New-York tribune., 1906-08-31
PEASANTS DESPERATE.
RUSSIAN F4lfINE GROWS.
a Nesc Loan Issued-Troops Fire
on Mobs ~ Provinces.

ST. Petersburg. Aug 3o.-By the end Of Sep
tember the famine will have spread TO the prov
inces OF Kazan. simbirsiz. Samara and saratoh-
The zenlstvo treasures are exhausted. and the
whole cost OF feeding the people devolves on the
central government. The grain required IN the
provinces named for food and sowing will cost
approximately S21.5c1ooo
Dispatches received here to-day from Saratofr
say that the peasants of the volga provinces are
talking Of an uprising at early date Moth
ing it is said. will satisfy them except the dis
fribution of all land Agitators are swarming
all over the provinces. and it is common TO hear
peasants singing the "Marseillaise' at the piers
while awaiting the arrival OF steamers.
An imperial ukase issued to-day authorizes
the Minister Of Finance 10 issue S25.000,o1o in
s per cent rentes TO cover the expenses of the
relief of the districts affected by the failure OF
the crops.
Another ukase prolongs martial law. where 1t
has already been enforced. for another year.
An attempt 20 arrest two agitators in the
village of Ivanovka. province of Saratoff to-day
resulted in a collision between the police and
peasant mob. The police used their rifles. caus-
ing several casualties.
A mob OF peasants to-day pillaged the Co
unsky estate. near Nistislavl. killed two of the
guards and severely wounded a sergeant Of po-
lgoe. Troops have been sent 10 the scene Of dis
order.
AS the result Of a collision between the police
and peasantry at the village OF Bergatchi, prov
snce Of Sarnara where detachment. trying to
extinguish asrarfan fires. was stoned, the police
discharged a volIey, killing or wounding several
peasants. Troops arrived and restored order
A bomb was thrown to-day under the carriage
OF NJ Polier director Of the Belgo- Russian fac
tory at Kharkon. Polier was seriously wounded.
Premier Stolypins daughter. who was badly
injured by the bomb explosion in her fathers
npartYnents on August 25 is still alive and there
are hopes OF her recovery. The others wounded
are Improving except the student Dulevitch and
the carriage driver Bernarsky. Both Of the sus-
r,eoted persons arrested have been cleared
Among the dead have been recognized the body
OF Princess Eudoxia Cantacuzene, Nine. Istomia,
q member of a noble family and her eight-year-
cid SON. Five bodies have not been identified
A commission sitting under the presidency of
rbe Minister of Education has recommended the
reorening of the universities. except the one at
Warsaw. and other Of the higher schools under
practically the same conditions as We're vainly
tried last autumn-autonomOus government by
q council OF professors, without whose consent
rhe police will not be permitted to enter the uni
.,ersities. AS a result OF this method the uni
szersities became the meeting places OF revolu-
rionists of all classes during the great october
strike and General Trepoff finally closed them.
NJ. Stolypin. in conversation with friends is
said 10 have asserted that he is continually sub
Sected to embarrassment adding that he was
convinced that the task which he had set him
self was impossible unless the Emperor gave
him an absolutely free hand, making the Cabinet
a practical dictatorship.
The Premier is alleged to have said that MS
tory seemed to be repeating itself the situation
closely resembling the closing days of the reign
of Alexander II. The reactionary spirit was
,yrovvtng rapidly Nevertheless. he considered 1t
vital that the government should not take re-
oc,ionarv path If it did not do So he felt con-
Ndent that the measures which the Cabinet pro-
yosea would result in a majority OF Moderates
beine elected TO parliament
Forty revolvers and five cases of cartridges
were found at AIitau to-day concealed in a car
load of apples belonging to a jew who was ar
rested.
police official at Odessa, named Snlsnkin'
who. it is alleged. was the leader in the Jewish
massacre there last year, has heen appointed
chief OF police OF Lfvadia, Emperor Nicholas's
residence in the Crimea.
A search at the home OF N. Minimize. who Is
an examining magistrate for political crimes. at
KiefY, has led 20 the discovery that he was a
member OF the revolutionary organization, and
shat his residence was the headquarters for the
movement in that nsighbOrhood.