AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA
concern; as .to Asiatic rising,
By Electric .Telegraph—Pei Pri Association —Copyright-:
_ ST, PETERSBURG, March -24, i&ir ombbreak of trouble an Northern Persia is causing apprehension at St Petersburg, lest a general uprising of Asiatic tribes against Russia should take place. ' ? .The N ov.oe Yremya implies that the Biuliguines’ j Commission is likely, to. confer, the elective franchise on owners of 300 acres or equivalent houses and other) property; in. every parish in 'Russia. Despite the effionts of leading roaev tionaries to belittle the Czar’s rescript of March 3rd, recognising the elective principle, it is widely believed tnat the rescript represents the calm, deliberate judgment of the Government, as distinguisihed from the Court p.arty.
LONDON, March 24. ■A3 Ecrious: outbreak of Mohammedans against Russians occurred, at MesTihe'd, with great <lestrju|ction.' of property. • fTfaa authorities are powerless) to cone with the riot.
The Russians took' refuge ill tin foreign Consulates,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1414, 27 March 1905, Page 2
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