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Show MOSCOW SCENE ' I OFJVIL WAR I Grave Reports of Collisions Between Be-tween the Troops and Populace. INCITING THE PEOPLE TO ARMED REBELLION Newspapers Containing Inflammatory Inflam-matory Appeals Distributed by Thousands. ST PETERSBURG Dec. 21. I JO p m The slngln telegraph wire working to Moscow this afternoon brought grave reports re-ports of serious disorders and collisions between the troops and the populace. Incite to Armed Rebellion. The Hur-diad:'e , formerly the Synon-techeatva, Synon-techeatva, and other secretly published papers, which are being distributed by the thousands to tht workmen, are filled with the. most Inflammatory appeals ln-citbig ln-citbig t hi people to an nrmeri rebellion. Mans of tin artlt lea are especially di- j re. ted to the army, which Is Implored not to sh.-d th. I. loud of the Nation ne writer, addressing the soldiers, said: "Join us. Ride with us No POWer D stand against the peoul. and army h united." What Call Demandb. fl The sirik.- call, In addition Lo making the regiihit demands foi a constituent assernhlN, universal suffrage, the aboii tlon of martial law, immunltN of the person per-son and the other feature of the proletariats' prole-tariats' programme. Insists on (he re lease of the imprisoned members of tin-Workmen's tin-Workmen's council, the discontinuance of all political suits, acquiescence with the petitions of the army and navy and i of the railroad nnd postal telegraph tin ployecs for an Increase of pay. the transfer trans-fer of tho land to the eople. rji ejlghi hour day and tho abolition of all restrictions re-strictions regarowpg nationalities and religion. re-ligion. The. preamble leads j Freedom or Slavery. "Citizens: Freedom or slaver " la Rusfla to he goNerned by the people oi ruled by a band of thieves? Lt us stop J Industry, commerce and communications throughout the country und With un united effort overthrow the last vestlgn of autocracy To the whip, sword and mat nine gun let us oppose the revoki- 1 tlqnary bayonet. Financial ruin threal-ana threal-ana to engulf the Government. One morn blow and th- vilo regime will be nded " j Boycott the Priests. j1 ii it significant thut tho workmen m '' the mills and factories have for moro than a wouk been presenting demands that the priests discontinue the usual prayers for tha Emperor, wrtth tho alternative al-ternative of being boycotted If the do I not cease so doing. Advices from Ryezhit.-a. tho Govern-' Govern-' ment of Vitebsk, announce that a rising j has occurred In that Vicinity similar to ! the Insurrection In Livonia. Kharkoff Is Captured. ' Tho ruport that Kharkoff Is in the hands of ih revolutionists Is confirmed - - Two hundred and nft men of the Staro-1 Staro-1 byelsk and Lebedlnsk regiments have Joined the revolutionists and their com- , radea have flatly refused to tiro on them 1 U Nikolai. IT tho revolted regiments have been captured Two hundred and litis piisuners w.-te sent to .tchak"o" , fortress The capture of the mutineers . was effected by Gen, Stupln, who, on th arrival of reinforcements from Odessa, unexpectedly attacked the barracks ' where the mutineers had assembled. The ! latter soon surrendered. |