| Show FREEDOM IS all AIL OVER RUSSIAN EMPIRE while socialists and revolutionists are dissatisfied most of the peo pit receive the news with deepest joy st petersburg arg on tuesday all russia was waa busily engaged in celebrating the emperors s gift of freedom velch alch the greater part of the p people cople received with mith deepest joy though in st petersburg moscow and other cities socialists and revolutionists organized antl anti government demonstrations and red flag parades which with the patriotic demonstrations led to a number of conflicts between the reds and whites as the antigovernment and royalist factions are respectively termed on the whole the day passed more quietly in russia than had been expected riots were reported at kazan kishineff and and two men inen were killed in each of the two capitals st petersburg and moscow the day was one such as the russians never before have seen the no slavic people who during the long war just closeal closed and the anxious period prec preceding ding the announcement of the new era of con am seemed self restrained and apathetic gave gaie themselves fully to the exuberance of the moment and spent the entire day in parades and 9 assemblies alch for the first time in the history of russia were freely permitted under the orders ot of count witte and general the troops generally were withdrawn from the streets of the cities and the fullest rein glien given the people to lot let out their enthusiasm in demonstrations which so long as they were not destructive were not interfered with the soldiers off duty mingled freely with the demonstrators and frater aired with the populace A number of them including several officers placed themselves at the head of one procession provoking wild cheers A feature of the day was as the in tense enmity displayed by the orators against general the agi gators universally demanding his bis removal and at a great meeting in the university one orator openly called for a volunteer to kill hill him count witte however does doea not seem inclined to throw him overboard at least for the present and has haa also refused the proposals for the removal 0 of f the troops as aa sheer folly |
