THE DEATH PENALTY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17105, 10 September 1917, Page 5

THE DEATH PENALTY.

CAPITAL OFFENCES SPECIFIED.

Admiralty, per Wireless Preso. LONDON, September 8. (Received Sept. 9, at 5.5 p.m.) A special commission has dratted measures m connection with the Provisional Government's decision to introduce the death penalty in Russia for the following offences:—High treason, espionage, disobedience of military orders, desertion, and surrender without making a defence. The death penalty applies to the military and civilians alike. CHANGES ..EST FINLAND. RUSSIAN COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. PETROGRAD, September 8. (Received Sept. 9, at 5.5 p.m.) Helsingfors reports that Russia is abolishing the Governor-generalship in Finland, and that a Russian committee will hereafter have charge of Finnish affairs. COUNTER-REVOLUTION. / A GROWING MOVEMENT. DEMAND BY GENERAL KORNTLOFF. COPENHAGEN, September 8. (Received Sept. 9, at 11.5 p.m.) The Ekstrabladet states that private Petrograd advices convey the information that a counter-revolution movement has spread throughout Russia, and is increasing daily. General Korniloff's demand for the dissolution of all the Soldiers' Committees has caused excitement. ENEMY AEROPLANES ACTIVE. Admiralty, per Wireless Press. , LONDON, September 8. (Received "Sept. 9, at 11.5.p.m.) A Russian official message says: —The position in the Riga region is unchanged. Enemy aeroplanes bombed Jacobstadt, and others unsuccessfully attacked torpedo boat patrols in the Gulf of Riga. RUSSIANS LOSE 316 GUNS. Admiralty, per Wireless Preaa. LONDON, September 8. (Received Sept. 9, at 11.5 p.m.) A German official message states that the guns captured bn the Riga battlefield number 316.

NAVAL ACTIVITT.

RUSSIANS PREPARING FOR BATTLE.

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. STOCKHOLM, September 8. (Received Sept. 9, at 11.20 p.m.) Part of the German High Seas Fleet has reinforced the Baltic fleet, sailing northwards. The Russian fleet is preparing for a battle. The sailors have expressed their determination to fight to the last shelL

RUSSIANS STILL RETIRING. *

Admiralty, per Wireless Press. LONDON, September 8. (Received Sept. 9, at 11.5 p.m.) A German official message says:—" Our cavalry are fighting on a line westward of Winden to Keuheidenhof. The enemy are nastily entrenching. The enemy have evacuated positions westward of Kokenhusen."'