AS THINGS ARE IN RUSSIA.
A DANGEROUS PERSON.
In the months of April. May, and dune, of last year-the Tsar paid for an enormous amount of hay for I ho army in Manchuria.
When the contract was completed, and the contractor Jiad been paid, an officer whoso duty it was to check the amount supplied discovered that the contractor had on!)- delivered about one-third of the order, though hi had received payment in full. Nothing would induce that officer to change his figures, and he made his report accordingly to his superior officer. The .superior officer raised his eyebrows, "hummed and hawed, and finally* pointed out to his subordinate that he was making a very grave charge against the contractor, but that the matter should be investigated. If ho proved to be right in hir assertion, all would be well; but if not, it would be a very serious matter for him. The next day it was found that the officer was wrong, and he whs summarily dismissed from his post. Shortly alter his dismissal he was arrested a.-, a "dangerous person."
At. this moment, the unfortunate officer,, who had no earthly right to be honest, in lingering in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul,— "The Truth About the Tsar."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12856, 3 May 1905, Page 3 (Supplement)
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AS THINGS ARE IN RUSSIA.
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12856, 3 May 1905, Page 3 (Supplement)
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