THE RUSSIAN UPHEAVAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13632, 29 June 1906, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN UPHEAVAL.

«S, ;— DISAFFECTION AMONG TROOPS. TRESPASS ON SWEDISH TERRITORY. Press Associntioii-liy Telegrsph-CopyrisM. ST. PETERSBURG, June 27. (Received June 28, at 9.5 a.m.) 51. Vinevar, a metnber of the Duma, lias been informed that massacres of the Jews are being prepared for at Zhitomer, in South-western Russia, and at Saratoff. June 28. (Received June 28, at 11.42 p.m.)'

Tho Proobagensky Regiment,;, the crack regiment of tho Ouards founded by Peter the Great, and of which the Czar is an honorary colonel, and frequently ..wars the regiment's uniform, has been reprimanded. An imnten.se sensation has been created in St. Petersburg, and the action taken is regarded as confirming the reports of disaffection arising out of the rumoured approaching dissolution' of the Duma. The/first battalion has now been ordered to a remote locality in (he Novgorod district. The resolutions passed by the regiment included the condemnation of corpora! punishment and demands for release from opening private letters.

The Sempovisky Kogimcnt, which was also founded by Peler tho Great, is equally disaffected, and repeatedly testifies ite sympathy with the, pmnnifl. (Received June 28, at 11.12 p.m.) A mutiny broke otifc lit Bnlumn, lntt it was quietly quelled. It originated from a demand for belter treatment. Many of the Cce-sark corps ask to bo relieved from police dntv, STOCKHOLM, '.Time 27. (Received June 28, at 9.5 a.m.) Sweden is much disturbed over Itussin. landing a considerable military force at Presto, one of the islands of the archipelago, on pretest of prevention- the landing of arms in Finland. All Hie inhabitants have been ordered lo leaw except Ihe pilots. A llofilia of lorpedoers-. and deslr.ivers patrols Hie vicinity. (Received June 28, at 9.20 a.m.) Sweden considers Russia's action A breach, of the Treaty of Paris, 1856.