UNREST IN RUSSIA.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12844, 29 November 1905, Page 5

UNREST IN RUSSIA.

THE SEVASTOPOL REVOLT. FATAL AT TACK ON OFFICERS. United Press Association—Per Electrio ; Telegraph—Coi>yrirht. ST. PETERSBURG, November 28: • The Council of Ministers -propose 'to grant 15,000,'C00 roubles to' ameliotrate the lot of the railway men. The mutineers at Sevastopol dominate the situation. It is reported that the bulk of the Black Sea fleet is in active sympathy with them.-. ,i... ... . .. - Late private telegrams respecting the revolt at Sevastopol state that the Brest regiment has returned to its allegiance and entrenched its barracks. The generals captured have been released. The warships in the harbour refused to answer the signals of the mutineers. The Russian Peasants Congress ,has clossd after resolving- in favour of civil and political equality, and the nationalisation of the land by a constituent assembly. It recommended; boycotting the local authorities and the State brandy shops ; also, taxes on. l&nded proprietors. Only 125 delegates attended from all parte of Russia, a quarter of those present being teachers and agitators. The vast, majority of delegates favoured peaceful "methods; Sixty followers of Count Tolstoi were present at the Congress.

Count -de" Witte has appealed to M. Retrunkevieh, the recognised leader of the Zenifttvo majority to urge the Congress to' display moderation. . The commander of the Kieff district refused to act against the strikers. The officers of four regiments have writtea to the "Euiis" newspaper denouncing the employment of infantry in police duties. Nine hours a day having been granted, s?verai of the factories in Moscow and many others have been closed. The Russian soldiers who have been landed at . Vladivostock from Japan, are exasperated because they were not repatriated immediately. They quarrelled with their officers and attacked the latters' Club. officers were killed and several wounded. COPENHAGEN, November 27. .The police confiscated on board the Danish steamer Arcturus, bound for Finland, a largl number of revolvers and cartridges shipped by Danes. ' WHAT THE CONGRESS DEMANDS. A FATAL BLUNDER. Received 10.22 p.m., November 28th. ST. PETERSBURG, November 28. The Zemstvos' congress unanimously demanded the suppression of anti-Jewish outbreaks -and. insisted that th-s Jews were entitled to equal/rights with others-. The president and the organisers of : peasants' congress have been arrested under, martial law.

LONDON, November 28. The " Times ": says that the suppression of the congress .is .a: fatal blunder since it isthe peasants last hope, of the autocracy. Router's St. Petersburg correspondent reports that 33 factories employing 75,000 persons.have directed the workmen to cease work. COMPLETE MASTERS OF SEVASTOPOL. THE AUTHORITIES COWED. . • » Received 11.25 p.m., November 28th. ST. PETERSBURG, November 28. Private telegrams state that the mutineers are complete masters of the situation at Sevastopol. The authorities are afraid to use force unless they are reinforced sufficiently to invest the town. Since the railwaymen and labourers revolted it is impossible to bring troops by train. The sailors make twenty demands'for the betterment o? their lot. to preserve perfect order. Persistent rumours are current that the Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaievitch will be appointed regent in view of the Czar's intention to go abroad. Admiral Chukhuin telegraphed to .General

Kaulbars late last night ~thit the mutineers had seized the Kniaz Potemkin, and that several officers had been killed; that the situation is very serious; that the sailors and Brest regiment were entrenched in tho Lazareff barracks with some guns. " I intend to attack when fresh, troops arrive though I fear an artillery men mutiny." CONGRATULATIONS FROM WORK- • MEN. SPREAD OF A GREAT STRIKE. Received 10.1 p.m., November 28th. ST. PETERSBURG, November 28. The Council of the workmen's ■ delegates: at St. Petersburg have telegraphed their congratulations to the Sevastopol mutineers, expressing the hope that the whole army wi'.l follow the example; then the proletarial (army) will put an end to the remnants of autocracy raising on its ruins a free and democratic State. The Council threaten a general strike ualess the Government reopen the factories and reinstate all hands.