The Irish standard., 1907-01-05
Wholesale ARRESTS
BY RUSSIAN Police
OVER HUNDRED SOCIAL DEMO.
Gratis CONDUCTING PRoPA- ,#s
GANpA CAPTURED. &
GET LIST OF MEN ...
SENTENCED TO DIE
Plot to XIII Members of Conference to
Be Held Soon Frustrated-Treaty
Negotiations with Japan Progress.
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st. Petersburg. Jan. Acting on
information furnished by a traitor. the
police during the last few days have
captured over 100 leaders and mem
hers of the st. Petersburg military or
sanization of the social democrats who \
were conducting 4 propaganda in the 4,
army and navy. Among those taken ,
into custody was the editor of a Sc St,
cretly published paper entitled the
Barracks, Is soldiers and several WON.
en-. The police also arrested many
members Of an important group of ter
roristic social revolutionists and cap
tured, according to report, a list Of q :.
high officials who had been sentenced
to death.
Frustrated Plot to Kill.
Finally it. is asserted that the po-
lice accidentally obtained informa-
tion which frustrated plot to blow
up number of persons at confer
encc which was to be held in the
near future. -
The recent arrests of members Of
tho military organization which was
responsible for the Sveaborg and
Kronstadt outbreaks and the mutinies
on board warships Of the Baltic squad
ron in August have been reported
from various places in the interior.
notably at Moscow, TO which city
the central committee was trans
fcrred after the police had twice
broken up the headquarters at wilma.
Six officers, including Col. Klopoff.
who had distinguished themselves in
their respective services, were cap
tured while holding "A conference at
Moscow. Lieut.. Emil .Tonoff, who was
executed at Sveaborg fortress in Aug
ust. for participation in the mutiny,
also was Il member of this organixa-
ton.
One Faction Forswears Violence.
The propaganda in the army and
navy is now the chief work of the So
called majority faction of the social
democrats. which after tho civilian
Instructions of last winter had been
crushed by military force, decided that
tho government could only be over
thrown by subverting the army. The
minority faction, which is now n,l-
merically stronger than the majority
faction. has forsworn violence and
has adopted resolutions in favor Of
purely political activity, as in Ger
many. The two factions are now vir-
tually independent.
o,owly Building New Treaty.
st. Petersburg. Jan. 1.-The nego-
tiations for the new treaty between
Japan and Russia are progressing
slowly. IL is stated here that mad
INVISIBLE conditions, prejudicial to Rus
sian economic and political interests
such as free navigation on the Sun
gari tho creation Of new consulates.
facilities for obtaining passports and
customs advantages for Japanese
products and complete freedom Of
fisheries, have been rejected by the
Russian commissioners. The fact
that tho negotiations are still pro-
ceedins leads to the hope that sat
isfactory settlement will be reached.
The electoral campaign of the gov
eminent. according to Information
|
ress. The provincial governors report
that they are making no Roadway in
their efforts to placate the people with
the promises of M. Stolypin, minister
OF the interior. The leader of the
Moscow conservative party, who is
now in St. Petersburg in connection
with the election arrangements, takes
gloomy view of his party's chances.
; He expects that the douma will con-
tain a social revolutionary element
which will make the career of the
house impossible beyond few weeks.
, Forty Arrests At kiev.
l<icv, Russia, Jan. 1.-The local COM
. mttee of the social democrats, con-
, sisting OF 40 men, were arrested here
Monday.