RUSSIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13285, 18 September 1906, Page 5

RUSSIA.

GENERAL TREPOFF'S

DEATH.

HIS SUCCESSOR.

By Telegraph.—Press Association.—

(Received September 17, 10.59 p.m.)

St. Petersburg, September 17. General Dieduilin, commander of t.he gendarmerie, has been appointed to succeed the late General Trepoff as commandant of the guards of the palace.

THE KIEFF MUTINY.

LIEUTENANT SENTENCED TO

DEATH.

(Received September 17, 10.59 p.m.)

St. Petersburg, September 17

Lieutenant Shadnovsti, the ringleader of the mutiny of sappers at Kieff recently, has been tried by court-martial and sentenced to be shot.

THE COURTS-MARTIAL.

TERRORISTS EXECUTED. (Received September 17, 10.59 p.in.) St. Petersburg, September 17. Two terrorists , have been condemned by court-martial in Warsaw, and executed in the citadel.

REVOLUTIONARY HEAD-

QUARTERS.

A DISCOVERY AT WARSAW.

(Received September 17, 10.59 p.m.) St. Petersburg, September 17

The police at Warsaw have discovered the headquarters of the revolutionaries in the city. The building is in Lesno-street, in the heart of the city.

They seized bombs and important documents.

CONCESSIONS TO JEWS.

RIGHT TO ACQUIRE LANDS

(Received September 17, 10.59 p.m.)

London, September 17.

The Times' St. Petersburg correspondent .says that owing to the ghastly massacre at Siedlce recently, the Russian Government has drafted provisional rules granting the Jews a -large measure of equality, the rights to travel and sojourn, and to acquire lands, except such as belong to the peasants.

THE FAMINE.

A LOAN NECESSARY.

(Received September 17, 10.59 p.m.) St. Petersburg, September 17

In order to grant relief to the famine-stricken districts, it is estimated. that £17,000,000 is required, and it will be necessary to raise a loan for the purpose.

Various large sums have been spent in famine relief in Russia during the past two years. Several provinces are affected, and 'it is said that 20.000,000 people are living under famine conditions.

EXODUS OF JEWS.

LEAVING IN THOUSANDS.

St. Petersburg, September 16.

The Russian Government is granting passports freely to facilitate the emigration of the Jews. Twenty thousand Jews have recently left Byelostok, and 500 families have left Kieff during the past week; also 1600 Jews have sailed from Libau in a single day.