Show PEOPLE I 1 UCK AU enthusiasm TO AIL 1 prom from present ind the russian government has the situation well in hand and will win out st petersburg with a general strike formally declared and the coun try apparently on the threshold ol 01 a gigantic struggle minor issues fade in the background it if the strike inaus saturday gathers sufficient headway to endanger the life of the state it has virtually been decided that grand duke nicholas Ni Nicho lale will be named commander of all the troops in the empire where mar bial law exists which would be tan lamount to the decreeing ol 01 a military dictatorship it Is to possible however that the government will not be daiv en to this extremity as the sho showing wing made by the st petersburg proletariat was not impressive although nearly 70 workmen are reported to be out many of the men appear to be entering the struggle with heavy hearts the spontaneity with which practically the entire nation ar rayed itself against the old regime last fall Is lacking the endurance of the people has been sapped by the long strain the sympathy of the more con serva tive liberals has been alienated by fear of a revolution and the lowest elements of the population have been organized into what are known ae as black hundreds hun dreda and are ready to eliter the fight on the side of 0 the gov eminent if the signal Is given |