It would seem, however, as if this time the strike
policy bad failed. The Warsaw strike is flickering out owing to exhaustion of the workmen's funds, and the latest news on Friday indicates that the movement in St. Petersburg cannot extend beyond to-day. This, of course, is true only of the political question, for the agitation for an eight hours day continues, and the masters threaten a lock-out if the men continue to limit their working hours. Meanwhile Count Witte has issued an appeal to workmen to go back to their work and have patience for a little, since the Emperor has appointed a new Ministry of Industry, "which will establish just relations between masters and men." We may note as an ominous sign of how generally the worst is feared that the wives and families of British workmen are being sent home at the masters' expense, while arms have been issued to those left behind.
The French Premier, M. Rouvier, has once more triumphed' over his opponents. The Radicals and Socialists of hie party
