RUSSIA.
FEARS OF A FAMINE.
HOOLIGANS MURDER WOMEN AND CHILDREN. /j». -g.
By, rCeleguappi, Press A’Sa'n, Copyright Received 9.40 p.m., July 27. St. Petersburg, July 27. A famine is threatened over the greater part of European Russia. Good to medium crops are reported only in Poland, the Ural provinces, the Steppes, the Caucasus, and Siberia, and complete or partial failure in the Central, Southern, and North-west provinces.
Mobs of hooligans murdbred 100 at Nijninivgorod, including women and children. M. Ds Witts favors the abolition of a Viceroy for the East and the appointment; of a Governor-General for the Amur who is opposed to' adventures, and favors the policy towards China and Japan.
JEWS FEAR MASSACRE AT ODESSA.
By 't-elcgraiik, Press Aais’.n, Copyright Received 9.48 p.m., July 27. St. Petersburg, July 27. Jews at Odessa anonymously warned the Governor, that the police were organising a Jewish massacre. The Governor placarded a proclamation declaring that the report wa3 impossible. He waa amazed at the accusation,- since the Jews were responsible for all. the recent disturbances, including the Kniaz Potemkin affair. v ■ • - 1
It is feared that the proclamation will intensify the bitter anti-Semetio feeling and solidify the populace.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1518, 28 July 1905, Page 2
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