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Show THINK WORST IS f OVER FOR WINTEB J Russia Expects Onl) a Vn Fit- ' hi I Massacres Before tlie Spring Opens. ! JISS LULL ONLY A HOLIDAY TRUCE, SAY SOCIALISTS 1 i.n Orders for Greal Armed insui- ci rection Continue to Myste-rionslj Myste-rionslj Appear. ST. PETERSBURG, Jnn. n The success which thus f h r h.ix :itt-nd.l th. ..im- jT palcn ngalnat the violent revolutionists has plainly cncouraRfd the Government 1 , to hellevo that the worst Is over for the winter Except In tin Baltic Provtne. c the Caucasus nnd the Dor region, where the prevailing anarchy la likely to con-tinue con-tinue Indefinitely aomi omblance of or-der or-der is being gradually restored in the , th1 empire J ' Only a Truce, Say Socialists. ,( The Socialists and revolutionists Btoutly 114 maintain that the present lull Is only ,-i iCie truce nvr the holidays, and from mys-tetious mys-tetious hiding places the leaders c.inilnue J H Issuing orders to refuse :ill cornpromls with Imperialism) t" boycott the National Assembly and to prepare for ji groat ' , armed Insurrection. The Government, however, irofessen confidence that the revolutionists will not quickly recovei lh loss of strength and prestige which JJ they have vuffered. Disorders on a small scale and nets of U r r. rl:-tn :ire pxpncti-d t.i continue, j.ir fjt something In th nuiui. v: i . -rfv J demonstration Is anticipated January 22 "dTfh, but B great uprising In the Immediate fn- lpt lure la regarded In Government circles ati psfl Impossible. The next real crisis Is not ax-pi ax-pi cted until th- National Assembly meet or th..- spring s.-ts tin- peasants In motion. .K Libeials Against "Reds." The members of tho Government d.-clJv'T- TT thai the al'-tiliv attempt ;it an ,irn,. Insurrection performed a servirc to IRe country In revealing to the Liberals of S ail Bnades of opinion the necessity for righting tin violent programme of the 'r "reds," and that henceforth, no matter how much the Liberals oppose the p 1 policy of the Government, they will be e found arrayed against the reds How W for these calculations of the Government. TJ1 based 'in divisions among its n.-niies. ill will stand the test of events, remains to i i seen, as man) times heretofore they ; ha ', . I li readily shut tei ed M Conventions Being Held. The Constitutional Dcnrioi rats today ar holding a convention at TorJIokl. "inland J t. dlSCUSS their future plans, and rep- W resentatlves of the law and nnier part , which claims ovei .'.oijii members, met i today in St. Petersl.urg This party f.i J vors B broail ieglm. fr.-ed-un has.-.i "' on the paitlelpaln.il .-f all citizens Irr.-. spectlve of creed or race, in a certain dS- 'w gree of local government, but It opposes ;'s the federative principle, which, this party L" claims if carried beyond i certain point J might threaten the integrity of the em- plre. 101 Czar's Escort Increased. The personni escort of the Emperor 5 ha-; been increased by a squadron of Cos- " sacks composed of picked men chosen from the entire Cossack force throughout ti . empire ' Col. Prince Pudjaban has been appointed J chief of the palace guard at Tsarsk-e - . Selo I |
