Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

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place f.r. rivals the I.uHst wanna.
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P,r#.a1s, Russians. iaF'Ais. VI. '7.
klivals-u.n from All CASTER. '"..
tries all equally injected "...
hiiist doctrines, WORK sac 10y 7,
the reHntr's.
a feature OF taa cou.aATa'l"h'
which though half forgotten ann" '"e
greater disaster. excited mucA 5Iecu-
laticu ar the time. was the plo"inE
up OF the oii-ship Caspian Wh'Cu lay III
the harbor.
This is how the series OF events De-
gan. A general strike had pe'A pro
claimed by the Nihillsts, lu answer 20
the edlct establishing hIaI'l'i Id" III
the CITY Inc T'uH3IS o""7'S,
interests maze Iu'" o'o'' "''''' "a
the government hdu s'oN e4'"il'
emblttered ana eNaspeI"1cu ''
bneTles were an sllud'su 1pV"
waterfront ana idI5e %
striEe-ereak'Fs had OeeH e"lPIo' eu oS
the owners ana IouEeu anu 'eu "i'i'iA
these buildings so .h"' 'ug
could not approach ,"eH1' N'' q my
worked. nlsh' ana ua''
Out in the basin lay Jhe caspian,
waiting to t"'' on Doaru cdIso "a
refined oil for Glasgow. Inc IeN"'u-
tionists ne sworn that she Suouiu no'
sail. Nikolai and ] had hurried 10 ia
toum at the hrst oulDfeah OIL ''ouo'e'
he was at the heau OF lAe inner SEE
uon OF lhe party anu il 'I'e 7'' inc : w
ceeoed III oIIHsI"e ''7 Eo' q nm ~
terms IL "ouIu INA
thelr pTesuse lnIoushou1 'iie ~ ''11' "a. u
empire 1t "ouiu o' ''-o'
re'ei sOui ;, ''' "a
coh'oAeu 'iie uuiua anu % 49, ms
between ooHS'i'u' io 'i1iiSi III anu '"0o
lullsiu
All hinged upon one tnlhg- II 'ne
caspian salied Win HeI cargo u o'i'
II "ouit demonstrate tuaI IHe reFoiu-
uohists cause was HopeleSS' one
must HoI sail nut no" was '"e
unreal 10 De translated lnto ac'ioH :
Inc ponce Doa.S paIrolIeu 'ne SlIe'cl
OF wafer Ihst lay between the 'eS9e'
ana Ihe lahu. moreover 1t was uo'
necessary 10 Drlhs Jhe caspian TO lhe
DOCK Tor pipe me had Deeh iala uo"l
between her ana the IeuLeIy' anu
througn lhls lhe cruue OH, "neu
reauy Would De pumped INTO lhe holu
In Two days OF at most, IN three' the
strlke-DreaNers would nave restored
order ana resumed Ihe suspended
operations "lthlh the great OullulhS
The revolutionists opened negotia
lions with the governor general II
he would susI end martial law and
summary executions, business should
be resumed. They sent Nikolai tc
= him with such proposals. We went
up 10 the palace upon the hill anC
were admitted to General Kaulbars
man OF sinister fame who, having
failed in the Manchurian campaign
had been sent back to shoot dowT
men OF his own nation that aspired tC
freedom.
kauIbars was seated at the table
OF mis- Office in uniform He heart
Nlkolal IN scornful silence, hddllni
with his black beard and twining hi
long fingers round each other nervous
ly.
You tell me that unless l suspend
martial law you will blow up the Cas-
plan. he said suavely. He seemed
to think for a moment then pressed
bell upon ms table twice Instant.
4 pair of armed guards appeared a
the door their rifles turned full upol
NINol@ and myself
Take these men out and hang then
.--- u the courtyard he said.
Hitherto NikoIai had spoken in tn
vulgar Russian OF the laboring man
Now without sign OF trepidation, h