The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-05
FATEFUL CLIMAX:
NEARING RUSSIA;
DE:sPQT.s IN PERIL
Tho Stunned Now, Rebels
Will Rise in Bloody 4
Revolt. :
Military Display Awes Strik-
ers but Anarchic Clash
Irnpends.
Peasants Expected to Join
Peasants Expected to Join
Rebellion When Har-
vest Is Over.
Ultimate Defeat of Auto.
cracy Predicted by Eng
lish Observer.
Special Gable to The Journal,

" ONDON, Aug. 4.-The autocracy
of Russia has won the first round
in it's fight against the masses,
but the reckoning is yet to come. The
general strike was inaugurated today,
rather prematurely, and the govern
ment dealt it terrible blow by i'm
prisoning all the leaders who could be
found. The result was that the revolu-
tionary parties were stricken as with
palsy for the moment. A rally, how
ever, is expected shortly and the strug-
probably attended by great bloodshed.
The situation in Russia continues to
monopolize public attention here, not
withstanding the cry recently raised in
certain newspapers that the British
empire is also in danger on account
of the threatening conditions in South
Africa and Egypt.
Rumors that Berlin bankers have
"turned down. Russian securities are
based on the fact that some of the
banks in the German capital have asked
their customers to, as far as possible,
o1Cl -1tuooluu SCCuI1G1SS LII LuSlI
applications for loans. This request is
being complied with. .,>,..-,, ....
Kaiser May Yet Act - z-.-9~-
The reported intention of Austria
Hungary and Germany to intervene in
Russia has been officially and semi
officially repudiated in all three eoun-
tries, but in view of the extraordinary
calm which is being preserved on the
eve of the trial of strength between
reaction and revolution in Russia, it
is not conceivable that in certain quar-
tcrs the necessity for European inter
vention is being reckoned with, if the
revolutionary movement should gain
the upper hand. .-., ..
1t is admitted by competent OBJ
servers that the forces of reaction in
Pussia are capable of displaying great
vitality and energy and that apparent
defeat at the outset does not indicate
inherent weakness of the political COM
blnations opposed to autocracy.
Autocracy Sure to Fall.
The authorities, on their side, are
making great military display and
threaten the utmost rigor in putting
down disturbances attending the gen.
eral strike just inaugurated
The great factor in the situation Is
the peasant and most people believe
that agrarian riots on an unparalleled
scale are practically certain when the
harvest is over.
Words, it is pointed out, have done
their best and worst. The dark and an.
archie, grapple of the real forces now
begins. Whether the conflict will last
for few months, or for decade, or, with
vicissitudes of. fortune, for a genera
tIon, Is what the most competent OBJ
servers of Russia conditions confess
themselves unable to predict. The ulti
mate fall of autocracy, for which tn,
car still struggles is believed to b.
certain; but that consummation may b.
far distant, and across the nearer flu
sight can penetrate.
Army Uncertain Factor.
Hitherto the Russian army, has beer
on the whole, loyal, but the army is
part of the nation. The troops breathe
in spite of all precautions, living tn
atmosphere around them, ,swarmin
with the bacilli of revolution. Tha
their loyalty can remain permanent
immune is impossible. The only ques
tion is whether, in spite of many reg
merts being infected by the spirit O
insubrodination, effective masses o
troops are still exempt from contagio1
This is for the government to seriousl
consider. -..-. -"..
The autocracy may be encouraged i
overweening confidence by the initi;
and deceptive appearance of success
but the policy Of sitting upon tn
safety valve will not prevent an e.
plosion. The success of the anarchis
forces would, Immediately, cause tt
collapse of Russian credit and possibl
break the handspring of world
finance. Es
Russian officials in London say ths
the leaders Of the popular parties i
Russia are solely actuated by the d
desire to gain power and place and hay
not the welfare of the country at hear
Despots Again in Control.
By Publishers Press.
ST. Petersburg, Aug. 4.-There is n
telling whether the present disturbance