The Penn's Grove record., 1906-06-22
MASSACRE OF JEWS
At B|ALYSTOK
EClipSes in Horror All Previous
Russian 0utrageS.
CARS GOVERNMENT IN PERIL

Wave of Strikes Again Sweeps Coun-
try, Loyalty of Troops is Every
where Doubted, While Terrible
Upheayal Appears Imminent.
ST. Petersburg.-The political sit
uation throughout Russia is far
more alarming now than at any time
for several months. The great Con-
stitutional Democratic party, perhaps
the greatest conservative power now
left behind the trembling Govern
ment, shows unmistakable symptoms
OF being ready to go over to the sldo
OF the radical revolutionists.
The Constitutional Democratic
party is likely to come to an open
break with Government within a few
days. Apparently there will be no
conservative force left in the Empire
to give tacit support to the Cor
emykin Ministry.
Massacres of Hebrews are reported
as having started M in several
different places. 1t is now believed
that from 600 to 1000 Hebrews were
slaughtered at B~ialystok. There
seems to be a general wave of strikes
again menacing the Empire, while
the loyalty of the troops is every
where doubted. Apparently the au-
thorities are fearful Of another great
mutiny at Cronstadt.
The embargo on news from Bialy-
stok was lifted. and correspondents
were for the first time allowed to
telegraph directly from the sacked
city a picture of the scene of ruin and
d%esolation left in the wake of the
mob. According to frequent bull
letins, order was restored and main
tanned, in spite of the incentive to
riots, in funerals which lasted all
day, but the atmosphere is super
charged, and a slight happening may
cause a renewal OF street fighting.
The authorities apparently realize
this, and hope to avert a catastrophe
by a strong show of force. On n
occasion the whole garrison was
called out, and the streets were
packed with horses, foot and artil-
lery until the danger was past.
The story told by the correspondent
is a sickening one, but there are in
iications that he has been prevented
by the censorship from relating
SudSIIy uSldliS dDOuI IllC SOAdlIlOI "
corpses, the bestiality of the mob and
the inability of the troops to cope
with excuses during the first days of
rioting. 1t is evident from the dis
patches that the excuses assumed
the character of a three-cornered
fight between the military, the mob
and armed members of the Jewish
Bund, who instead of submitting pas
sively to slaughter, as their unarmed
co-religionists have done heretofore,
carried the war into the enemy's
camp and fought bravely, through
without inficting appreciate loss on
the troops, among whom ne serious
casualties have been reported.
The mob began %pillaging gum
smiths shops, and then systemati-
cally wrecked every house and shop in
the principal streets, working
in detachments numbering from ten
to fifteen. The mob returned the
following day and burned what re-
manned.
1t is difficult to estimate the num-
Der of victims. The total is placed at
several hundred, and, according to
Il account, GOO Jews were killed or
wounded. Whole families were
murdered and the bodies were
thrown out of windows. The hospi-
tails were soon overcrowded and the
wounded had to be sent to neighbor-
ing towns.
Six thousand Jews are said to have
taken refuge in the forests.
Continuous butchery lasted for
eight hours. Neither the soldiers nor
the police interfered.
The Governments blindness and
incapacity have again stirred the ma
ton to revolt. Over it's whole length
and breadth the Empire is blotched
with disturbances and strikes, which
are bound to develop into a general
uprising.
The authorities are %powerless. The
troops are m%utinous. Anarchy is
everywhere. The Duma, the sole
~beaconlight of hope, is on the point
of being eXtinguished.