The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
RACE: WAR
SPREADING
IN EMPIRE
Hundred Victims Of Mob
Borne to Graves in
Bialystok.
Christians Loot Hebrew
Homes While Troops
Look On.
,ate Massacre Provoked
Late Massacre Provoked
by Emissaries Of the
Government.

LONDON. June I9.-The Jewish
World has received the following dis
patch from Dvinsk (also termed Duana-
oerg), province of Vitebsk. 10 miles
southeast of Riga, dated June IS:
ffty persons have been killed in the
ant-Jewlsh rioting at StarosieIsce. not
tor from Bialystok. The state of mind
OF the populace is indescribable"
BIALYSTOK. Russia, June le-The
bodies OF more than a hundred Jews
were buried yesterday but the impos-
Ing array of military force prevented a
resumption of the disorders
A press correspondent saw dozens of
Christians Of the lower Glasses with
sacks on their backs coming from the
desolated Jewish quarter to submit to
the examination of the soldiers and po-
lice. II the sacks contained plunder
none of it was seized
General Bader. commander of the
garrison and acting Governor General.
is in personal charge of the troops.
which are so disposed that renewal of
the rioting is considered improbable.
The Jews, however, continue in a state
OF panic. As the correspondent passed
through the streets strewn with wreck
age they could be seen hastily barricad-
ing what was left of their houses Many
of them adopted the artifice of placing
ikons or crosses on their doors in order
to avert the attacks of the Christians.
WOMAN TRIES TO KILL TREPOFF.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 1se-A cir
cumstantial report is in circulation to-
day of an attempt on the life of Gem
eral Trepoff, commandant of the pal
ace, by a well-dressed woman mas
querading as Princess Narishkin Ac-
cording to the rumor. the woman
gained admittance to the palace, and
when Trepoff appeared she drew re-
volver but before it was fired she was
seized. The story is denied by the po-
lice.
The massacre of Jews at Bialystok
has shocked the country and added to
the general excitement, and the reve-
lationS which the committee Of the
lower house OF Parliament. sent to in
yestigate the outbreak at Bialystok. is
expected 10 make, will only add fuel
to the flames.
Thus far the censor at Bialystok has
evidently refused TO allow the press
correspondents to comment on the ac-
ton of the authorities. The Golus. a
newspaper edited by NJ. Uliauoff. G
member of the lower house OF Parlia-
ment containing an account OF the hor-
rors and charging til. authorities OF
Bialystok with deliberately preparing
the riot, was confiscated when~ 1t ap-
peared today.
The news from Kronstadt continues
disquieting. The troops sent TO the
island are camping outside the city.
The Twentieth Century formerly the
RUSS says the situation is so danger
Gus that the breech-locks have been
removed from the guns Sf the warships
in the harbor.
CZaR'S WORD NOT ACCEPTED.
In spite of the Governments left
handed denial that it intends TO order
Parliamentary recess, the Rech to-
day expressed the fear that a coup
d'ctat was imminent and appealed to
the country to make its voice heard
in favor OF the dismissal OF the Min
istry and a prolongation of the exist
ence OF Parliament.
NJ Tinayer. a member OF the lower
house, today received the following
dispatch from NJ. Jacobson. a member
of the commission sent to Bialystock
by the lower house of Parliament to
Investigate the Jewish massacres
there:
Order restored YESTERDAY. seventy
eight Jews and six Christians have
been buried. The majority of the dead
were killed with bayonets or rife bull
let's The total of the dead has not
yet been established. A Cossack yes
terday killed passing Jew.
The city has unanimously decided
that the massacre was not the result
of race hatred. but was due to provo
cation and that the troops and police
participated in the outrage.
The reports that the Jews and revo-
lutionists attacked the inhabitants are
false"
Private letters received here from
Kharkoff predict that the entire south
of Russia will he in state of open
revolution within a month.
MURDERS AND ROBBERIES.
TIFLIS. Caucasia, June I9.-The law
lessness in the Caucasus is increasing
In spite OF the patrols of soldiers and
police murder and robbery are un-
checked in this city. At noon today
fifteen brigands boarded a car in the
center Of the city and held up and
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