RUSSIA.
[By Elkctbio Tblbgbaph— Copybioht] [Pkb Pbbss Association] JSt. Petersburg, December 1. M. 'Gouko, Assistant Minister for tlit* Interior, is the son of the famous Russian general of that name. He ha* peen fiercely assailed in connection with the contract alleged to have been given for many, millions of roubles to the proprietor of gambling houses for the supplying of starving peasants with bread. Gouko is afuged to hare acted under the influence of a dressmaker, giving the contract to Lidval, a proprietor of gaming tables, and not connected in any way with the grain business. It k stated he merely pocketed the 2( mmission, and that Sottkis, the actual purchaser, disappeared. The Czar has appointed a committee, consisting of Senators and others, including the president of the 3t. Petersburg Bourse, to make instant enquiry.
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Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 132, 3 December 1906, Page 2
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