The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-01-04
CANNOT SOON RECOVER FROM
DEFEAT ADMINISTERED BY
GOVERNMENT.
CONFLICT UTTERLY HOPELESS
PROLETARlAT UNPREPARED AND
GOVERNMENT VICTORY
WAS EASY.

preston of the i~nsurrection at Mos
COW, and the certainty that similar
uprisings elsewhere will lie crushed,
mark the collaps of the first attempt
of the reds" to overthrow the govern
ment arms, and administers a defeat
from which it is not believed in gov
ernmental circles the revolutionaries
can quickly cover
Now that the smoke of battle is
clearing away the utter hopelessness
of the conflict seems to be apparent.
The populace held aloof and not a
single military unit actually joined
the revolutionaries. Even the gen
eral
Strike CrumbIed
under their feet by their challenging
and precipitating a conflict before the
proletariat organizations were pre-
pared. The government secured a
comparatively easy though ruthless
victory, and it is believed in high cir
cles (official) hat the organizations
have been so disrupted and democrat
lied by the blow hat it will be i'm
possible for them to attempt the coup
planned for the anniversary Of
Bloody Sunday" In desperation, un-
doubtedly, the revolutionaries will
again have to acts of terror
which they will spring at the most
unexpected moment.
The country has quoted down and
the cabinet now hopes that the selec-
tons to the douma are assured and
that the government
Can Devote Its Time
to the suppression of the revolt in the
Baltic provinces and more especially
to the solution of the agrarian ques-
ton. If means cannot be found in
some measure to satisfy the land
hunger of the peasants before spring,
the universal opinion is that the peas
ants everywhere will rise. The land
proprietors seem to be convinced of
this to such an extent that the land
lords in the neighborhood of Minsk
are calling their tenants together and
are voluntarily arranging the distri-
button of a portion of thei r private
holdings upon terms satisfactory to
the peasants.
Quiet at Moscow.
Moscow, Dec. 31.-The electric light
system was restored yesterday after
noon. The streets are gradually as
Stunning their normal condition. It is
probable the railways will soon re-
sumo their regular schedules.
Work has been resumed in most of
the factories. The town council is or
ganizing a system for the relief of the
families of the victims of the recent
disturbances.
Cossscks Disperse Crowds.
Riga, Lithunia, Dec. 31.-There has
been no break in the general strike
here. None of the newspapers APP
peared yesterday. The inhabitants aye
not molested by the revolutionists;
Otherwise the situation remains I'M
changed. Cossacks and dragons are
constantly %galloping through the
streets dispensing crowds wherever
they are gathered. The dragons
especially seemed to be furious and
are shouting and striking everywhere
ABOUT IloUl. Ills dCllOh 10 piooouiy
In revenge for the treatment of their
comrades at Tukum and Talsen.
Troops Pour Into Moscow.
Washington, Dec. 81. - Secretary
Root yesterday received advices from
Ambassador Meyer at st. Petersburg
stating that the situation in Russia is
becoming more desperate. Strikes ap'
pear to be breaking out in new places
In Russia and troops are now being
dispatched to Moscow, where the in
jured are estimated at 1000. Fol six
days the Moscow trouble has contin
ued and is still in progress.
At Rostoff a meeting of the revolu
tionists was fired upon by the artillery
forces and the killed and wounded
number 800.
In Kharkov a collision occurred be
tween the troops and a large body o.
laborers. Two hundred were injured
The shops are closed and business Is
suspended.