The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-30
WILL RULE RUSSIA
WITH HAND OF iron
CABINET DECIDES REVOLUTION
MUST BE CRUSHED.
TIGHT REIN FOR REBELS
Declares Relaxation In Rieor Of Gov
ernment's Policy Is Out of Cues
( ton Until Revolution Has
Been Wiped Out.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 25.-At ses-
sion of the cabinet Friday evening,
which lasted several hours, the con-
clusion was reached that, in view Of
the existing conditions, any relaxa-
ton in the rigor of the governments
policy is utterly out of the question,
and that it is necessary to continue
The battle against the revolutionary
forces with all the means at COM
mand
1t also was decided that the cleo
tons for members of parliament
should be held on the same date
throughout the empire, instead Of over
q period of several weeks, as was the
case in the former elections, in order
to prevent the opponents Of the gov
eminent concentrating their efforts in
various districts in succession.
Outline New Legislation.
All the ministers were instructed
to prepare and have ready for sub
mission not later than September IA
the projects of necessary legislation
which VIII be divided into two cate
gories-the first, those which are ur-
gent and should be enacted immedi-
ately in the form of temporary laws
or administrative edicts, and the Sec
ond such as will require to be polished
by the cabinet before submission to
parliament when it assemblies.
Commutes Death Sentence.
Odessa, Aug. 25.-Gov. Gen. Kaul-
bars Friday for the first time annulled
a court-martiars death sentence. The
case was that of peasant named
Rymsha, whose political offense was
committed to ten years at hard labor.
1t is rumored that Kaulbars received
a letter from the Peasants union
threatening him with immediate death
IL he confirmed the sentence.
The governor general has established
a new street guard of about $50 men
whose wages the house owners are
compelled to pay.
Sapper BattaIions Mutiny.
The Eleventh and Twelfth sapper
battalions encamped at the summer
camp Morzovka, near Odessa, mu-
tinted Thursday night They as
sembled at political meeting, singing
the ''Marseillaise' and passed reso,
luton not to fire on the revolution
lists If called upon. Officers of the
battalions who tried to break up the
meeting were beaten by the soldiers.
Escaping Prisoner Killed.
Riga, Aug. pa revolutionist
named Luther, who was sentenced to
IS years Imprisonment for plumber
ing, attempted to escape as he was
being taken from the courtroom Fri
day, and was killed by the guards.
Peasants Lynch Firebugs.
Samara, Aug. 25.-The peasants OF
the village of Kamenka Friday seized
four men suspected of setting fire to
farmhouses and barns and lynched
two of them and beat the others al
most to death.
Arrest Member of Parliament.
Kaiuga, Aug. pa member of the
outlaWed parliament named Lagutin
was arrested here Friday for distrib-
uting copies of the Viborg mani
festo.
Octoberists Advise Order.
Moscow, Aug 25.-In view of the
approaching parliamentary elections
the Octoberists issued an appeal call
ing on the electors to strive to main
tain order in the country and save
the fatherland and enmerating the
main points of the party programme.
The appeal conjures up the spectre
Of foreign Intervention in case the
present conditions of anarchy con-
tinue, and declares that the solution
is not to be found by methods Of blood
and violence, but through peaceful
and constitutional labors to renew the
structure of the Russian state. The
Octoberist programme now includes
universal suffrage and forcible ex-
preparation where it may be necessary
IN order to settle the agrarian prob
lem, but not as a general rule.
Death Penalty for Three.
Kiev, Aug. 25.-Three men were
sentenced to death Friday by the mil
itary court for robbery and other
crimes.