| Show open mutiny rapidly spreads in army and people have withdrawn money from banks nation is isolated st petersburg dec 2 1 p m via berlin dec 3 intense alarm prevails here communication with the outside world by telegraph ceased this morn ins when the finnish operators joined their russian comrades the embassies legations and banks are hastily organizing courier service to both the finnish and german fron tiera the population is almost in a state of panic tearing that the railroads will stop running and that the inhabitants therefore will have no mods ot flight in the event bt the cataclysm which they seem to fear la imminent stories of the spread of the disaffection in the guard regiments are in every blodys mouth and the revolution ests continue to boast that the troops will no longer fire on the people this morning news boys were openly hawking fly sheets in the streets containing an account of an alleged revolt at selo and crying out the i emperors palace guard has mutinies mutinied muti nied according to reliable information the only foundation tor these stariea la i the arrest of the soldiers of the guard at selo thursday nevertie i less in their excited state the people give ready credence to all rumors and this adds to the genera alarm the air Is also filled with stories of the alleged revolution at the palace friday morning in which grand duke boris is said to have attempted the life of the emperor these stories likewise are untrue but they prove that a revolution in the balaco is considered possible at any time this situation has greatly increased the dangers of a financial crash the people oven the commercial interests are withdrawing their money from the banks converting it into gold hoarding it or demanding foreign exchange which the state bank is issuing upon the foreign balances 0 the government exchange on london yesterday rose to over a rouble above the normal the associated press has just learned from a high authority that the ait nation in the baltic region has grown exceedingly grave and the troops at revel and neighboring points aro in open mutiny this was the real cause of the extraordinary cabinet meeting which was held at selo last night v all attempts to secure details of the uprising have thus far failed according to reports the attitude of the troops in the baltic provinces Is regarded as the most dangerous factor that has thus far developed A strike of the policemen and house porters of st petersburg Is scheduled for tomorrow sunday count watte continues to refuse to deal with tho telegraphers declaring that for the government to yield would bo equivalent to its abdication at their order nevertheless the surrender of the government to their demand for the dismissal of M durnovo Pur novo acting minister at the interior is regarded as inevitable instructions to the governors and the local authorities are being sent with great difficulty over the railroad telegraph lines |
