Russian Revolutions.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 12809, 17 March 1905, Page 2

Russian Revolutions.

MILITARY LEADERS OF A CON- ' SF3BACY EXECUTED. United Press Association. — By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. St. Petersburg, Mavi'Ji 16. \ Five leaders of the military consith-' acy to avoid going to Manchuria svero executed in the government of Grodnoi in West Russiu. Four v.ere sentenced to imprisonment for life, atnd eight to twenty years' imprisonment. GERMANY'S FEELING. Berlin, Marc I I<i. Count von Bulow, Imperial Chancellor, speaking in the Reichstag, said Russia's position as a great Power wouid probably outlast the vicissitudes of the war and the internal disturbances. The correctness of Germany's attitude was absolutely unassailable. The Russians knew Germany would not profit by the present difficulties and great embarrassment of both Russia and Japan. Japan could count on Germany's strict neutrality if Japan will respect Germany's acquired rights in Ihe Far East, TARTARS AT WORK. A nOJRRIBLE STORY. PEASANT RIOTING EXTENDING. IF MOBILISATION IS CONTINUED, WHAT THEN? Received March 17, 8 a.m. St. Petersburg, March 16. A resident of Baku states that during the original disturbance the Tartars besieged the larger houses, and that Adamotf, a tradesmen, from his balcony, shot thirty-three Tartars before falling. Thereupon the crowd fired petroleum at Adamoff's doorway and nineteen inmates were suffocated. The peasant rising is extending-, and sixty districts are now affected. M. Buliguine (Minister of the Interior) declares his inability to guarantee tranquillity in the event of the mobilisation of three hundred thousand men.