Show J s I 1 st petersburg bioc 22 it Is difficult to judge whether the general political strike can be ranked as a success or a failure the authorities are bewildered by the strength ol 01 the strikes and the strike ha reached formidable proportions in st burg where even accordine accord lne to theof over a third of the workmen obeyed the order of tho council the strike leaders are confidently fi asserting that the others will be brought into alno the government however has succeeded in keeping railroad traffic out of st petersburg moving with reasonable regularity the scanty dispatches received from the interior do not indicate whether tho order to strike Is meeting with a general response which will be necessary to prevent it flashing in the pan like november strike the government while entering on a vigorous offensive campaign against the revolutionary leaders and making arrests by the maintains an air of calm confidence it has issued a communication declaring that all necessary measures have been taken to prevent the organizations are marshalling all forces the prevailing impression Is that with the limited funds at the disposal of the unions the strike must spread rapidly and enter a new and more violent phase or the game will be lost by the revolutionaries general december and general hunger are powerful tiller on tha side of the emperor at tho present time just as they were in tha fleat napoleon and it la thought that tha leaders will not bo able to hold their men in line unless an immediate victory is scored or a conflict forced and blood shed in the striking railroad men and the lower classes like the cab drivers who see the brand taken aiom their mouths by the strike are already at each others throat |