New-York tribune., 1906-08-24
ARMY RISING PUT OFF.
Delegates Meet at Krdsnoge Selo-
WGr in Caucasus.

st. Petersburg Aug PA meeting Of about
two hundred soldiers. including representatives
OF some OF the guard regiments, has been held
in the woods near their camp, at Krasnoye Selo.
IL is reported that large part Of the men were
in thorough sympathy with the cause Of the
people and would refuse 60 fire on them. It was
decided that the time was not yet ripe for gen.
eral mutiny. most OF the troops at the capital
were still nOminally loyal. without a general
rising of the people which would offer a pros
pect OF success, the leaders said It was hopeless
TO expect any active support from the army. In
significant mutinies were characterized by the
speakers useless sacrifices. and the agitators
who precipitated the risings at Sveaborg and
Cronstadt were severely criticised.
The strictest censorship is exercised over
press dispatches in the Caucasus in order TO
conceal the true state Of affairs both regarding
the true inwardness Of the Tartar-Armenlan
warfare and the ferment among the Russian
troops in the garrisoned towns Of Transcaucasia-
The correspondent of The Associated Press has
not been permitted TO telegraph many items OF
news, and in other cases the censor would accept
his dispatches only when supported by the Of
fetal version of the affair.
The Armenian-Tartar situation is worse than
is known TO the outside world. Almost all the
Russian military units are disaffected, and even
the COssacks are rebelling against doing police
duty. The latest mutiny is that OF the Poltava
Cossacks, who several days ago, az Ti1is, for
mally demanded TO be relieved from police dut,
and asked for the discharge OF those who had
served over three years. The entire regiment
was disarmed and confined.
The agitation caused by the arrest Of NJ.
onipko has been followed by a dangerous
agrarian movement in this neighborhood. Eleven
estates have been destroyed The district is
under martial law
A dispatch from the Austro- Russian frontier
station at Moczki says that last night number
of Russian frontier guards were enticed into an
ambush through false signal shots and that their
captain killed and the other members OF the
party were disarmed and bound Twelve men
afterward passed across the frontier presumably
with arms and ammunition.
A new regiment, selected from the squadrons
OF the different Cossack Guard regiments has
been formed TO act as the personal escort of the
Emperor, who has accepted the title OF colonel
OF the new organization.
The trial OF the three persons, among whom
is a daughter of General Keller. charged with
conspiracy against the life of former Governor
General Doubassoff, began at Moscow to-day.
A soldier at Kursk murdered his captain
yesterday because the latter had cursed him.
There is great alarm in Jewish circles in Rus
sia over developments az Siedlce Poland where
1t appears that after the explosion OF bomb
in street of the Hebrew quarter, which, ae-
cOrdlng to the official report was accompanied
by revolver firing from four Jewish houses the
troops opened a general fusillade in which seven
Jews and Christian were killed and many
were wounded Thirty-three Jews were ar
rested
Excesses are increasing and disorders are re-
ported in the provinces Of Moscow, Yaroslav.
Volhynia. Sinbirslz. Kazan and Ekaterinoslav.
Premier Stolypin has sent circular TO all gov
ernors ordering them TO employ the most ener-
getic measures.
The manager Of the Odessa branch OF the New
York Life Insurance Company to-day received
letter demanding a contribution of $4,000 TO
! the revolutionary cause, and threatening him
with death if he refused. Instead of paying the
money the manager informed Governor Kaul-
bars that he wanted protection which was fur
nished.
The captain Of police. Avgatoff. was killed
yesterday in neighboring village while at
| tempting TO arrest three agitators.
Robbers to-day entered a crowded car a
railroad train at Essentuki in the Caucasus,
and shot a clerk who was carrying $500. a
| policeman accompanying the clerk jumped from
the train with the cash. The robbers were not
captured.
The colonel Of the Upsheron Regiment in gar
/ rison at Vladikavkaz was murdered yesterday.
The Russian troops which occupied Aland
/ Island, in the Gulf of Bothnia. have been with
drawn.
Prices on the Bourse to-day continued TO
yield. Imperial fours closed at 7O9s. and fves.
at sSA.
RIO CONFERENCE NEAR END.