UNREST IN RUSSIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXII, Issue 13628, 23 December 1904, Page 5

UNREST IN RUSSIA.

THE MOSCOW STUDENTS. | United Press Association—3y Eleotrio Telegraph-—Copyright. ST PETERSBURG, December 21. A renewal of the students' demoustration at Moscow resulted in twonty-two arrests. The demonstration has now been suppressed, and the Moscow. Municipality has been censured for adopting reform resolutions. ( \ EXCITEMENT IN POLAND. A REVOLUTIONARY PROCLAMATION. ' (Received December 22, 10.28) ST PETERSBURG, December 22. The Poles aro feverishly excited at tho mohilisation orders placarded in Warsaw. A revolutionary proclamation has been issued, inciting th". Poles to rise and win peace and liberty, ajid declaring that the Czar has no right to send people to the Manchurian shambles like calves and'sheep. THE CZAR AND HIS COUNCILLORS. REACTIONARY AND PROGRESSIVE MINISTER^.' THE CZAR BEWILDERED. (Received December 22, 10.30 p.m.) ST PETERSBURG, December 22. At- a meeting of the Russian Council of Empire. M. Pobyedonostsc-ft' warned tho Czar that he was not only Emperor but head of the church, and must be guided in connection with reforms by--religious as well as political reasons. If he abandoned autocracy,, and gave representative government, the church would lose power. J M. de Witte declared that if it was krown , that the Czar waa legally and religiously j unable to grant fundamental reforms, a portion of the people would resort to force. The Czar, bewildered, broke up the Council, declaring that he desired to transmit to his son intact, as he inherited it from his father. Autocracy was the- only barrier against anarchy and general lawlessness. (Received December 22 t 11.33 p.m.) ST PETERSBURG, December 22. M. Muravieff, Minister of Justice, at the meeting of the Council contended that tho Czar was not legally entitled to upset tho political regime. Prince Mirski insisted that the present situation cannot be prolonged without danger. Concessions involved fewer difficulties than the maintenaaoe of tho status quo. The Minister of Finance said that reforms would inevitably lead to the restriction of the Czar's absolute freedom to dispose of the nation's resources, and would result in the rule of demagogy. . The Czar did not express an opinion.