CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.] CHAOS IN RUSSIA.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 148, 23 June 1906, Page 5

CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.]

CHAOS IN RU SSIA.

• A GENERAL STRIKE ORDERED. TROOP.S REFUSE POLICE DUTY. SYMPATHY WITH STRIKERS. FARMERS AND SHIPPERS IN PESPAIR. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received June 23, 8.27 a.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, 22nd June. A general strike is tk> be commenced at Lodz to-morrow — the anniversary of the outbreak of revolutionary disturbances. Thirty thousand) tiroops in the Odessa district notified', through their officers, their refusal to do police duty in tflie event of disturbances. The eoldiers at Krasnoyarsk (in East Siberia) killed a captain and wounded a colonel, both of whom, while intoxicatted, had used their sabres upon the men. The sailors and soldiers in the Crimea sympathise with the strikers at tihe ports. The farmers and shippers are in despair at the general standstill of trade. Aliens travelling through Basle (Switzerland) for England have doubled during the past five months. .They are not allowed to quit the trains. The majority are destitute and many diseased. An exodus is impending from Bessarabia, Volhynia, and Podolia. Efforts are being made to transfer the people to South America. THE MASSACRE OF JEW 3. STORMY SCENE IN THE DUMA. INSTIGATORS OF THE OUTRAGE. ST. PETERSBURG, 22nd June. M. Shchepkin, one of the oommiesionera appointed by the Duma to enquire into the recent massacre of Jews at Bielostok, obtained evidenoe that minor police officials instigated and organised the affair, while the < higher officials and the military observed a "benevolent neutrality." The massacre was discussed by the Duma, and the proceedings became turbulent. M. Stolypin attempted to defend the arbitrary actions of the officials, but the members refused to tolerate his remarks, and hissed him and Prince Urusoff. M. Pate, Under-Secrebary for the Interior, in a remarkable speech, declared that while occult influences remained in virtual control of the Government, no Ministry, nob even one appointed by the Duma, would be able to restore order, and the distribution of propaganda advocating massacre would continue, M. Stolypin attempted to reply to his critics, but aroused such angry demonstrations that tlhe sitting was suspended. WOMEN'S APPEAL. (Received June 23, 7.35 a.m.) NEW YORK, 22nd June. Tho women of Georgia have appealed to the women of all free countries to raise their voices against tttie Cossacks outraging the honour of the Jewish women in Russia. They declare that girls ten years of age died after violation.