Show RUN ON RUSSIAN BANKS st petersburg dec C wednesday night via dec 7 both the run on the banks and demand for foreign exchange were accelerated by circulars which the strikers and revolutionaries spreading broadcast at the ministry of finance it is estimated that about has thus far been withdrawn from the state bank the balance of gold in the treasury and abroad now stands at and the outstanding paper totals leaving the government a margin of legally paper of about the government perfectly understands the character of the assault on its credit at the kinstry of finance alie press was au informed that the situation of the government has not greatly changed financially or economically all depends continued the official on political developments it the government pressed po essed chrico it present lea ervo it would not suffice to prevent the present scare which like all habits must run its course but we have ample resources to meet our obligations and the present demands it is nonsense to talk of the government defaulting the january coupons and of its inability to take up tha short term treasury bonds sold to the which are due in february much has been made of the pos silo inability to collet taxes in many provinces pio vinces As a matter of fact the entire direct taxation in the cities and country ia and alie tax on industries if both were altogether lost it would be less than one tenth of dussias Rus sias total income tho only break in alie lanks of the telegraphers is reported from kasan elsewhere al the governments attempts to re ume telegraphic comman cation have been unsuccessful in this city there lus been a partial resumption of delivery by means of I 1 volunteers but it requires two policemen or to escort eveia carrier in he postoffice post office the officials who can be spared are working in other departments with volunteers some of whom are of high rank princess Ob epsky princess of countess rand are sorting lettera in the mailing room at one mail station the strikers stoic a march on alie military the guard of soldiers had gone to dinner leaving their rifles stacked outside the strikers raided the station and hammered off the breech locks of the rifles before they are discovered at moscow over A carloads of letters are undistributed at charkoff Kh arkoff it is reported that soldiers eis have agreed not to fire on the people and at the third grena et ai tillery consisting of men has hold a meeting and formulated service demands similar action it is rumored has been taken by the military engineer s ac odessa and by troops in places in the baltic provinces the russ demands the trial by court martial and the removal of the colonel 0 regiment at invitation prof the noted reactionary react inary who is boycotted by the students delivered a speech to the regiment warmly praising the men tor on tho people |