JOURNALISM IN RUSSIA.
.~—- Journalism is a venturesome profession in St. Petersburg, where 130,000 men have gone on strike es a protest against'the measures taken against the Labor press. Two years ago, when a Russian Labor journal, 'Xovaya Rabotchaya Ga'eta,' issued its 100 th number, it Tvas able to report that, of the previous iesues, 25 had been confiscated, and for various articles in other issues fines aggregating £SOO had been imposed. , The terms of imprisonment for . non-payment of fines totalled 51 - months. The editor of the 100 th num- J ber was the 13th to hold the post, all hiR predecessors bcinp. ia prison at the 1 timo it was published. ! p
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Clutha Leader, Volume XLI, Issue 2, 14 July 1914, Page 8
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112JOURNALISM IN RUSSIA. Clutha Leader, Volume XLI, Issue 2, 14 July 1914, Page 8
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