ALARMING STATE OF AFFAIRS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12639, 28 October 1905, Page 5

ALARMING STATE OF AFFAIRS.

CIVIL WAR AT MOSCOW AND

KHARKOFF

ST. PETERSBURG PANIC-

STRICKEN

MOB RULE FEARED

FALL OF THE GOVERNMENT EX-

PECTED

United Press Association.—Copyright.

Received October 27, 9.7 a.m. ST PETERSBURG, October 26. M. Wittee told a deputation that the State must repress the revolt, or civil war between the people and the strikers must be proclaimed. Civil war, he said, had already 'begun at Moscow and Kharkoff. This probably refers to tiho disorders in those cities due to the famine prices, which in their turn are tho results of strikes. M. de Witte added that possibly the Government will fall but the educated classes who are responsible for the struggle will go down in the general disaster. The supreme Government would have no doulbtful disordcrlj' elements. If they wanted to win any real good the railway men must terminate the strike.

The congress of railway workers having heard #he report of the deputation, a delegate remarked: " The Bureaucracy w.ill give us nothing; we must take what we want."

The Congress resolved to wait the (result of .the interview with Prince Khiilkoff ; Minister of Ways and Oommunicatjans.

LONDON, October 26. The " Times' " St. Petersburg cower spondent states that the inhabitants are becoming panic-stricken, fearing the downfall of the Government and the proclamation of mob rule.

A later message states that plundering bias commenced in St. Petersbiirg, and the police are hurriedly directing house porters to- close tihe doors.

Three thousand passengers are strike-, bound at the Moscow terminus, and the authorities are feeding and lodging them since they are unable to return to the hotels.

Three uncontrolled locomotives were started at full steam along the rails. Much da-mage v. as done until they were wrecked. ' ;

Traffic to Germany has been, stopped. Tradesmen at St. Petersburg are trying to induce carters, porters, and butchers to attack the strikers.

A mutiny was attempted on the battleship Katnrine and also at' the fortress of Sevastopol, and 500 aiTests were made.