THE UNREST IN RUSSIA.
Disturbances at Riga*
Revolt at Courland.
The Duma Scheme Criticised.
Press Association.— Telegraph.— Copyright. Received August 22, 9.38 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, August 22. ' Cossacks arrested the ringladers of the disturbances at the Riga factory. The mob stormed the police station, Cossacks fired, killing 50 and wounding many. The Lettish population of. Courland is practically in .open revolt. Martial law, has now been* established there. The decision to withhold the franchise from the majority of professional men aud the pioneers of reform is widely criticised. Many Conservatives, equally with the Liberals, resent the prominence given to the peasants in. the Duma scheme.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11644, 23 August 1905, Page 5
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105THE UNREST IN RUSSIA. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11644, 23 August 1905, Page 5
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