THE UNREST IN RUSSIA.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12377, 16 December 1905, Page 11

THE UNREST IN RUSSIA.

COUNT WITTJE'S OPTIMISM. THE PEASANT RISING. LANDOWNERS MURDERED. THE MANCHURIAN ARMY SEBIOUS DISAFFECTION.

United Preas Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. ST. PETERSBURG, December 1-1. Tho Council of Empire has approved e f the draft law dealing with tho tinkers. The troops at. Kiehnieff and Odessa hare refused to fire on riotero end peaeante. Others were sent from tho frontier, but joined the rioters. The Lettish population of tno Baltic provinces have established » local republic, with officials and armed forces* who, obeying orders, burn and pillage, and execute baroas and pastors. nny Government officials offering resistance ate killed. The strikers at St. Petersburg have cut the northern cable, r The troops at Orel, Tashkand, and Kurrt have promised to side with the gocialiete when. the final struggle- with the Government begins. There is growing unrest amongst the troops generally. Four regiments in the Kazan district, end others at Kielce, have mutinied. The members of the garrison at weerrietei h&vo demanded their immediate discharge and ten pounds each. Many eoldiers in Moscow attended a revolutionary meeting, fraternising with and accompanying the workmen in their processions.