Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-25
TO PUT ON THE SCREWS
CZAR'S OFFICIALS TO CRUSH
ENEMIES OF SOCIETY"

knife to the hlt, was proclaimed yesterday
at ST. Petersburg by Premier Stolypin In a
telegram addressed to the governor gener-
ais governors and projects throughout Rus
STA and to the viceroy of the Caucasus, who
are ordered to strike and spare not in eff
forts TO preserve order and crush the enc
mics of society t
Included In this category, as shown oy
the events of the day, are not only revoiu-
tionists and socialists. but also the educated
liberal and landed classes represented in
the constitutional democratic party, whose
clubs everywhere have been closed. and all
the progressive newspapers. which are not
permitted to lift their voices anywhere
throughout the entire land
Premier Stolypin's Order.
Premier Stolypin's telegram is as follows:
I'm conformity with instructions received
from the emperor with the view of securing
fun cooperation between the different local
authorities. / hereby inform you that the
government expects you to exercise yigiiant
and untiring supervision over your subordi-
mates, so that order may be promptly and
definitely restored. Disturbances must be
suppressed. and revolutionary movements
must be put down by all legal means
THE measures you take must be carefully
considered. The struggle begun Is against
the enemies of society, and not. against So
ciety itself. Consequently wholesale re-
preston cannot be approved Of lmprudent
and Illegal acts are likely to give rise 10 dis-
content instead of conducting TO calm, and
cannot be tolerated.
THE intentions of the emperor are i'm
mutable. The government firmly desires TO
assist in the amendment of the legal pro-
cedure and the laws hitherto enforced which
no longer serve their purpose The old re-
gme will be regenerated, but order must be
fully Maintained. You must act on your
own irl tiative. as you are invested with re-
sponsi ility. Firm and vigorous steps taken
on Il Use lines will doubtless be upheld by
the list part of society.
Reactionists' Opinions"
The manifesto bears a remarkable SINH
larity TO the earlier compositions of Minis
ters of the Interior Plerve and Bouligin, and
the reactionHry press has had slight diff
Guilty In cutting 1t down. as they already
had done with Mondays imperial manifes-
to- into ar appeal to the League of Rus
sian Men" and other old-school Russians to
rise and smite all the progressive classes.
Even before the declaration of the disso-
luton of the lower house of parliament, the
war office had perfected its plans for hand
ling expected disorders both military and
civilian Gen Muller Zakomesky who sup
pressed the Sehastopol revolt and cooper
ated with Gen Bennenkampf in the reduc-
ton of the Siberian rebellion last winter,
was recalled from the command of corps
and placed at the disposition of the war
office 10 be used whenever trouble may first
be manifested.
Look for Outbreak in the South.
Both the government and the revolution
lists expect this outbreak in the south, and
that it will roll northward to the two
capitals. This may induce the proletariat
organizations to postpone the declaration
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until contagion is borne up from the south.
The railroaders, however, anxious to
have this strike declared at once. Mem
bers of the Railway Employees Union here
and in Moscow declare that they ready
to walk out at the first call from the
League of Leagues. with which the union is
federated.
The Constitutional Democratic Club and
two other political clubs were closed last
night by order OF the police authorities.
caucus of constitutional democrats was
being held at the club named at the time
Prince Paul Dolgourokoff. chairman of the
central executive committee appointed at
Viborg on Monday. has called a meeting
OF that committee which will arrange a
secret caucus today to discuss further tao
tics. Moscow constitutional democrats rec
commended the summoning of national
convention of the party, but this will
scarcely be allowed by the authorities.
Revolution Plans Discussed.
Meetings were held last night in dozen
houses in st. Petersburg, and just across
the frontier railway employees, peasants. So
eialists and revolutionists OF different
shades of opinion are discussing the best
plan of action to throw the whole ma
chinery Of the government out of gear
Word has been received at ST. Peters,
burg that the Moscow workmens council
will be ready Sunday or Monday, and
tentative decision to call a strike will
b. taken on Sunday. telephone message
10 st. Petersburg from Moscow says that
IA great popular demonstration, organized
by the leaders of the workmen as a pre-
liminary 20 the strike occurred in the
streets there yesterday. but in pursuance of
the plan. care was taken to keep within
careful limits and there was no Interference
on the part of police or troops
Agrarian disorders have broken out in
the vicinity OF st. Petersburg. The estate
Of General Baron Fredericks, aid-de-camp
to the emperor, forty miles from the capi-
tai, has been plundered by peasants Gen.
Fredericks asked for troops from CAT
china, but was informed that the situation
was too serious to permit of the changing
OF the present military dispositions.