombs and explosives, but also a
small field piece. Another arsenal
near Na~khitechevan caught fire and
an explosion followed, resulting in the
killing of twelve persons and the
wounding of nine others.
viii Be Sad Christmas.
The Russians love nothing so much
as their holidays, but depressed in
spirits and purse in these revolution
airy days, the celebration of Russian
Christmas Sunday will be a sad one.
TIE streets of the capital have put on
a pitiful semblance of holiday attire,
but none of the heavy buying charac-
teristics of the prodigal Russians in
former days is in evidence, while in
the industrial sections, the workmen,
exhausted by a long series of strikes
are without money for Christmas
trees. The green trees and gewgaws
were brought into the city by the
country people, but the trees remain
unbought in the streets.
Quiet Is Promised.
The holidays, however, promise at
least specifically, a period of CON-
parative quiet, the proletariat organ
izations having decided to refrain
from activity until they are ended.
The Novoe Vremya is printing a
series Of articles in defense of Pre-
mier WHITE, which are attracting much
attention and are supposed to be in
spired by the premier himself. The
most important statement made is
that Witte has taken a definite reso-
luton to retire as soon as the nation
al assembly meets. With the turning
over Of
The Reins of Power
to the peoples representatives he will
regard his task finished. The whole
course of events since the reform
manifesto was issued is attributed by
the paper to the refusal of the Con-
s~ervatives to support the government.
All the rumors that Whites position
Is shaky are characterized as pure
Inventions. The writer of the article
says:
"Witte is as firm in the saddle as
ever. His health is good and he is
proceeding on tie conviction that at
least three-quarters Of the Russian
people approve Of his struggle against
the revolution"