REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13011, 31 October 1905, Page 5

REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA.

DISAFFECTION OF THE ARMY. THE AUTHORITIES POWERLESS. THE TSAR MAKING CONCESSIONS. MOCK REPUBLICS ESTABLISHED. By Telegraph.—Pr«« Association—Copyright. (Received October 30, 11.15 p.m.) London, October 30. The Daily Telegraph's St. Petersburg correspondent reports that at midnight on Saturday, after many hours' conference with Count de Witte, the Tsar accepted the Liberal programme and appointed Count de Witte as Premier. He resolved also to grant a national assembly of full representative character! _■ .. ■ t The Imperial manifesto on the subject is expected to be issued to-day. This news was brought from Peterhoff by steamer, as the telegraph and telephone lines were cut. The correspondent also states that the Tsar has resolved to abolish martial law throughout the Empire, The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times reports that the Government is incapable of enforcing even the semblance of authority in view of the nation's passive revolt, and in view of the fact that the soldiers are openly murmuring at the degrading work expected of them. MEETING OF MINISTERS. The Ministers held a meeting at Peterhoff on Saturday. They were divided as to the course to be token in dealing with the revolt. The majority, including General Trepoff, advised the immediate granting of a Constitution, the minority the establishing of a dictatorship under General Alexis Ignatieff. FIGHTING AT ODESSA. | TRAMCAKS FOR BARRICADES. V COMPACT BETWEEN WORK MEN AND MILITARY., (Btceived October 30, 0.40 p.m.) St. Petersburg, October 30. Street fighting began at Odessa on Sunday afternoon, after a huge crowd had compelled the closing of the shops and restaurants. The people seized the tramcars and used them in erecting barricades. Cossacks fired volleys and killed four and wounded 18 of the rebels. A 1 deputation from the other regiments in the town asked the workmen not to fire on the troops, and promised themselves to shoot in the air if ordered to quell disturbances. \-?- CONDITION OF THE PROVINCES, WORSE THAN IN THE CAPITAL. MOCK REPUBLICS SET UP. (ItecciTcd October 30, 11.32 p.m. i St. Petersburg, October 30, The situation in the provinces is worse than it is in St. Petersburg. Mock Republics have been proclaimed in several towns. The local police authorities in many places are so powerless that a Committee of Safety has been formed for the maintenance of order. The Finns are developing a sudden sympathy with the Russians. There are only 4000 troops in Finland, since 6000 recently sent there displayed such revolutionary leanings that they had to be recalled.

SITUATION AT ST. PETERSBURG. TELEGRAPH LINES CUT, SUNDAY PASSES QUIETLY. (Received October 30, 9.33 p.m.) St. Petersburg, October 30. Crowds paraded the streets of St. Petersburg yesterday, but the troops interfered whenever an attempt was made to hold a meeting. The university and all the higher educational establishments are closed. , There is an alarming increase in the disorderly and criminal classes in the city. Telegraphic communication be-> tween St. Petersburg and Warsaw is cut. A crowd entered the tele-, graph office at Moscow, and threatened the operators with death if they did not cease work. The day passed quietly. DISAFFECTION AMONG TROOPSMUTINY OF SAILORS. (Received October 30, 0.16 p.m.) St. Petersburg, October 30. There are many reports of troops having shown signs of disaffection. (Received October 30, 11.16 p.m.) London, October 30. Three hundred sailors at St. Petersburg have mutinied. THE PEOPLE ARMING. St. Petersburg, October 29. The Imperial rifle shops and factories at Reval have been plundered. The people, armed with revolvers, prevented the brigade from extinguishing an incendiary fire yesterday at a theatre. , The Moscow Gazette appeals to all true Russians to assemble at the churches, where they will be organised and armed preparatory to attacking the strikers. The appeal is interpreted as meaning that the authorities are helpless and hopeless of dealing with the situation.

THE NATIONAL STRIKE. 1,500,000 MEN OUT. MAY TERMINATE SOON. (Received October 30, 9.16 p.m.) St. Petersburg, October 30. There are fully 1,500,000 men on strike, and the whole industrial system is paralysed. According to' some reports the general strike is likely to terminate shortly, as the socialists desire to avoid a collision with the troops until December or January. By that time they expect to have completed their arrangements for an armed insurrection. LODZ THREATENED WITH FAMINE. (Received October 30, 9.32 p.m.) St. Petersburg, October 30. Owing to the stoppage of supplies through the railway strikes, the people of the manufacturing town of Lodz, in Poland, are 'threatened with famine. The people also are afraid to leave their homes, owing to the presence of the military in the streets. All meetings and processions are immediately suppressed. The factories are closed and the manufacturers have left the town. THE LOAN POSTPONED. St. Petersburg, October 29. The Russian Government has postponed negotiations for the loan of £56,600,000 until a change takes place in the internal situation 'and the foreign money markets improve. SUPPLIES GETTING SHORT. St. Petersburg, October 29. The garrison at St. Petersburg, owing to the strikes having stopped supplies, are reduced to eating salt meat.