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Show BIG ANTI-WAR I DEMONSTRATION I Young Russians Hoist I Red Flag. I "Down With Autocracy!" H They Shout in St. Pe- H tersburg. H Hiot ,Quelled by Mounted Soldiers and 11 Police Who Club and Arrest Many Persons. y ST. PETERSBURG, ' Dec 11. A popu- lfl lar anti-Government demonstration, tnc participants in which Included tho large numbers of students of both sexes, be- fl gan at midday in the Novskl prospect and lasted about two hours. Hundreds of police and mounted gens d'armos wero hidden in tho court yard of the public building, emerged suddenly and fl charged the crowd at full gallop, driving the demonstrators in headlong confusion 11 and screaming with terror upon side- walks and Into adjacent streets. Tills led to sorious encounters, fifty per- fl sons being moro or less severely injured. Largo lumbors wero arrested. fl Not since tho riots of 1901, when Cos-sacks Cos-sacks stretched across tho Ncvski pros- 91 j;ect from building to building, charged IH down tho boulevard from the Moscow station to the Neva, has the Russian cap-ltal cap-ltal lived through such a day of excite-mcnt excite-mcnt as this. Authorities Wero Ready. 91 Tho authorities last night got wind of SH tho big anti-Government demonstration planned for today by tho Social-Demo-cratlc Labor party to demand an lmmedl- ato end of the war and the convocation IIH of a National assembly and leading every iH paper this morning In black-faced type HH was an oxpllclt warning to the people at HH tholr peril to desist from congregating In ll the Nevskl prospect near tho Kazan IH cathedral. 9H At the samo tlmo extensive preparations IH were made to quell any disturbances. Tho HH police on the Novskl prospect were sex- nH tuplcd, and the dvornlks, or houso por- RH tcrs, were marshaled In front of their IIH respective buildings. Half a dozen squad- HH rons of mounted gens d'nrmes were jH massed In tho rear of tho Kazan cathe- IH dral and battalions of reserve pollco werox stationed in several court yards out of IH sight. Minister of tho Interior Sviatopolk-Miraky Sviatopolk-Miraky gave strict orders that no Cos-snckB Cos-snckB should bo used, and Fullon, Chief of Police, Issued special orders to avoid harsh measures unless It should becomo absolutely necessary. Had Contrary Effect. The nowspaper warnings, by giving no-tlco no-tlco to thoso not apprised of the prospect JH of a demonstration, defeated the very ob-Ject ob-Ject for which they wero designed, at-tractlng at-tractlng seemingly tho wholo population of this vast city to the broad thorough-faro; thorough-faro; and long before tho hour fixed, do-splto do-splto tho pleading of tho police, who lit-orally lit-orally lined tho sidewalks, the throngs on tho pavements wero so dense that movement was almost Impossible, whilo tho snow-covered boulevard was black with a tanglod mass of sleighs filled iH mostly with the curious. In the throngs on the sidewalk woro JJH nearly tho wholo student body of tho cap,' ltal, Including many young women, who H have always been prominent in Russia IH in liberal revolutionary movoments, and also thousands of workmen belonging to the Social Labor party. Hoisted Blood-Red Flag:. VM Toward 1 o'clock tho workmon and stu- )jH dents seemed to swarm toward tho cor-ner cor-ner of tho Hotel Europe, opposite the 'IH Kazan cathedral. Tho polloe, recognizing" that tho critical moment was approach-lng, approach-lng, tried' In vain to keep bock tho hu-man hu-man tide. jH Then, when thoro was not a single mounted policeman In sight, on tho stroke of 1 from tho heart of tho thlokly-wcdged crowd a blood-rod flag, like a Jet of flame, suddenly shot up. It was tho .signal. JH Other flags appeared In the crowd, waving frantically overhead; and they wero greeted with, a hoarso roar, "Down with autocracy." jH Tho studonts surged into the street singing "Marsolllaise," whilo Innocent spectators, seeking to extricate them-selves, them-selves, crowded Into doorways and hugged the walls. Dismounted pollco mado a single at-tempt at-tempt to forco their way Into the crowd tWM to wrcot tho flags from the demonstra- jl tort), but tho students and workmen. armod with sticks, stood closo and beat jH back their assailants. Soldiers With. Sabers. ) - Then, Uko a Hash, from behind tho Kazan cathedral camo a Bquadron of gens d'nrmes. The doors of adjoining IWM court yards woro thrown bade, and bat- IJH tallons of pollco camo out. A doublo 'H Bquadron charged tho flank of tho dem-onstrators dem-onstrators with drawn sabers, Five other squadrons circled tho mob. iH cutting through tho fiingo of spectators. who gladly scurried to covor. Tho main B wedgo of the demonstrators 'stood fast JjH only a moment or two. There was a jjH rharp rattlo of cudgels and sabers, thou the wounds showed that tho pollco struck JM principally with the flat of their sabers. ( Tho women wero especially fiorce in their resistance. Many wero struck and ,B trampled, and blood streamed down their faces. While the mob stood those within man-aged man-aged to throw thousands of revolutionary proclamations ovor the headu of their vH fellows. Tho pollco urged their horses ,H ficrooly Into tho crowds, driving those fl who reBlstod into tho court yards, the Hotel Europe and th5 Catholic church Tho intense excitement lasted about ton 'B minutes aftor which mounted squads of B tho gens d'armos patrolled tho stroets ! and the pollcomon devoted themselves to ll keeping tho crowd moving. ilH Avoided Brutality. Considering tho sharp fight of tho riot- fH ers, the pollco acted humanely with tho crowd, avoldlnc brutality and roughness In kooplng th-3 throng moving, and show-lng show-lng really moro consideration than tho pollco of many American cities would do lH under similar circumstances. In tho mcaiulmo thoso confined In the IH court yards who were recognized as agl- tators woro arrostod. but others woro al- IH lowed to xo quietly home, the wounded lll first having their injuries dressed. Proba iH bly there woro a hundred brokon heads. liH and aovurol persons -or uovarej iH Ifl wounded, though 110110 fatally, ao fnr na n aaciMtaliinblo So f;ir thero havo been 1 over 100 arrests, ff The ferment continued all day and far B Into iho night, but only ono or two other 11 nbortlvo attempts wore made at demon- 1 .Mirations, the police being In such force that they had no dlfllculty In gelzInK the ringleaders, no resistance being made In ' "tonight the students of the nolltcch- nlquo and other Institutions "held meetings, meet-ings, at which fiery speeches wore mado In favor of reform and tho convocation of a national assembly, i Sure to Havo Bad Effect. The greatest distress is expressed by coiiscrvutlvo liberals over the days vents, all declaring that Just when tho fnto of tho Zr-mstvo programme 'U1 fl Ibo bo.Ia.ico such a fruitless outbreak I will bo Buro to prcjudlco every observer I and put tha strongest weapon in tho I li.ind of tho bnroaucratlc reactionaries. I Thnt such demonstrations of tho Soclal- I Democratic Labor party nre not conllned I to tho capital, la shown. by a letter received n hero from a prominent zcmstvolst In Southern Russia, In which the writer I 8a,"Thc optimism with which we loft St. I Petersburg la beginning to vanish. Tho I Government Is not showing a disposition to meet us half way and ontor frankly on I the path of reform. On tho contrary.-thoro I seems to bo hesitation as to whether It I I of reaction. "The Government scorns unablo to com- J prehend tho real state of popular feeling, tho Importance of declslvo action and tho disastrous consequonces of procrnstlna- 1 tlon. Tho pcoplo of this province are In a siato of grout excitement. Largo mcct- Ings have taken placo In many towns and vcrv specific resolutions havo been ndopt- m cd, but tho bad feature of tho situation Is H the attitude of tho- workingman. H "Incited by tho underground press of H "Geneva rCad Paris, who declare themselves m In complete antagonism to the moderate demands of tho zemstvo, they proclaim a definite socialist programme, declaring thev want not political but social freedom. It will thcreforo bo tho policy of the Government Gov-ernment If it decides to concede nothing o us to fostor nuch dissensions between the zomstvo and tho Labor party. "Tho Government, confident of its ability to repress revolutionary attacks by forco of arms, and apprehending no real dnnger from tho worklngmen. can uso their an-H an-H tasonlsm to us as an argument against Uio expediency of granting the reforms demanded by the moderates, on the ground that they arc not In real sympathy with the wishes of the people." 1 Textof Proclamation-Following Proclamation-Following Is the text of the proclamation proclama-tion of tho Social-Democratic Labor parly, calling today's demonstration: "Wo have raised our voices calling for better things, but the Government has turned a deaf ear to our cry. Wo, from day to day, draw out a loborlous existence a condition worse than convicts, while thoy convert millions Into smoke and sacrifice sac-rifice thousands of workmen's lives under Incompetent generals. "Wis are shedding our blood for our torturers, tor-turers, whllo they nro entering into a shnmeless bargain with wealthv landlords and zemstvoists. Enough! Wo cannot irlduro It longer. We must arise and boldly proclaim that wo want tin and of war and a Government by representatives of the people. "Long llvo tho Social-Democracy! Down with tho war! Down with autocracy! "All who arc ready to fight for our demands de-mands assemble In front of the Kazan cathedral at 1 o'clock. ' An official statomcnt Issued tonight with reference to tho rioting today, says: "During 4he confusion and Jostling tho demonstrators freely used cudgels and the police were compelled to beat back the rlptors with the Hat of their swords. The rioting naturally was not suppressed without with-out casualties, but none was serious." Tho police have forbid the assemblage of crowds on Tuesday, when another demonstration dem-onstration Is threatened on the occasion of tho opening of tho trial of Snssoneff for the murder of Minister Von PlehvcV |