CONCILIATING THE PEASANTS.
CZAR'S LATEST UKASE.
IMPORTANT CONCESSIONS
(Received 8.3G a.m.)
ST. PETERSBURG, November 17
In the hope of detaching the peasants and artisans from the revolutionary movement, a special ukase has been issued fulfilling the Czar's promise to reduce the peasants' payments for the use of land by one-half from next January. The ukase also orders the abolition of the other half in 1907. A total gift of 81 million pounds is involved.
The Czar further instructs the Agrarian Bank to facilitate the purchase of private estates.
Ten thousand operatives in Moscow have struck in sympathy with the gene-
•al movement,
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 276, 18 November 1905, Page 5
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