The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-01-06
STAY THOUSANDS
IN CIVIL STRIFE
Troops and Rebels Fight Des-
perately in Streets Of
Moscow
OPPONENTS ARE FIRED BY HATE
Soldiers and RevoIutionlsts G ID by
Mutual Devastation. Perform Deeds
Of FooIhardiness That Pass Muster
for Acts OF Bravery.

LONDON, Lee. GU heAN AN~ SNNA
no direct news from Moscow since
o'clock Sunday afternoon. when the
telegraph and telephone line between
Moscow and st. Petersburg stopped
working. but the Daily Telegraph
prints two dispatches from ST. Peters
burg, dated Dec. 90. claiming to give
recent details OF the situation In
Moscow.
From these dispatches. II seems that
fighting is going on necessarily. One
dispatch says the casualties up 10 ear
ly on the morning OF Dec. % were g.
600 killed and $4,000 wounded.
The second dispatch, which Is dat
ed Dec. 25, l0:3s p. m. says
Cannon firing Is now proceeding
In several parts OF the city. where the
barbados are being defended des-
perately, close TO the railway sta
tions. Tho terminus of the Kursk rail-
way is being looted.
Take Refuge In Cellars.
Fighting proceeded throughout Mon
day. 1t was impossible TO move from
one part of the city to another, be-
cause OF the danger from stray bull
let's. The mass OF the population
covered, fear stricken, In the inner
most recesses OF stables and cellars,
trembling at every boom OF the can
non and at every explosion OF bombs.
MANY people are suffering from
hunger, and the lack OF provisions is
becoming noticeable.
"The third day OF the civil war
brought no decisive action, only a
thickening OF the bloody cloud OF In
tensifying horrors. The troops, faded
and worn out after eight or ten hours
OF dangerous work, loathe the sight
OF a crowd and fire upon them me-
chanically and irresistibly.
Spurred On by Hate.
THE anarchists, mindful OF their
comrades, who have been moved
down like grass. are furious against
the soldiers. police, and Cossacks.
and in fact against every representa-
tive OF authority. whatever his uni
form may be.
THE driving force behind both tho
troops and the rebels is no longer that
OF enthusiasm or of any human Inn
pulse. II Is the force OF superhuman
hate, and hence TIE deeds reported are
not the acts of patriots. soldiers. or
otherwise. but tho enormities OF mad
men.
1T is impossible 10 understand how
any emotion, even of the extremes or
despair or hate. can impart slch fool
hardy courage as some OF the rebels
display.
For every barricade destroyed on
Sunday two or three appeared In other
places. Orders were given by the rev.
olutionists 10 shoot only when there
was good hope OF bringing man
down, but otherwise 10 tire out the
troops until they lost patience.
THE most surprising thing OF all is
the loyalty OF the troops. which no
body here anticipated.
Leaders Are Confident.
Talking with an intelligent group
OF 81. Petersburg revolutionists, was
informed that. while they believed the
strike would be victorious, they fully
realized they we're stalking everything
upon the issue and that failure would
set back their cause for several years.
They said they were devoting their eff
forts TO shaking the foundations OF
Russian finance. In full confidence that
once the existing regime was over
thrown they could as quickly build an
other. and that foreign nations would
be as ready to advance money to a
democratic republic as to the autoc-
racy.
They emphatically denied that they
were melting the peasantry 10 commit
agrarian outrages, declaring that these
outrages were the work OF the social
lists, but they did not deny the advo-
cacy OF the distribution OF the crown
lands among the peasants.
I'm conclusion they declared that in
the event OF the failure OF their cause
they would have recourse TO terrorism.
choosing their victims from all classes
OF society"
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