| Show EVOLUTION NOW BEYOND CONTROL russian workmen have again gone on strike this time to demand a democratic re public foreigners alarmed st petersburg nov 15 the proletariat leta riat 0 st petersburg has summoned another general political strike today at noon fahla action wag decided upon lato last night by the workmans work mans strike committee which now s completely under the domination of the social revolutionists whose leaders proclaim that their ultimate object is th s complete overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment lish ment of a democratic republic this also is the real aim of their brothers the social democrats of poland but the proclamation issued keeps this in the back ground and apparently patently ly supports the popular sympathy for polish autonomy and the indignation dig nation against the application ot the deahn sentence being imposed on the Cion stadt mutineers muti the finnish railroad men are meeting to decide whether they too will join in the movement the factories in the industrial district beyond the narva and moscow gates have shut down and the admiralty and baltic yards the big tube works and all the cotton and woolen mills on both sides of the neva closed at noon and boon thousands of workmen were parading in the industrial districts carrying red flags and forcing those who were reluctant to join them the order for a general strike was onder tully successful almost jen walking out in obedience to the mandate of the committee the northern express bound for paris remains standing in the station at the san gain works there was a light between strikers and anti ers during which four men were killed and ten were wounder with knives the electric light will be shut off this evening and the city will again be in darkness the suddenness and magnitude of the movement bos terrorized the inhabitants and has caught tho government as usually unprepared the streets arc already full of cossacks cavalry and infantry but the authorities in the face 0 such a gigantic revolutionary demonstration seem to be hesitating over what course to pursue inasmuch as thousands of arms were bought and distributed during the last few days bader cover of providing for defense against tho black hundred the danger of bloodshed on a large scale should tho troops ire Is greatly increased the revolutionary leaders boldly boast that the people are now better prepared and better armed for a conflict moreover they assert confidently that they know positively that the soldiers of several of the guard regiments will refuse to or pon the people at the embassies the situation was regarded as much more serious than ever before genuine alarm is manifested as to whether the government will be abla to meet the impending crisis measures are being taken but their na luie iff not disclosed the report aha germany s massing troops on the polish frontier is aalde to be confirmed from high sources and it is understood that british and german warships are being made ready to come into the neva if necessary and according to the current report land troops to protect the lives of foreigners should tho mob get the upper hand SENT TO T international fleet is ready to take action london kev 15 it was ascertained at the foreign office this afternoon thai the ambassadors of the powers at constantinople stantin ople today presented a joint ul to tho porte tho other powers did not agree to foreign secretary Lans downes proposals abo powers assume judicial as well as financial control 0 macedonia and that the control be extended to the of adri anaple which was not included in the original reform scheme th ultimatum as presented in addition to the general control ot macedonia demands a two year extension of the term of office of austrian and russian civil agents and of the offices 0 the european the porte has been given twenty four hours in which to reply A re bueal la expected and consequently all the powers except germany which will not participate are preparing to dispatch two vessels each to rendezvous at eus in the course ot tha coming week an austrian admiral will command the international fleek |
