THE RUSSIAN REVOLT.
{Received Last Night, at 11.15 p.m.)
London, Yesterday,
The Telegraph's St. Petersburg correspondent says that a postal and railway strike will be proclaimed to-day.
The Grenadiers at Moscow have submitted, and ten, including the leader, named Sehabaroff, have been arrested. The minor demands, including privacy of letters, increase in rations and regular payment, have been
granted. Another communique due to the indictment previously mentioned has been issued. In it the Government consider that it is their duty to execute reforms on the basis of the Czar's manifesto, and,they believe that the best, method of fighting the revolutionaries is to roly on the laws, regulations and ordinances; but should these fail, the necessity of altogether exceptional measures will become evident.
The Times says that the whole of Livonia and Kovno is under arms.
The Letts routed a regiment of dragoons and infantry, and wrecked a military train.
{Received Last Night, at 10.1 p.m.) St. Petersburg, Yesterday. A street in Batoum was barricaded and fierce fighting took place between the troops and the revolutionaries, the military employing artillery. Many were killed, including a number of Ottoman subjects. The Porte is sending vessels to remove
refugees
A similar situation is reported from Poti and Kutas.
The Council of Workmen's Delegates, Peasant Committees Congress, the Democratic Workmen's Party, and the Social Revolutionaries in St. Petersburg have issued a violent indictment of the autocracy, and its chaotic and dishonest finance. Russia, they say, is on the verge of bankruptcy. The troops are hungry and revolting. The Government must be overthrown and a Constituent Assembly summoned. They add that the workers have decided not to allow the payment of debts contracted by the Government since the date of its openly waging war against the whole nation.
The chief newspapers, excepting the Novoe Vrcmya, published the indictment, and all were confiscated and their publication temporarily suspended. Meanwhile, copies have been sold for a shilling each under the eyes of the police. The editors have been arrested; also the whole of the 250 members of the Council of Workmen's Delegates.
(Received This Morning, at 1.2 a.m.) St. Petersburg, Last Night
The Municipal Council at Riga, after notifying the nobles, entered into negotiations with the rebels. The latter demand in return for their surrender seventeen hostages in recognition of the Lithuanian Republic by the nobles and the abolition of martial law. Serious fighting and incendiarism has taken place in Mitau. The castle at Lemberg was saturated with petroleum and set on fire. Out of 120 dragoons in the Mitau district, 3-1 are missing. The troops and people in the Suwaloi district are in revolt. The inhabitants refused to pay the taxes, and burnt the Government offices. (Received To-day, at 5.15 a.m.) St. Petersburg, Last Night. Four thousand soldiers at Irkutsk resolved to demand the abolition of martial law and the convocation of a Constituent Assembly. Red Cross funds are being invested in St. Petersburg to sustain the Russian Rentes. [Received To-day, at 5.44 a.m.) London, Last Night. Prince Yon Bulow, Chancellor of the German Empire, is chartering steamers to remove German subjects from Riga, Libau and Reval. The Russian Government has remitted five millions sterling abroad, presumably interest on her national debt. St. Petersburg, Last Night. Count Witte, replying to the Zemstvos memorial, said he was unable to entertain any petitions going beyond the Czar's manifesto. It was impossible to forestall the Duma's action. All classes were warned to remember the consequences of not supporting the Government. The newspaper Russ says it is evident the nation must orgaaise against Count Witte. Like the Brest regiment, at Sevastopol, the mutineers at Moscow, regretting having been misled by revolutionary propaganda, revolted against the ringleaders, rushed the streets, cheered the Czar, and handed the ringleaders lo the authorities.
THE RUSSIAN REVOLT.
Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 8327, 19 December 1905, Page 5
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