ATROCITIES IN RUSSIA
COSSACKS AND WORKMEN IN CONFLICT.
LONDON, March 24. Forty-five Russian authors and University" professors have appealed to the foreign press to communicate to the world the facts of the ferocious atrocities committed by Cossack? during riie recent riots upon seventeen inoffensive and' unarmed students. (Received March 25, 11.* p.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, March 25. A sanguinary encounter took place ’.n the citv° yesterday between ei"ht hundred Cossacks and five thousand riotous workmen. CONSTERNATION IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES. AN ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION.
(Received March 26, 0.16 a.mi.) ST. PETERSBURG, March 25. Lagorski, a Russian provincial official fwd follower of Count Tolstoi, fruitless. lv" 'attempted to assassinate K- P- Pobiedonotzeff, secretary of the Holy Synod firing four revolver shot® though the ecclesiastic’s study window. The prevailing social unrest has created consternation in. official circles since tho Minister of Justice (M. Misravieff), tho Minister of the Interior (M. Sltnarirnc), and the> Minister for War (General Kouropatkin)_ have been threat, ened with assassination. A meeting of the Council of Ministers is being held to consider the situation, the Czar presiding.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4315, 26 March 1901, Page 5
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