Show PEOPLE LACK enthusiasm STRIKE W TO FAIL prom from present indications the russian government H has th the situation as e W well ell in hand and wilt wil WI win n out st st petersburg with a general strike formally declared and the coun try apparently on the tha threshold of a gigantic struggle minor issues fade in the th background if the strike inaus united Satur saturia Sa dai gathers sufficient clent headway to endanger the lifo life of the state it has virtually been decided that grand duke nicholis nicholal will be named commander of all the troops in the empire v where here mar bial law exists which bould be tan lamount to the dec decreeing decie teeing eing of a ralli military tary dictatorship it Is possible bo however hever that tho the goen goei ment ament will not be daiv en ell to this extremity as ai the showing made by the st petersburg proletariat hiis was not impressive although newly beai ly 70 v erkmen are reported to be out many of the men appear to be entering the struggle with heava hearts the tha spontaneity with embich practically tile the entire nation ar rayed itself against the old regime beglino last fall Is lacking the endurance of the people has been tapped sapped by the long strain the sympathy ot of the more loll con liberals has been alienated b tear fear of a revolution and the lowest elements of the population lime been organ hed into what ahat ate aie known as black hundreds and are ready to enter the fight on t the he side of the gov eminent if the signal Is given |