THE REVOLT IN RUSSIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13934, 16 December 1905, Page 7

THE REVOLT IN RUSSIA.

PE WITTE’S OPTIMISM. ' HE DISAFFECTION IN THE ARMY. REVOLUTION IN THE BALTIC PROVINCES. , i , '• , KILLED. . ■United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 14. <Jount de Witte informed tbe " Daily Telegraph” correspondent that the army will remain absolutely loyal to the Czar under all conditions. The Socialists and Anarchists might pervert a few officers and men, but jno noteworthy section had been seduced. The demands of the malcontents were chiefly economical. Russia would certainly be able to discharge her obligations, and holders of securities had nothing to fear. Though his health was considerably affected he intended to stick to his post. UNREST AMONG THE TROOPS. FURTHER MUTINY. ' A GARRISON DEMANDING DISCHARGE. SOLDIERS AND REVOLUTIONISTS IN HARMONY. ST PETERSBURG, December 14. The troops at Orel, Tashkand and Karst have promised to side with the Socialists when the final struggle with the Government begins. - There is growing unrest amongst the troops generally, and four regiments in the Kazan district, and others at Kielce, mutinied. The garrison at Odessa, largely composed of reservists, demands immediate discharge and ten pounds each. Many soldiers at Moscow attended the‘revolutionary meeting, fraternising with and accompanying the workmen ia the processions. THE RED FLAG AT RIGA. GENERAL RISING OF THE . PEASANTS.. • ■/ - ■ ; LAND-OWNERS MURDERED. (Received December 15, 10 p.m.) ST, PETERSBURG, December 15. ■ It is reported on the St Petersburg Bourse that the red flag is flying on the Government buildings at Riga. The Government is sending reinforcements. Refugees from landwards arriving at Riga report, that the whole of .the peasants have risen, and are murdering many land-owners, declaring that until the Duma has made laws they would do as they liked- Cossacks have been urgently summoned from Manchuria to suppress the agrarian disorders. THE REPUBLICAN MOVEMENT IN THI;: BALTIC PROVINCES. THE CZAR’S TERROR. THE TROOPS IN MANCHURIA. ■HALF THE FORGES MUTINOUS., (Received December 15, 10.17 p.m.) ST PETERSBURG, December 15. The Czar has ordered the officials at Vilna to send immediately to the Baltic provinces every available soldier to crush the republican movement. The Railway Workers’ Union tele--graphed to the ; Manchurian army, “ Rely on us. We will see you brought back to assist in Russia’s. liberation, even if we declare a general strike.” The: army replied enthusiastically. General Linievitch’s last telegram, marked urgent, stated that he was unable to combat tbe spread of the revolutionary propaganda. Already half the army was mutinous, the reserves demanding immediate repatriation and rejecting* paper money. The united peasant workers have sworn to boycott every Government re- • yenue-bearing undertaking. RIOTERS REINFORCED. A LOCAL REPUBLIC. ITS DRASTIC MEASURES. ST PETERSBURG, December 14. The troops at Kishineff and Odessa refused to fire on the rioters. Peasants and others, sent from the frontier, 'have joined the rioters. The Lettish population of the Baltic provinces have established a local republic, with officials and armed forces, obeying orders to burn, pillage and execute. The barons, pastors and any Government officials showing resistance, are killed. The strikers at St Petersburg have cut the northern cable. The Council of the Empire has approved, a draft law dealing with the ytrikers. COUNT IGNATEBFF ARRESTED. LONDON, December 14. The “ Times ” reports that an extraordinary rumour is current, and generally believed, in St Petersburg, that the Czar has caused the arrest of Count Ignatieff for plotting to estabfish a dictatorship. Count de Witte Is said to have unmasked the plot.