RUSSIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13192, 1 June 1906, Page 5

RUSSIA.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION GENERAL ALIKHANOFF ATTACKED. . FOUR BYSTANDERS KILLED. By Telegraph.— Association.—Copjrislit. St. Petersburg, May 30. Ax attempt was made yesterday at Kutais to assassinate General AJikhanoff, the ex-Governor of TransCaucasia. ... Two bombs were thrown at him. He was injured, and four persons near him were killed. General Alikhanoff is one of the most famous of Russia's officers. He is an Asiatic. He joined the Russian army, and served with distinction Jin Central" Asia, and against his. own countrymen in the ; seventies. He led the attack on Penj-deh in 1885, that nearly led to war between Russia and Great Britain. EXECUTIONS IN BALTIC PROVINCES. DUMA'S DEMAND IGNORED. ' ;:;i ' (Received May 31, 11.20 p.m.) : ... St. Petersburg, May 31. . The demand of the National Duma : the other day, that eight persons ! who had been sentenced to death in the Baltic provinces on suspicion, of ,killing a policeman, should be reprieved, has had no effect. All of the condemned have been executed. THE NATIONAL DUMA, TSAR RECEIVES THE "PRESIDENT. A CORDIAL INTERVIEW. St. Petersburg, May 30. The Tsar gave an audience to-day to .Professor Muromtszeff, President of the Duma, at Gatschina. The interview was of a cordial character, and it is considered that it foreshadows a reconciliation between the Court and the House.