The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-01
WIRES ARE CUT.


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fore the post telegraph and other gov
ernment buifdines
The revolutionists are wildly jubilant-
Although the mutiny at Sveaborg oc-
Cured unexpectedly they instantly de-
cfded that they must take advantage
OF It and try to Immediately precipitate
the general engagement between the
government and. the people for which
they nave been preparing They ex =
press the most supreme confidence that
the military supports of the government
will break where they are least expected
and that the government will ind when
the test comes the army divided against
itself and that units supposed to be
loyal win fight on the side of the peo-
pie.
The Werkmen's councils here and at
MOSCOW have already issued warnings
to the Workmen's orga nizations through
out the country to hold themselves in
readiness to strike and the Revolutionary
military committee is acting with en-
ergy. They declare that the crews OF
the warships at st. Petersburg are ready
and that if the Cronstadt squadron
mutinies all the ships in the Baltic will
soon be in their hands. The imperial
palace at Peterhof is under the guns OF
the Cronstadt fortress.
RevoIutiOnists Are Active.
Revolutionary emissaries have been
dispatched to the ports of Reval, Riga
the capital will imm ediately be hem
med IL by revolutionists.
The Iroletariat organizations of Fin
land Yesterday Issued orders to begin
general strike throughout the grand
ducny at noon today. The proclama-
ton only exempts the men employed
at the electric light, gas and water
works in the cities. The Reich, in an
editorial today does not conceal its
qualification at the quick march of
events. saying:
Before the government could even
induce a few men enjoying a measure
of public confidence, to countersign its
promises of the liberal reforms, the
first blow has fallen, not delivered by
the peasants or Workmen. but by the
army. whose loyalty the premier was
Wanting" The Reich thinks that a
civil war is at hand The liberals in
general believe that the government
will now be forced to discard all pre-
tense Of reforms and that a military
dictatorship is Immediately ahead.
Admiral Birilen, the minister of
marine, is reported to be on the point
of starting for Helsingfors.
CannOnading Is Heavy.
Helsingfors, Finland, Aug. THE
fighting between the nnutineers and the
loyal troops WAS waged during most
of the past night. The cannonade was
heavy, the firing of the guns furnish
ing an awe inspiring spectacle to the
thousands lining the points of vantage
on Observatory hill.
The loyal minority seemed to com =
mand the forts on Nicholas island
which vas engaged in q duel with
Sandham's formidable masked batter
les. At 10 o'clock this morning they
were still exchanging broadsides Al 10
minute intervals The victims trans
ported to Helsingfors numbered less
than fifty, of VIII ON fifteen are dead,
but thus far the number of killed or
wounded in the Sveaborg hospitals has
not been ascertainable. Order has
been restored at Skatudden island
where 10 sailors and eleven civilians
have been disarmed.
From the civilian point of view the
local situation is easier.
No cruisers are visible. Troops are
expected but, the destruction Of the
and the tearing up of the permanent
way at several points delays the ar
rival of reinforcements.
The town is quiet and business is
proceeding, but the workmen are on
a strike.
The diet. sitting late last night is
sued an earnest warning to the popu-
lation to ATTAIN from participation in
acts which might possibly gravely
affect the whole country
The revolt. it is pointed out oc-
CURED on the anniversary of a mining
disaster which was caused by the
recklessness of some officers and re-
suited in the loss of a dozen lives.
Copies of the Viborg manifesto of
the outlawed parliament are being dis
tributed among the Cossacks who
quietly put them in their pockets.
A naval squadron including the
battleship Slava, is reported to have
sailed from Reval this afternoon for
Svea borg.
been ruined and the barracks and
cathedral have been badly damaged
by the fire of the 11-inch guns. The
numbers of wounded and killed have
probably been over estimated.
The socialists are on the alert and
the town people are in fear of d can
nonade if the naval squadron arrives
here
There was a panic all day long yes
terday among the summer residents
on the islands Of the archipelago.
shells, which caused a number of
casualties both on the islands and in
the city. man sitting on the YER
anda of the yacht club was mortally
wounded and a servant girl was killed.
For more than a week Russian rev.
olutionists have been working among
the troops distributing the Viborg and
Group of Toll manifestos. and it is
reported that on Sunday 1900 soldiers
took an oath to fight on the side of
the people.
Warship Crews NIutlny.
Helsingfors, Finland. Aug. 1.-The
news CT the revolt here caused the
greatest excitement at Cronstadt, espe-
cially in view of the report that 4
mutiny of the crews of warships was
proceeding at Cronstadt and that the
revolutionists were working hard to
persuade the troops there to mutiny
and refuse to fire on the warships.
Precautions wre hastily taken by the
authorities at Cronstadt
The breach blocks of the guns or
board some of the warships we're re-
moved while detachments of troops
we're sent on board other ships.
MURDER OF NJ. HERZEN STEIN.
He Was Shot from Ambush While
Walking With His Family.
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