Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-08-09
A DICTATOR next
Grand Duke Nicholas Is Expected
to Be Placed In Supreme Com
mand Of Military.
SWAPS IN THE BALANCE.
Russia on Verge of Disorders
Which May Lead Either to
Reign of Army OF
PrOletarlat.

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burg was in darkness Friday night
The employees of the electric lighting
plants, always the earliest barometric
record Of political conditions, ceased
work during the afternoon in obedi-
ence to the call for general strike.
This call already has been obeyed by
1000 factory hands in the capital.
1t will be impossible, however, to pre-
dict the success Of this universal
political strike until Monday as the
workmen in st. Petersburg and the
provinces have two holidays, Saturday,
which is the fete day Of the dowager
empress and great religious feast.
and their regular holiday Of Sunday.
The only other available index to
the situation are the railroads. Up
to Q o'clock Saturday morning the
railroad men had not needed the call
for a general strike, except in the case
of an insignificant bobtail line running
to Sestroetzk and other shore resorts
in the vicinity of St. Petersburg.
The men of this road barricaded the
line with the result that they had an
unimportant collision with Cossacks
Friday night.
In the meantime the fate Of the
Stolypin cabinet sways in the balance
and Russia is upon the verge Of dis
orders which may lead either to the
reign of the military or the proletar-
lat. 1t can be stated definitely that
the first step toward dictatorship
may be taken Sunday or Monday by
the nomination of Grand Duke Mich
olas to the chief command Of all the
troops in Russia. This would virtual
ly place him in control Of all the dis
turbed districts Of the empire where
martial law has been proclaimed.
This matter was a subject of earn
est discussion during the interview be-
tween the emperor and Premier Stoly-
pin Friday, from which the premier
returned In vexed state Of mind.
The revolutions at Sveaborg and Cron-
stadt and the mutiny on board the
cruiser Pamyat Azova gave the tone
to the conversation between his mai
esty and the premier. These events,
although they have all ended FORUM
ately, apparently have left a strong
impression upon the minds of the en-
peror. The Associated Press has been
informed from high source that the
of Grand Duke Nicholas
to the post Of commander-in-chief, II
made, will be announced as "for the
purpose of harmonizing the activity
Of all troops, without reference to
political AFFAIRS" but premier Stolypin
is scarcely disposed to regard the
in this high light.
One element of possible disorder for
has been removed by the de-
cision of the widow of M. Herzenstein,
the ex-deputy who was murdered at
Terioki, to inter her husband at
Terioki and to omit holding the SER
vices here and at Moscow.
Pickets of cavalry and infantry |
we're the most conspicuous features
IN the streets Of st. Petersburg Fri
lay night. Business housAs, Rener-
lily have boarded up their windows
Is they did In the days of the great
october strike. Practically all Of the
itreet cars in the city have stopped
and the cab drivers are
threatening to cease work Saturday
A dispatch received by the Associ-
tied Press from Sestroretz says that
leavy reinforcements are being
,oured in there evidently in fear OF
N attack upon the government cart
idge and small arms factory located
n that suburb.
The long-distance telephone station
vas occupied Friday night by half a
ompany Of infantry in order to pre-
ent the anticipated attempt Of the
evolutionists to sever telephone
between here and
loscow, and the last train in from
ioscow brought railroad officials who
ad collected the funds on hand at
he various intermediate stations to
ravapt fbatr oaiVura In rooa If O