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Show FRANTIC AUTOCRACY. Recent Events Have Almost Paralyzed Para-lyzed the Government. St. Petersburg. -Tho Russian government, gov-ernment, although It has. been almost paralyzed by tho torrlblo ovenjs at Odessa and tho news that tho sailors at Llbau also havo mutinied, Is making mak-ing desperate nnd ovon frantic efforts to meet tho situation and stamp out tho flames of rovolutlon beforo thoy can spread to tho nrmy, which is now tho last bulwark of tho autocracy. "With Poland rod with tho spirit of revolt, tho Caucasus already almost in n stato ot civil war, agrarian disorders disor-ders spreading rapidly, tho whole country profoundly stirred nnd tho intelligent in-telligent class solidly arrayed against tho government, RU conditions Boom ripe for tho long-predicted rovolutlon. Tho first net of tho' govornmont after dispatching Admiral Krugor's. squadron from Sobastopol, was to Bummon the ljnlaz Potomklno, whoso mutineers havo'noW boon. Joined oy tho crews of the torpedo b'oatr. vhlch accompanied .it -to Odessa, to'aurron-dor, to'aurron-dor, under thg threat, of firing upon and sinking, din VfiPol, - . - T |