The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-25
Workmen Of Moscow Reported to
Have Decided on General
Strike July %.
Nine Thousand Factory Hands
Walk Out at Riga-Warsaw !;
Officer Murdered.

the military disorders is now permitted
to be published.
Discussing the financial situation, the
Rech today says the quotations Of Rus
sian securities here and abroad are not
a true barometer. The. paper says
eminent is resorting to Count Whites
old system by which millions are used
in Berlin and Paris as well as in st.
Petersburg to bolster up Russian bonds.
This is the only indirect reference made
by the press to the parliamentary APP
peal to the country to cut off the gov
ernment's supplies by. refusing to pay
taxes.
Revolt in the Baltic.
In the provinces the suppression Of
newspapers and the arrest of agitators
time there is no evidence of the unex-
pected general rising Of the peasantry,
but news travels slowly in the country.
The only sudden growth Of disorders
among the peasants thus far reported
is at Kostroma, 200 miles northeast OF
Moscow.
A recrudescence of the revolution 10
near Dmitrovsk.
In Orel province the peasants on the
crown estates are reported to be in
eruption.
Keep Troops in Cities.
The refusal Of the authorities to send
troops to save the estate of Baron
Fredericks, aide de camp to the en-
peror, forty miles from the capital,
which WAS plundered by peasants yes
terday seems to indicate that until the
danger is passed it is the intention Of
the war office to keep the troops con-
centrated in the cities and protect the
Lines Of communication between here
and Moscow and st. Petersburg and
the frontier, SO that if serious troubles
in the army become apparent troops
last, stand will be made.
: Appearances Deceptive.
The proposed general political strike.
which is backed by q mass Of oratory,
still hangs fire, encouraging the belief
on the part Of the bureaucracy that
the governments coup d 'etat has been
successful. Appearances, however, are
deceptive. The indecision Of the pro-
letariat organizations only proves that,
In spite Of their boasts that they were
prepared for eventualities, they were
taken off their guard.
Even the boldest of the members OF
parliament, who united in the appeal
to the people not to pay taxes or fur
unless the parliament Is supported by.
an upheaval from below, the govern
ment can snap Its fingers Tor the pres
emit at their proclamations.
The leaders Of the proletariat organ
izations understand fully that the bur
den now falls on them, but they also
appreciate that certain numbness has
the popular passions have not cooled,
the long nervous strain has produced
sort Of exhaustion which makes it
more difficult to induce them to rush
! forward and embark on the privations
and sacrifice involved In q general
strike.
The Psychological Moment.
On the other hand, they recognize
that If the psychological moment is
lost, with the machinery Of repression
in full operation, 1t will be well-nigh
impossible to organize an uprising later,
and that they will be compelled to
wait for another spontaneous upheaval
like that Of last fall.
i For these reasons the majority Of the
1 proletariat leaders, backed by the group
Of toll and the majority Of the constf-
tutional democrats, are insisting that
the die must be cast. The social demo-
Gratis have already given their vote in
favor Of calling general strike not
later than Monday, but some of the
/ workmen Is unions. considering how
limited are their resources, shrink from
i facing the ordeal Of starvation and
bayonets. Expecting an immediate and
extensive movement among the peas.
ants in the south, they urge delay until
the tide of revolt sweeps northward.
The political leaders are feverishly
meeting and comforting in secret like
conspirators.
Prince Dolgoroukoff IS permanent par
lament committee held several sessions
today, but the greatest secrecy is, OBJ.
served to prevent the government from
getting wind of the decisions.