gation met, and on the 18th it got to the station, using a first-aid wagon for the trip. At the station the delegation was received by the commander of the detachment and by several officers of the staff. Uvarov said he was busy with exclusively military matters. The staff officers said that all necessary measures for the protection of the town were being taken — a horse-patrol was going through the town and dispersing the plunderers. One of the officers suggested that the delegation should attend to the removal of the dead bodies. The position of the delegation was very difficult; on the one hand, asking for the withdrawal of the troops from town; on the other hand, for the sending of reliable patrols to guard the city. The main thing was that there was no common language. One of the staff officers, for instance, openly declared that the Christian population need not be alarmed; they were robbing and murdering only Jews. The delegation returned to the city with no real accomplishment. On the 19th a more extensive conference of a group of local inhabitants was held in the court of the municipal council. An "initiative" group of three persons was elected, plans were started for the establishment of a militia, and a summons was issued for a meeting on the next day of trade unions and of the population in general to elect a committee of safety and take measures to re-establish life in the city. The "initiative" group printed a short circular addressed to the population, hunted up the assistant commander of militia and the commander of the first region and proposed to them that they make it their business to re-establish the militia and postal service. On the same day this group again went to the staff at the station, and received permission to summon a meeting and establish militia, and again discussed the situation in the city. Reciprocal aid was planned between the militia and the patrols, and the staff promised to co-operate with the committee in protecting the town and re-establishing normal life. The group proposed that the staff issue an order to stop the unauthorized searchings, pillaging, and shooting, and to control the soldiers who were wandering about the town. The staff consented to issue such an order and asked the group to prepare a draft of it. The draft was prepared and sent to the staff next day. The latter made important additions at the beginning and end, and Order No. 1 was printed and pasted up in the city. On the next day, May 20, an assembly of the inhabitants was held, which elected a committee of safety of five persons. The make-up of the assembly was very mixed; there were few laborers; largely small bourgeois, and groups of intellectuals. The membership of the
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