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Show : PEACE PERVADES I ST. PETERSBURG I Russian Capital in a I State of Siege. I Prisons Filled With Authors, I Orators, Agitators and Revolutionists. H Pathor Gopon Calls Upon Trig Pol-lowers Pol-lowers to Use Dynamite to De-stroy De-stroy the Government. THERE was no bloodshed in St. PetersbuYg- yesterday, but the condition of affairs there has not improved, and in others 'of the largo cities of Russia matters appear to be rapidly assuming a critical phase. In Moscow particularly the outlook jM is threatening, the strike thcro having 11 become general, while the revolution-ary revolution-ary spirit seemH to dominate. Ajjroc-lamatlon Ajjroc-lamatlon in the name of Father Gopon has been circulated, inciting to the use JM of bombs, dynamite "or any weapon whatsoever against the members of the Government, who, it is asserted, outlawed themselves by the course that was adopted against the workmen of iH St. Petersburg on Sunday. The ofllco of Governor-General of the . city and government of SL Petersburg has been created by Imperial order, with extraordinary powers for dealing with the existing condition of affairs, and Gen. Trepoff, whose administration of the office of Chief of Police of Mos-cow Mos-cow brought upon him sentence of death from the revolutionary party, has been appointed to the post. Numerous arrests have been made, Including authors and a prominent edi- Hl tor, whose names had been connected with a reported revolutionary propa- 11 ganda. In spite of the repressive mcas- Pl ures, however, the Liberal spirit seemed undaunted, for In Moscow IH Prince Galltzln, who recently resigned the Mayoralty In protest against the IH Imperial ukase condemning the re-form re-form programme has been again elect-ed elect-ed Mayor by the Municipal Council by a voto of 113 to 10. Shopkeepers and residents of St. Petersburg have evinced th'elr appre-hensions appre-hensions by boarding up their doors and windows. Cavalry and infantry patrols were all that were seen at mid-night mid-night In the streets of SU Petersburg and Moscow. |