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Show I NO HEART TO CEL-E3RATE. Russian Christmas Will Be Solemn and Mournful Affair. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 4. Tho fall of Port Arthur has taken all tho heart out of the approaching festivities of the Russian Christmas. It Is even proposed to dispense with the lllumln itions and decorations. The churches are flllec' v.ih mourninir Friend! and relatives of the fallen hero -cf tin- fortress. A national service In tho Kr.7.in cathedral at which th. Emperor and the Imperial family will be present p arranged for tomorrow. The semstVo ai.d town councils of many cities, Including St. Petersburg Pe-tersburg have adjourned as a testimony tes-timony of their rief as a result Of the public calamity, ;.n.i subscriptions have already been started to erect a monument to G.ti Kondratenkd, who was killed at Port Arthur The unmistakable grief of Ihe people is accompanied b undenia'ole mutterlngs against the Government. The papers are openly blaming the milltar) censorshl for keeping the public in the dark as to the true situation of th fortress and allowing al-lowing its surrender to come as i surprise, sur-prise, rhey are using this as a text t' Si 'W the nSCersIty lor taking the people Into the Government's confidence and are continuing their attacks on the. bureaucrats "whose bloodless lips repeat the same old He whenever It Is proposed that the sovereign should hear the voice of the people." |