THE RUSSIAN REVOLT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12775, 27 January 1905, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN REVOLT.

STRIKE MOVEMENT SPREADING, DESPERATE FIGHTING IN POLAND. I GEM. TREPOFF GIVEN ABSOLUTE POWER. WORKERS ORDERED TO RESUME.".-' ■ME BY THE TSAR. ':■'■'■ By Telcgi'apli.—Press Association.—Copyright.

THE REVOLT IN POLAND, DESPERATE FIGHTING AT LODZ: WORKERS USING BOMBS. ' , -(Received January 27, 12.57 a.m.) St. Petersburg, January 20. There has been desperate fighting between the revolutionists and the police at Lodz, in Poland, and many have been killed on both sides. The workers threw bombs, which killed several of the police. The .prison and other buildings have been wrecked. THE TSAR'S UKASE. ' '' ; GENERAL TREPOFF GIVEN UNLIMITED POWER. (Received January 2G, 10.55 p.m.) London, January 26. The Tsar has issued a ukase ,in which he invests General Trepoff with the most absolute powers. He declares that the events of the last few days have shown the necessity for extraordinary measures for the preservation of civil order and public security. ' The Tsar has thanked General Trepoff for his distinguished and zealous services at Moscow. ;., PROCLAMATION TO THE WORKERS.. GOVERNMENT WILLING TO HEAR THEIR GRIEVANCES. (Received January 2G, 11.37 p.m.) St. Petersburg, January 26. M. Kokovtseff, Secretary of the Empire, has issued a proclamation in which, ho warns the workers against disturbers whose agitation is alien to the workers' interests. The unionists are invited to co-operate with the Government in the work of pacification. They are reminded of the Tsar's reforms decree.and are informed that the Government is ready to listen to their just desires and to satisfy them wherever possible. •' . 'i; FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. PETITION TO PRINCE / MIRSKY. '■' (Received January 26, 11.57 p.m.) St. Petersburg, January 26. A deputation of representatives of the newspapers, at. St. Petersburg has waited upon the Minister for the Interior (Prince Mirsky) to present a petition asking for the freedom of the press. They stated that if freedom of the press had existed Sunday's massacres • would not have occurred. Prince Mirsky intimated that he would consult General Trepoff regarding the petition. REMARKABLE PROCLAMATION. DISTURBANCES DUE ANGLOJAPANESE AGENTS. ' (Received January 27, 12.57 a.m.) St. Petersburg, January 20." The authorities have placarded Moscow with telegrams purporting to emanate from Paris stating that according to a London correspondent the fire and disturbances at the Admiralty works at Sebastopol and the disturbances at St. Petersburg and Libau, and at the collieries in Germany, were due to the influence of Anglo-Japanese agents, whose desire was to prevent the Baltic fleet and the Black Sea squadron proceeding to the Far East. The proclamation proceeds: "The English have forwarded enormous sums'to Russia to organise a. workmen's revolt."

'ITHE TYRANT'S ORDERS. 'strikers TO RETURN to i WORK. ?' London, January 26. General Trepoff has issued a notice in which he gives the strikers lof St. Petersburg 24 hours within , which to resume work. Those who refuse are to be deported to villages. The employees at two tobacco factories have returned to work in accordance with the order. . VICTIMS BURIED IN SECRET. London, January 26. General Trepoff caused the bodies of the massacred victims to be buried at five o'clock in the morning. ; The relatives in most cases were not' permitted to see the bodies, and identification had to be effected by examination of the clothing. .■ MR. MICHAEL DAVITT, VISITING ST. PETERSBURG. (Received January 2D, 11.37 p.m.) London, January 26. ' Mr. Michael Davitt, the well--known Irish leader, is proceeding to St. Petersburg. j THE NIHILIST LEADER. | PROCEEDING TO RUSSIA. I (Received January 27, 12.37 a.m.) | London, January 26. j M. Paul Ccrnikoff, the Nihilist fleader, /who is now. in .« London, and ffor whose capture, dead or alive, ■;£IO,OOO is offered by the Russian {Government, says he is returning to Russia, carrying his'life in his hands, to render help in the hour of her distress. ; SUNDAY'S MASSACRE. ADMIRED BY BERLIN NEWS- . IJ' ~ PAPERS. : ... (Received January 26, 10.55 p.m.) London, January 26. The Krcuz Zeitung and; the Berlin Post, both express admiration for the raercilessness with which the workers' demonstration at St. Petersburg, on Sunday, was suppressed. MORE SHOOTING ON TUESDAY .(Received January 27, 12. a.m.) St. Petersburg, January 26. A delayed message says that on Tuesday Cossacks fired upon 3000 men in a procession held in St. Petersburg. Many of the workers were wounded. OUTBREAKS IN PROVINCES, STRIKES AT VILNA. London, January 25. Strikes have taken place at Vilna and demonstrations of workers are taking place there. THE KOVNO RIOTS. London, January 25. The Governor of Kovno has warned the workmen who, on Tuesday, held a successful demonstration, that a violent outbreak will be suppressed. ■ GREAT FIRE AT LIBAU. (Received January 27, 12.37 a.m.) St. Petersburg, January 26. An incendiary fire has broken out* in the great naval depot at Libau, on the Baltic Sea. The marine depots are in flames. THE STRIKES. GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS AT CONCILIATION. London, January 25. The Russian Government have begun an investigation into the claims of the workers. They will endeavour to grant claims for increased wages and to establish factory reforms. Lack of funds is having a tendency to bring the strikes at St. Petersburg to an end. Some of the employers are willing to concede a nine hours' day. (Received January 20, 11.57 p.m.) - St. Petersburg, January 26. The men at all the factories at Reval and Riga have struck work. The strikers at Moscow now number 30,000.

PROPOSED REFORMS. A LIMITED PROGRAMME. ... (Received January 27, 12.37 a.m.) i. London, January 26. The Berlin correspondent of the Times says that it is intended to introduce some political reforms in Russia. The minimum mentioned is a habeas corpus law and the inviolability of the citizens' elementary rights. " ' ' ' ".