RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

Mataura Ensign, 18 July 1906, Page 2

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

TURBULENT POLITICS. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright, i'er United l'ress Association. ST. PETERSBURG. .Inly 17. Though Mouromtzelf was warned to expect a summon* to lVtcrhof none has arrived. This is attributed lo the revival of the untoward personal inHncnee upon the Czar. It is feared thai General KozlolV's murder will produce a bad effect. Makaroll', assistant Ministe rof the Interior, reminded the Doumu. amid jeers and hooting and shouts of "liesign,'' that although the Oar's proclamation fill October :'<l proclaimed liberty it abrogate! no laws, which ought, therefore. to be obeyed. A NEW TERROR. Received Julv IS, 0.25 a.m. ST. PETERBBURG, July 17. The bakers' strike has left Moscow practically breadlcss. The Prefect has arrested the Bakers' Union leaders and threatens to expel from the city all who do not resume work.