THE RUSSIAN UPHEAVAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2667, 26 April 1905, Page 46

THE RUSSIAN UPHEAVAL.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 17.

The Czar nominates the members of M. Buliguineo's Commission instead of permitting their election as promised. This is considered a clear indication that his Majesty does not intend to confer a \ride system of national representation.

The Czar has informed the Holy Synod that he is unable during the present disturbed times to convoke a council to elect a Patriarch or to effect reforms in ecclesiastical administration. He intends, however, to summon a council of the Old Russian Church when the moment for so doing is favourable.

The recent Barristers' Congress in this city adopted their Polish colleagues' proposal for the autonomy of Poland in the form of a democratic constitution, with a National Legislature, and the sending of representatives to a Central Parliament to be convened in St. Petersburg. They further affirmed that there "must be no interference with Polish rights.

All the lawyers' organisations, numbering 120,000 adherents throughout Russia, including doctors, chemists, teachers, and engineers, are determined to prevent the reactionaries from rendering the Czar's rescript nugatory.

The soldiers at Chebyabinsk joined 1 the hooligans in plundering the houses of the demonstrators, and later attempted to incite the people to attack the Jews. The disturbances continued for three days. Troops were sent from Ekaterinburg to quell the riot.