REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13207, 4 July 1906, Page 5

REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA.

STOIUIY SITTING OF THE DOUMA. RESIGNATION OF MINISTRY DEMANDED. . ' THREAT BY THE GOVERN- . MENT. j ; United Press Association.— By Biec- , trie Telegraph.— Copyright. • St. Petersburg-, July 3. • There was a stormy debate 'in the Douma on the queetion of the abolition of capital punishment. The Government insisted that in view of ihe spread of anarchy and assassination, it was impossible to abolish the death penalty. > After noisy "interruptions, and amid shouts of "resign/ all the members of the Left rose, yelling, "We don't want to listen to executioners, brigands., and assassins. The Ministry must resign/ A number of deputies, with clenched fists, rushed towards the Tribune, compelling General Pavaloff, who was speaking, to leave the Chamber. * , The sitting -was suspended. Later, Count Heyden and Prince "Volkonsy, members of tho Right, warned the Douma that .-if ,it i^ersist'Srl in its present attitude, blood would flow. Ultimately the Douma unanimously adopted a Bill abolishing capital punishment. Deputies displayed intense indignation against General Pavaloff, because ho was responsible for many exeeu- ■ . , * i ivOBS RELIEF FOR 'FAMINE DISTRICTS. Received July 4, 7.4Q a.m. ' , St. Petersburg, July 3. The Government has askel the Douma to \;ote £10;COD,000 for the •elir? of the famine districts. MORE DISAFFECTED TROOPS. A. REACTIONARY'S PRECAUTION. Received Jury 4, 8.31 a.m. St. Petersburg/ Jul^ 3. Some artillery corps near Moscow lave been, transferred to Smolensk tor 'participating in politics. The troops at Vladikavkaz have been'disoanded. One of the dangers of the igeneral lituation is tw possibility of the army becoming divided against itself. General Bogdanovitch, an antiSemitic, pamphleteer, ha's banked a parter of a million ' sterling abroad. The Minister for War has ordered >he dflioers at Bielostock t© be severey " dteaFtf wit^ if- the, nowispiaper zbarges are confirmed. AS'SASSINATTONS IN WARSAW. BRITISH REPRESENTATIONS SUC- ' ' CESSFUL. Received July 4, 8.47 a.m. , St. Petersburg, July 3. ,An infantry captain, a gendarme, md five policemen were shot dead in iVarsaw yesterday, and two police sergeants to"day\ The -terrorists esJaped?. The police are now withdrawn rom the streets, which are patrolled by infantry. The newspaper Russky Viedo-mosti !tata<? that the decision to disperse the Douma and arrest fourteen lab3ur momibersj 'who had signed an appeal to the nation, was abandoned after the Brj^sh Ambassador's audimce %yjth the Czar.