| Show RUSSIAN AFFAIRS Official Classes Admit That Present Uncertainty Is Dangerous I I CIVIL WAR IN CAUCASUS Co nels Have C Been Defeated Sc Several Times lilluS IJ by P Pea int mul C Portlier Further Police Pollee hilt 1 I m U t. t 1 iT Jul i th expected announcement of the ret retire retire- Ie of the tho old cabinet and the makeup make make- U up lip of the now new again deferred matters In III the empire are arc becoming more and more moro critical and tho the of official of- of I classes that have heretofore declared de do- 1 elated that there was no fear of oC general general gen gen- en- en eral uprising are constrained to admit I now that further continuance of the present state of rif uncertainty must have a most dangerous effect Strikes are art spreading everywhere ever and tho the dl discontented workingmen are arc murdering murder murder- ing lug and pillaging while even the Cossacks Cossacks Cos Cos- sacks s who heretofore have been loyal to the crown are declared to have served notice on their In mall mun many Instances that th the they will no longer act as police pollee I In the Caucasus a state of civil war exists and in several Instances tho the Co Cossacks sacks have been defeated by peasants after desperate lighting fighting in which both al sides es sustained heavy losses loss loss- es S So serious are conditions here that urgent appeals for more troops have hav been sent by the governor to the authorities at St. St Petersburg but in every Instance it has been necessary to send word that no more moro Cossacks could be spared sJ for service In tho the Cau Cau- casus Dumdum Bullets Used At there has been practically I Call cally a continuous series of lights fights between between be be- beI I tween the peasants antI and the tho troops in Iii I which the tile latter have havo lost heavily y Because of the tile fierceness of thu the at attacks attacks attacks at- at tacks by tho the rioters dumdum bullets bullets bul bul- ul- ul lets have been served out b by the of officers officers of- of and are being used b by the troops During the lighting It Is estimated estimated esti estl- mated mate that thal twenty soldiers have hav been killed and twice that number were woun wounded ed while the loss los to tho the rioters is declared to be e three times these I. At Sebastopol the gunners sunner in the fortress tried unsuccessfully to secure possession of the ammunition chum cham ber bel Intending If I they had succeeded ed to turn tUIl tho the guns gulls of oC the garrison on their The plot failing three companies of artillery mutinied and at last accounts were confined In their barracks while the officers were afraid to attempt to make them prisoners prisoners pris pris- as the loyalty of oC the remaining troops In lit the garrison Is seriously q questioned U est i 0 fled II lIt of s. Ie I At Warsaw arrow there has as yet been no open outbreak but tho the flight of the tho Jews from tho city continues The rue police olIce on guard have been reinforced tom rein forced by strong guard of oC soldiers and a state of oC siege siebe has been proclaimed pro pro- claimed All AlI persons ore ave kept off the streets at night crowds aro are prohibited gathering on the thorough thorough- fares At Odessa and Moscow there have been a number of serious clashes between between between be be- tween the troops and the strikers but details ar are aro lacking It Is un understood however that there were no ito fatalities resulting from from the lighting and that while numerous persons were hurt none were fatally Injured |
