Show government responsible FOR STRIKE f st dec 19 the molva tho name under which the suppressed is now appearing declares that the responsibility for a general strike will rest upon the shoulders of the government it charges that it is the purpose of count witte to propose the assembling of the douma next summer and in the meantime to pacify the country in the old way A committee representing the moscow bourse arrived here today to implore count watte to do something to ward off the blow of a general strike and also to settle tho postal and telegraph strike as the only means of preventing financial ruin the committee painted the outlook in black colors it bold the premier that already there had been hundreds ot small bankruptcies in the provinces that ibo paper of many firms was going to protest and that jarge concerns wore hanging by a thread it said that while one week of the general strike would beggar the proletariat ft also would spell the ruin of countless industries dus tries the council ac selo concluded its silting without arriving at a decision regarding the election law the consideration of which will be resumed tomorrow abo choice rests between one for limited and the other for universal suffrage and both indirect A has been produced by au open letter to the molva written by alexander of orel a prominent which reveals M durnovo in he double capacity of acting minister of the interior and seller of forage to the war department M bought boods of oats from M Dur novos wife last spring at but delivery could not be made account the lack of cars in tho meantime owing to the failure of the crops the price had risen and this tall M saya that durnovo secretly sold oats to the war department at ca at the same time presenting bill against the department for tor storage it la considered that the exposure will make it impossible for M durnovo to remain in the instead of the expected promulgation of the election law and of a manifesto donating the crown ap to the peasants the emperors name day waa signalizes signalized by the declaration of a martial law in the province of Sy on jbv german frontier of poland and ay the feasting of the army IH the country an order cpr the improvement of the condition of tho army and th navy which preceded the announcement of measures for the improvement of tb tatus status s of the tl tavates vates adopted as a token of the emperors good will toward his army provides for an increase ot the pitiful pay from per year to 3 in the case of ordinary privates and of from 3 to 6 in the case of the of the guard at the same time the pay of the non commissioned officers is increased in proportion in the casc of the highest of the sergeants major amounting to 36 one of the most significant features was the refusal of employed emp loyes ol 01 the works to observe the holiday of st nicholas they insisted on working on the understanding that the money earned by them would ba used to swell the strike funds it is stated that the strike fund of the rail road men now amounts to several barri of st petersburg have resolved to offer ahelf services for the defense of lieutenant the leader of tho mutiny at sevastopol sebastopol Seba who Is now in the fortress st petersburg dec 19 6 p TO russia apparently is on the eve of a great it not a final struggle for mastery between the government and the proletariat both sides have lined up for battle late this afternoon all indications pointed to a declaration 0 war between the proletariat in the form of a summons for general strike komorow which will tie up the railroads the telegraphs and every indus try and business in the empire AU the proletariat groups hero havo do ceded in favor of a general strike and news haa been received that the work mens council and the allied bodies ot moscow have also pronounced in faaoi 0 it the decision of the central committee of the railroad union ait ting at mosco without the support of which the other organizations ably will not risk a battle has not been received but it Is known that the members ot the committee from st petersburg and the baltic brov inces are in favor of the movement and the leaders herec are confident that the radicals will carry the day tomorrow russia may again be cut oft from the not only by hiie hut by rail there la an ajr of suppressed excitement cit ement throughout the city the streets nave a regular holiday appearance in honor of the emperors namo day and are ded collisions between the reds and the loyalists are momentarily expected but none has joeen reported up to the present hour A ale loyalist demonstration hal been planned and was abandoned at the request 0 the prefect ot police battor ies of machine guns are stationed at several points of vantage throughout the city and also infantry and cossacks are everywhere A specially heavy guard is stationed in the neighborhood of the jewish markets ser alcea were held in all tho churches and in every barracks the emperors orders for an advance of pay and food were read to the troops at Tsar belo the reviewed the three guard regiments whose paton is st nicholas the review was mado the occasion of a remarkable demonstration ot fidelity in his maje honor |