RUSSIA.

North Otago Times, 13 January 1906, Page 2

RUSSIA.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

(Pec Press Association,)

Received Jan. 12, at'B.44 a.m. St..Petersburg, Jan. 11. Schlutz, a tailor, fcho so-called President of the Esthorrian Republic, has been arrested anil shot in the Wccssensfcin district.

The peasants at Kherson arc restoring tie stolen property to the estates, and lie trains are again running in the coal islricts.

A depot of ilynmite and arms has been liscoverctl at Odessa. Many arrests have wen-made.

St. Petersburg, Jan. 11. Twelve hundred domiciles in St.. Petersburg have been searched for arms. The police arrested all the occupants possessing Knives, revolvers, and even,red cloth. Many 'letters containing, explosives have been sent to high officials in St, PetersTwo civil servants were killed through opening some of them. It is reported that a plot has been -(lis covered at St. Petersburg, eight artillery officers conspiring to blow .up the Troltsky bridge, capture the fortresses, and release the prisoners^

Ninety-eight manors in Eslhlaud, lialtic provinces, have bcon burned.. Received January 13, at 12.13 a.m. St. Petersburg, January 12. Count de Witte declares that seventy per cent of the Manclfurian army is loyal. He believes it will suppress the revolution, and secure complete pacificai lion.

Received 'January 13, at 12.18 a.m. St. Petersburg, January 12. 'A radical change is noticeable in the' Russian Government's attitude towards the liberal policy since the revolution is apparently moribund. The Novoc Vremya, on Count dc Wittc's behalf, proclaims that the manifesto ol October 30lh in no wise affects the status ol the aristocracy. It the Duma attempts to meddle with the fundamental laws of the Empire it will be dissolved. Owing to the franchise being widened ten and fifteen fold beyond the original limits by the ukase ol December it will be necessary to revise the lists of voters, delaying the assembly of the Duma to the end o! April. An official communique implies that further strikes and disturbances will entail a fresh postponement.