THE RUSSIAN REMT

Evening Star, Issue 12647, 30 October 1905, Page 6

THE RUSSIAN REMT

IN ST. PETERSBURG. A CITY OP DREADFUL NIGHT. DEFYING THE TYRANT. Pno Association — By Telegraph—Copyright. ST. PETERSBURG, October 28. The tramway services between. St. Petersburg and Moscow have been stopped. Moscow and parts of St. Petersburg are without gas and electricity. No newspapers are being published in St. Petersburg. Earnestness and orderiinetu characterised the public meetings held in the nnivoraities. General Trepoff prohibits the holding! of meetings in SL Petersburg, except at a few appointed places, and then only under strict Government supervision. Any infringement of this rule renders the president of the meeting liable to a heavy penalty, and those attending to a month s imprisonment and a heavy fine. Thu residents of. St. Petersburg open.y deride General Trepoflfs injunction, relating to the use of ball cartridge. Twentv representatives of the Revolutionary Committee have been arrested for summoning the St. Petersburg banks to clone. REDUCED RATIONS. THE STRIKERS IN POSSESSION. THE AUTHORITIES POWERLESS. ST. PETERSBURG, October 29. (Received October 30, at 8.30 a.m.) lb© St. Petersburg gamson are reduced ■bo eating Kilt meat rations. , The ride .'hops and factories at. Reval were plundered. , Crowds armed with revolvers prevented the brigade extinguishing an incendiary fire at the. theatre. The Moscow ‘Gazette’ appeals to ail true Russians to assemble in tlio where they will be organised and armed preparatory to attacking the stalkers. The appeal is interpreted to mean that the authorities, are helpless and hopeless.

the way of THE autocrat. HIS SERVANT’S ORDERS. ST. PETERSBURG, October 28. The Governor of Ixxlz has ordered all office, in tic event of disturbance, to act. -without mercy. Tbc Governor of Moscow's proclamation announces that troops aro posted in all parts, of Ore city for tie protection, of peaceable persons. Ttie troops will fire baH cartridge in the event of the anftUest gathering or the slightest sign- of crtmmal intent. ~ Many people were wounded at the dispersal of meetings being bdd at Poltava and Novocherkask. The Governor of Warsaw has issued a manifesto stating that every agitator caught armed will be instantly shot.

THE STRIKE. ST. PETERSBURG. October 29. At OdctKa, where the export trade ha.* been stopped, twelve British steamers which were waiting for loading left the port emptyTraffic on the Russian sectaon of the Finnish Railway has been suspended. The employees of the Central Asian Rail vay have struck. THE CZAR READY TO FREE. ST. PETERSBURG, October 28. The Oar starts for Denmark, if net** sary. Steam is kept up on the Imperial yacht and the attendant warships. DISMAYED AUTHORITIES. A MISSING BATTLESHIP. ST. PETERSBURG, October 28. The Ruesran authorities, dismayed owing to threats, refrained from interference at last night’s university meetings. All the machine guns usd for protecting the Char’s Tsac'koo-Selo palace have been brought to St, Petersburg. It is reported that Admiral Binleff left with the Black Sea squadron for Anatolia without the Knew. Potemkine. and that the crew of the latter thereupon blew her up. LOAN POSTPONED. ST. PETERSBURG. October 29. {Received October 50, at 8.30 a-m,) The Russian Government have postponed for the present, their loan negotiationsunti] a change in the internal situation improve? the foreign atomy markets.