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Show AN UPRISING OF PEASANTS FEARED Odessa. Peasant disturbances In tho neighborhood of Odessa aro giving rlso to much npprchenslon. Tho peasants peas-ants aro forcibly occupying lands nnd seizing llvo stock. Troops havo been sent to suppress tho dlsordors, Tho authorities hero aro preparing to clean up tho town, and aro giving work to 20,000 persons who havo been out of employment as tho result of tho disturbances. Outwnrdly tho center of tho city Is beginning to rcsumo Its normal aspect, as-pect, although comparatively fow persons per-sons are scon In tho strcots. But in tho harbor district all Is ruin and devastation. de-vastation. Shipping and trado aro entirely en-tirely nt a standstill, and thousands of dock laborers aro waiting around idlo. Tho city continues under strict martial mar-tial law. Soldlors everywhere cut off all tho sen front portion of tho city, and thoro Is scant ceremony In stopping stop-ping persons not provided with proper permits to enter theso districts, Tho lamps aro not lighted after 9 o'clock at night, and persons out Inter run considerable risk from Irresponsible Irrespon-sible soldiers, Tho consulates, banking houses and public offices aro guarded by troops day and night. Tho social Ufa of tho city Is ontlroly dead. Tho beautiful Nicholas boulevard overlooking tho harbor, which Is usually thronged with well dressed peoplo listening to military mili-tary music, is now completely deserted, desert-ed, savo for a Bcoro of Cossacks and a fow ofTlcors. |