RUSSIA.

Otago Witness, Issue 1890, 10 February 1888, Page 14

RUSSIA.

The visit of Lord Randolph Churchill to St. Petersburg occasions both personal and press advocacy of an entente with England. A Franco-Belgian banking syndicate is seeking a 60 years' concession from the Government for the construction of naphtha conduits from Baker to Batoum, with the right of exporting naphtha products duty free. The Council of the Empire and firms interested in the naphtha trade oppose the concession, but the Government favour the idea, hoping, it is said, to contract a loan in exchange. The movements of Russian troops and the transportation of war material on the frontier has ceased. Latest reports show that these movements originally referred mainly to displacements effected within the frontier provinces.

Eight Nihilists convicted of attempting the life of the Czar during his visit to the Don Cossack country were hanged at St. Petersburg on January 2. It is said that the Budget surplus of 34,000,000 roubles will be expended in building new forts and railways in Russia. Russia has ordered all horsemen on the Galician frontier to be ready for war at three days' notice in case hostilities are begun. It is reported from Russia that negotiations have been begun for the construction of three great Russo-Chinese railways between Seroipalatinsks and Shanghai, between Clerta and Pekin, and between Ahkta and Pekin.

Another plot against the life of the Czar is reported. A large number of persons were arrested on January 10 in St. Petersburg for participation in it, among them being several officers of the army, who had just arrived in tho capital from the provinces.

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