Russia.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5418, 24 July 1906, Page 1

Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, July 20. Dragoons u »d police charged a moct'ing of 3000 peasants, who were discussing the land question at the village of Kochcrova, in the province of Tambol'f. Private telegrams state that they killed eighty. The ollicial despatch says one. The terrorists at Warsaw looted 20 spirit stores in three days. Wholesale murder of police is reported from Lublin. Ten have been shot. An attempt to assassinate Count Todleben, aide-de-camp to the Czar just, failed. 'the temper of tho Russian Court and, Government has become markedly reactionary. The dismissal of the Duma and the declaration of a dictatorship were questions that were seriously discussed. Tho Ministry declare that the Duma's threat to appeal to the people on the agrarian question is preliminary to rebellion. M. Petrnnkovitch, on behalf 0 i Hie constitutional democrats, is trying to induce the Duma to be more moderate. Speakers on the Extreme Left allirm t»d that the patience of the people had ended. The whole town of Syzran in Central Russia is aflame. Thirty thousand people arc homeless, and several hundreds have perished. Wild rumors are current at St. Petersburg rogardiag tho impending dissolution of the Duma. Troops are pouring into the city. July. 21. Six St. Petersburg- journals, tho 3lysl Echo, Yolos, Twida, Dwadzatyivck, [and Yiesti'ansky Deputnt, have been confiscated. The printing offices were closed, and. fifty of the Mysl's staff were arrested. , Subsequently angry crowds sinking 'the "Ylnrsellaiso," stoned the troops and police in tho Yesnossensky Prospect, in tho heart of St. Petersburg. Tho troops replied with blank cartridge. July 22. The Duma has noliliod the revolutionary tendencies of its appeal to tho people, and now urges them to patiently await tho elaboration of the Duma's agrarian law. The. Odessa harbor strike has ended. The employers, fearing that a continuance of it would load io great 'bloodshed, hurriedly, conceded most of of thestrikers' demands. LONDON, July 20. The weakness of 'Russian securities is depressing all sections of the Stock Exchange, u *d seriously checking business. BERLIN, July 20. Tin: Koelnishi Zcitung states thai the Czar has informed the Ivaiwr that internal political considerations compel him to abandon his intended tour.