REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA.
United Press Association.—Copyright. Received Novemiber 13, 11.7 a.m. ST. PETERSBURG, November 17. There is a party in St. Petersburg who urge that the time for decisive ■action is not yet ripe.
■Received November 18, 7.26 a.m. iLONDOIN, November 17
The "-Times's" St. Petersburg corresepondent states that the political strike is unlikely to last beyond Saturday, owing to the panic on the St. Petersiburg Bourse. Enormous amounts have been transferred abroad.
Russian 3^ per cents fell 4£ points in London.
ST. PETERSBURG, November 17
In the hope of detaching the peasants and artisans from the revolutionary movement, a ukase has been issued fulfilling the Czar's promise to reduce the peasamts' payments for the use of land by one-half next January. . The ukase also abolishes the other half in. 1907, •making a total gift of 8£ million pounds, and it instructs the Agrarian Bank to facilitate -the purchase of private estates.
Ten thousand operatives at Moscow have struck.
The strike at St. Petersburg is spreading. The strike funds amount to £20,000. St. Petersiburg advices states that the (Ministers intend to repeal mai'tial law in Poland.
■-■* LONDON, November 17. . The Anglo-American Jewish relief fund has reached £124,000. • •
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12657, 20 November 1905, Page 5
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