The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08
Life Unsafe Thruout the Nation as
CiuI War Surges.
Car Considers Formation
Of Cadet Ministry to
Stem Rebellion.
Would Shear Himself Of
Power to End Assaults
/. on Government.

Special Cable to Tho Journal.
CT. PETERSBURG, July The s
~ douma, the soviet and the country
at large do not share in the optim.
ism Of the ministry, but consider THAI
the revolution has already begun and
that the only question Is where It win
stop.
Today Warsaw, Tihis, Riga, Kiev and
Moscow report strikes, bomb explosions
and highway robberies. Life is safe
nowhere. In the Kiev and Samara dis4
tricts the peasants and the administers
tion forces have met in regular battle. !,
the latter being defeated.
The disahtection in the army II
spreading. Yesterday Cossack officer
led delegation Of his fellow Cossasks
to the douma TO protest against inserio1s
police service by their forces. The
government Is now obliged to abandou
the mobilization Of Cossacks. Even the :.
gendarmss are unreliable.
Czar May Yield More.
3 At Peterhof there Is uninterruptsd
deliberation. The czar Is CONSIDERING
the formation Of cadet ministry, but
deems this the gravest step taken since
the time of Peter the Great, because II
would reduce the authority Of the mon
arch below that Of the president Of
France. Therefore he insists that the
cadets guarantee that they will be his
ministers, not the douma's. He de.
mands also that they give proof of their
ability to pacify the country.
The courtiers argue that the cadets
are no longer masters of the situation,
since they are declaring for amnesty
and popular liberties and show an un-
Willingness to use force. They would.
according to the courtiers, deprive the
country Of its remnants of authority,
while the revolutionists would not re.
lent.
Women and Children Flee.
The, cadets recognize that they are
losing ground, yet they are willing to
sacrifice themselves for the country and
the czar. Nevertheless they want q
free hand: -
f. Emperor Williams. influence Is
| against the cadets, while the influences
of Britain, France and Italy are in
their favor. The kaiser's suggestion
| that the czar meet him on yachting
excursion has not yet been accepted.
| The behavior Of the army, the peo-
pie and the douma is feverish Women
and children are being sent abroad
Many Jews are fleeing to America.
l. sitaution Grows Worse.
According to advices received hers
from Moscow there are now 10000
workmen on strike in the city, and
conditions are hourly becoming more
threatening. All Of the police and sol.
diers on duty there have been notified
to use the strictest measures to pre-
vent crowds gathering on the streets
and to compel all persons who cannot
show authority to keep of the streets
after nightfall.
The situation in the Caucasus Is de-
cidedly threatening and a large de-
.tachment Of Cossacks, armed with rap
id-fre guns, have been dispatched there
on special train.
/ Ship Away valuables.
At Isofka there have been q number
of pitched battles fought between the
Cossacks and the striking miners, IN
which the casualties have been heavy
on both sides.
It is asserted in official circles in ST.
Petersburg that the several grand
dukes are taking the most gloomy
view Of the situation. All are said to
have sent their valuable to Paris and
other European centers, and to be
ready to flee the country. at an hour =
notice.
The rumor is again afoat that the
car has asked that one Of the pewers
sent warship to wait at convensent
point to take off the royal family In
case of, a revolution and convey thaea
to a place Of safety.
zemstvos with Dcums.
The demand Of parliamen for the re-
tirement Of the Goremykin cabinet win
be backed by the zemstvo congress at it,
meeting in Moscow on Monday. The
program drawn up by the central COM
mittee favors the withdrawal by the
zemstvos organizations Of all measures
for famine relief $50 long as the pres-
ent ministry remains in power
The committee, however, recommends
the continued maintenance Of soup
kitchens and free dining rooms to r.
ieve actual starvation.
Parliamentary data regarding the fam
inc shows that 127 counties in twenty.
eight provinces are affected, that 1l9
crops are complete failures, and that in
eighty-eight counties the famine is In
its second year.
| The revolutionary parties of st. Pc.
| tersburg are organizing an executive
organization, which 1t is expected will
I'LL the gap caused by the arrest OF the
members of the workmen . council dur,
| inG ths iast eEisis.