REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13358, 24 December 1906, Page 5

REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA.

01 ■>AN : ASSASSINATION.. United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph, I—Copyright.1 — Copyright. St. Petersburg, December 23. M. Alexis Ignatieff,, a member o f the Council of the Empire, was assassi«ated at Tver, in the Ztun&'tvo- Hall. (M. Ignatieff was a son of the noted General.,; Count Ignatieff.) ' PRINTING WORKS WARNED. THE DATE FOR DIMA ELECTIONS^ The Liberal ' press in St. Petersburg is -denouncing: the ruthless persecution of opponents of the Government,, and intimddation of electors. The election® for fhe Diuma have been fixed for 19th February. Received. Decemiber 24. 9.38 a.m. . St. Petersbunr. December 23. M. Ifroia'taeff was sitting) with other members in tho refreshment room of the Tver Zemstvo when a youth fired four revolver shots. IginatfiefTs colleagues pitrsuetl tha assassin, who attempted to sull-clde, Xyut was 1 captxired. Printing works in Moscow Jhave.'been •warned that thej7 will be closed if they print electoral notices from the Constitution Democrats. >