NEWS OF THE WEEK
ORDER reigns in St. Petersburg, but it_ab.only on the surface that there is peace ; aneefibfulli the streets are quiet and the strikers are returning to their work, the people of the capital are still unreconciled. " Silent they are, but not content, and wait to see the future come." Apparently this "sombre acquiescence" is not misunderstood by the Government, and they are attempting to do something to meet the demands of the workmen by putting pressure on the employers. At the same time, an attempt to efface the ill-effects of the Czar's refusal to see the workmen has been made by the grant of an interview by the Czar at Tsarskoe Selo to a body of workmen officially selected to represent the masses. To these " tame" working men the Czar delivered a speech of a somewhat conventional kind, rebuking the strikers for their violence, but promising to do everything possible to improve their lot.
