The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-03
RED SUNDAY.
PIans Are Being Laid for
Another Demonstration
At st. Petersburg on the Ap.
prOaching Anniversary.
BLOOD WILL FLOW.
If Prevailing Expectations
Should Be Realized.
Ninety Thousand Jews Have
Emigrated to America.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 30 p. m.-A
general meeting of the workmen's coun-
ell and delegates of all the proletariat
organizations has been in session secret
" since last night, perfecting their fu-
ture program. All that is thus far
known is that they are planning to turn
the anniversary Of January % (red sun
day when the most serious rioting in St.
Petersburg Occurred) into a day Of
national mourning, during which It is
planned to make demonstrations in
memory Of the martyrs All the shops,
factories and theaters will be closed and
the street car and railroad services VIII
be stopped.
Requiem masses viii be celebrated
and professions in which the Worknen
will wear crepe on their sleeves viii
march through the streets. No papers
viii be allowed to appear except with
black borders. It is proposed to make
a gigantic, peaceful manifestatio but
! in the attempt to carry it out the leaders
fully understood that it is sure 10 pre-
| cipitate bloodshed on a large scale.
From Admiral Rojestvensky's account
| of his tactics in the battle Of the sea Of
Japan published in the Novoe VrenIya
/ the reader is almost convinced that the
Russian commander out unanswered
Admiral Togo at every point ana was
himself the real victor. He declares he
knew Admiral Togo's exact whereabouts
| two days before the battle, made his
/ dispositions accordingly and entered the
/ fight with his eyes open. The admiral
/ only casually states in the course Of
/ his letter that the minister Of marine is
| investigating the causes of the catas-
| trophe in order to determine whether
the commander shau~be court martialed
for the loss Of the feet.
The charge that the British admiral
concentrated his ships at Wei Hal Wei
expecting to receive an order to destroy
the Russians in the event OF Admiral
| Togo proving unequal TO the task mas
| aroused a considerable sensation in Dip
lomatic circles, all the more so as Ad-
miral Rojestvensky' letter was pub
lIished with the permission Of the minis
ter of marine and no doubt is entertain
ed that it viii be made the subject OF
diplomatic representations to Great
4 Britain
The government is putting on the
screws tighter and tighter War Min
lister Rudiger has issued an order abso-
lutely prohibiting OFFICERS, prlvales ana
employees of the ministry Of war from
participating in any fashion in political
societies or attending their meeting and
prescribing heavy punishments wilicn
| will be inflictable without trial
The use of the telephone between ST
! Petersburg, Moscow and other points
| which has been employed in cornmunl-
/ cations between the revOlutiOnists has
been prohibited to private individuals
except by permission of the autnorlEles-
The number of arrests are increasing
! daily and the prisons are SO crowded
that the Nash Shisn says rooms with air
space for Is are holding so persons. So
far as ascertainable not one of those ar
rested during the last three weeks mas
/ been released.
The paper says that the newsboys
| who since the imperial reform mani
festo was issued have been crying the
most sensational revolutionary news IN
/ the streets have been prohibited under
penalty of three months imprisonment
and $3.50 fine from even mentioning the
names of the papers they are selling.
/ Prof. Paul AIilaukOf's NarOdbta SVo-
/ boda which yesterday made an ardent
| appeal to the electors to prepare for the
campaign and to organize meetings for
! the propagation of the program of the
constitutional demands has been sup
| pressed. The Commercial Gazette esti-
/ mates that 10000 Jews have emigrated
to America since the massacres.
| Many Executions.
Moscow, Jan. 3.-According to the
/ stories in circulation here the number OF
| summary executions Of revolutionisfs Is
/ large Mr. Smith an Engiishman and
proprietor of machine works here which
+ were accidentally burned yesterday says
i he personally witnessed a number OK
! executions. When the "drujina," reyo-
/ lutionary garrison of the 5;ugar factor
4
/ of the regular troops after a few aues-s
/ tions picked out the victims who were
marched 20 PAGES in front of q firing
4 squad received a volley and dropped
1 without a struggle. Mr.. Smith even says
he thinks he recognized Governor CEN
/ eral Doubasoff among those present.
1t is generally stated that the victims
! were handed over to a firing squad with
the command take them to the river
which was tantamOunt to a sentence ana
warrant for their execution.
The clearing of the Raizan line as far
! as Loubertzi, which fell principally on
the Semionovsky regiment was attend
/ ed by much blOodshed. At every station
/ troops dispersed the crowds by firing
/ volleys. Three leaders, Orloffskys Sem
/ inostky and Andrewief were captured
/ and shot and over 300 people are report
! ed to have been killed or wounded. A
/ newspaper report states that a number
of drujinists were placed in collins ana
I smuggled past the troops in the Bresna
district. An officer finally became sus-
piciOus funeral procession was STOP
I ped and the casket was oDened. Inside
+ the soldiers found man and Iour
/ bombs. Thereafter all suspicious funeF-
t ais were halted for examination and the
soldiers even went to the length OF pull
ing the naustaches and boards Of the
! mourners to ascertain if they were
I false Wholesale arrests continue to 0e
+ made here.
The police are gathering in all per
sons found carrying loaded sticks or
/ sword canes.