The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-26
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
LIVING ON A VOLCANO

ST. Petersburg, July 2e.-The government
create the impression both at home and
abroad that the crisis has been success
fully passed, and that the probability OF
a general upheaval has disappeared.
Moreover. the officil reports seek TO cree
ate the impression that there has been
little response among the masses to the
plan for a general strike as a preliminary
10 universal uprising
The application OF the old methods, the
government confidently asserts has al
ready landed the most dangerous OF the
leaders behind the bars. and much stress
Is laid on the importance of the capture
OF number OF revolutionary ring leaders
at Moscow which. II turns out was the
result of information obtained at the time
OF the capture OF the office OF the Misla
here.
Among the papers then seized the gov
eminent says were the complete plans OF
a revolutionary organization which ena-
bled the authorities to close the revolu-
tionary channels into the army.
The financial situation has evidently
caused quite as much alarm among the
fnanciers who underworld the loan abroad
as IL has at the treasury here. Finance
Minister KokovsoT has been bombarded
by telegrams from French. English and
German bankers. urging on him the neces-
sity OF supporting the market.
This accounts for the activity OF the
government bankers I'm bidding up prices
on the bourse here and at Moscow yes
terday. as well as for the rosy views OF
the future sent abroad by the official tele-
graph agency last night under NJ. Ko-
kovsoff's inspiration.
As a matter OF fact. the government can
har I'd lxs hn Ind
nose that II Is living over a volcano
For the last as hours the central COM
mittee OF the Social Democrats, Social
Revolutlonsts. Peasant League. Railroad
Mems union and Telegraphers' union and
the military committee have been con-
ferring with the parliamentary groups.
not only on the question OF calling a
general strike. but actually on the ques-
tion Of attempting a counter coup d'etat
by setting UP n provisional government.
No final decision has yet been taken.
but practically all the proetariat organi-
zations including that Of the railroad
men but excepting the teegraphers. have
already pronounced IN favor Of such n
step. and Social Democrats OF the out
lawed parliament believe that another
course Is open and are irrevocably COM
mitted on the surface, with the COnstitu1
tioual Democrats, 20 discountenance any
active revolutionary step. but secretly
they have agreed 10 support or join In IL
II Il can be successfully inaugurated
over a hundred OF them met last night
IN Finland. under the presidency Of Prf
Milukoff Conferences will be held this
afternoon and tn possible extent OF ths
support which a revolutionary movement
will receive from the army is therefor vi
tai. At IIelsingfors. Finland. Tuesday
night 1900 soldiers and sailors OF the gar
rison took an oath to fight on the side of
the people
II is quite apparent 90 disintereSted OBJ
servers that the government In entering
on It's present policy made n perhaps fatal
blunder In lacking the har0ihood 10 ar
rest the members OF the outlawed parlia-
ment This left the members free 20 con-
duct conspiracy against the govern
ment
when the plot is complete arrests will
be useless and the government will again
find that II acted too late In closing the
political clubs. which has been followed