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Show I FINLAND DEMANDS FREEDOM." Strike Is Spreading and Conflict Not Improbable. HELSINOFORS. Finland. Nov. L All Ihe official buildings fly th red flag and Finnish national ensign. Tho police department de-partment Is In the hands of the National Guard, part of which has been armed by the Russian authorities. Thousands of reinforcements are reported to be marching march-ing from ThUAby amp, fifteen miles away. T'p to the present all Is quiet and order prevails, but. a conflict Is not Im-piobable. Im-piobable. The city Is er.-wded with outsiders out-siders and numerous meetings are being held for the further dlscusion of tho situation. situ-ation. Senators All Resign. The Senators, believing that tranquility annot be maintainor) until the full lgn'l 'rdor of things is established, today re-solved re-solved that the Emperor should be requested re-quested t.i summon the Diet to repeal the dictatorship pending the establishment r freedom "f th" nross And the removal of grlwances connected with the mlllLao service. Finally, the Senate resolved that as It no longtr possessed the eonll.l. m . of the people, new Senator should be appointed ap-pointed The resolutions wi re slgrn-,1 & all the Senators und were- dispatched to St Petersburg tonight b the crui-o-r Asia, together with the resignations of the Senators. Movement Is Spreading. The movement for freedom Is spreading throughout Finland. The strike con- tunics, no newspapers arc published, and high price- ..1 in. ,1 still prevail Tele-graphic Tele-graphic communication Is Interrupted with all railroad stations in Finland and also with Ihe towns of Tummersfors. VI-1 VI-1 1 rt. Jyvaeskylao and VtUmannstrand. Artillery a Hostile Force. 1 It being reported during the course of the da) that artillery was approaching the town, a deputation represented to tin- imender it Ihe garrison that as th whole fTliiwIfin people were flghilng for freedom, the Finns were doing the same ami would regard the artillery ati a hoi. til. I The' commender replied (hat while order was maintained ihe troops would not Interfere Troops Won't Interfere. Prince John Obolehsky, th. Ooverhoi Oi neral has also promlst a that the troops will not interfere with peaceablj disposed la-rsons or with meetings. The Social Democrats demand the sum- monlng of n constituent assembly on the b Bis Ol universal suffrage before the Diet Is convened. |