The second strike in Russia has been a failure, and
the Labour Committee has found it expedient to bring it to an end. As St. Petersburg has therefore resumed its normal aspect, those who live there are inclined to say that " quiet " has been restored, or that there is a "lull in the revolution." The Czar, it is asserted, believes this ; but be appears to be deceived. From every part of his country, and especially from the important districts along the Volga, the great artery of Russia, reports of disturbances are coming up ;Ithe hints of disaffection in the Army, especially the divisions of it in Manchuria, grow in volume and definiteness—the first ground of quarrel being always the same, that the soldiers are half starved while the officers live in luxury—and the difficulties of the Treasury accumulate with the delay in raising loans. A rumour that twelve thousand Cossacks are marching on St. Petersburg "to deliver the Czar from the Jews," whether true or false, shows the growth of what Carlyle described as "preternatural suspicion," and the quarrel between the Con- stitutionalists and the Radicals is not made up.
