THE DISTURBANCE IN RUSSIA.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1234, 26 January 1905, Page 2

THE DISTURBANCE IN RUSSIA.

The Czar's Death Decreed .» , Rioters J ined by Sailors and Reservi ts Fighting and Bloodshed Whole of the Country Threatened With Insurrection Czar Disappears--Whereabouts Unknown 1 Expressions of Sympathy from New Zealand

Press Association.—Copyright.

STPBTKRSB(JRG,Jan.2S The Boylbaya, or fighting organisation of tho Terrorist P triy, has decreed She Czar's death. Whon the newß of the St Petersburg massacre reaohed Radon) thf worker paraded the streets, shouting ■' Down with the Czar I" " Down with the murderers of little children I" Three officers, many noldiers, and hunof workmen wore killed. Several buildings were dynamited. . Tho upheaval is spreading throughout Russian Poland,

THE FASBIONABLE QUARTERS LEFT IN DARKNESS CHEMISTS' ASSISTANTS JOIN THE STRIKERS Press Association.—Copyright. ■ St. Petersburg. Jan. 25th The military <leotrioiai,nnf St Petersburg manned some of tho electrio lighting works and restored the light ye4atday. Later on a srspension of work at the Belgian Company's central station, which furnishes most tif the city'B eoctric light, plunged tho faahiomble Bolshait and Moi'skaia thoroughfares in darkness, Tho ohomUt's assistants have struck. THE POLK'.fi .OVERWHELMED

THE REVOLT OF SVILORS « OFFICERS BADLY INJURED RESIDENCES AND FACTORIES FIRED Press Association.—Copyright. ST PKTBR9BUR(}, Jui 25 The police at Kiona were poworliss to prevent the overwhelming demonstrations and denunciation of the St Petersburg slaughter. Publli* buildings were' damaged. Tho officers had systematically der frnuded the sailors at' Sevastopol of their pay and rations, victualling them with off <1 and tainted food. Eight thousand attacked the officers' quarters One offioer has a broken skull, and ethers broken limbs. Residences were fired. Thorioters threatened to invade 'the admiral's quarters, and the troops were summoned, with the result as already oahled' The sailors fired the whole of the ! fao lories and workshops. The damage is inc iloulable. j Father Gapon is at Mosoow, where twenty f.ictoriei, including four of largest, have sttuok, AH the faotories and railway workshops at Koono have stopped

THE iCZ \R IN HIDING BRITISH SYMPATHY SPEECH BY ARNOLD FORBTER Press Association.—Copyright. London, January 25 The Daily Telegraph's St Petersburg correspondent says that if. Do Wilte and Prinoe Mirskv leplorn the latest and relentlessmessures of blunder and ciime. Maxim Gark.v is a prisoner. Tho Czbt's whereabouts are unknown. Mr Arnold Forster, Secretary to the Admiralty, in a speech at C oylon, siid that the great people of Russia, ninety millions of whom were peasants, were wel deserving of Britaiu's sympathy, We desired them to enter tho heritage of freedom that we oojoyod through onr forefathers' ■uorifice. Tho best misiage wo oould send was our symMthy and a hope thai thoir asperations wou'd b.'ing the same happiness and liberty that wo enjoyed, TRAIN SERVICE SUSPENDED BiBBISTERS SYMPATHISE WITH STRIKERS CITY IN HIGH STATE OF TENSION BRISTLING WITH BAYONETS SUPPLIES FOR THE FAR EAST IMPERILLED ' Press Association.—Copyright. St. PKTBBi.BuitQ. January 25 The train service to Tsarkosalo is buspellded,

A meeting of 350 barristers and eoliaitors passed resolutions pf entire solidarity with the Btrikerß, and protesting against the Government's action in provoking blooddhed. The Cossaoks, dispersing a crowd of workers yesterday, wounded several with their swords. The oity is in a high stats of tension, and bristling with bayonets. Numerous detachments of troops are posted in tho courtyaids of publio and private buildings. General Trepoff has been appointed Governor-General of tit, Fetenburg, with plenary powers,

The prefecture at Oino has been aboliaed. . M. Hesaea editor and well-known writffi and several others associated wi'h the initiation committee of provisional govern* merit, have been arrested, Kuropatkia's stores are imperilled ow* ing to tho strikes. Efforts are being mnde to terminate the strike almost at any cost, A SCENE OP^HORRIBLE DEEDS THE UNHAPPY CZAR LOSES THE FAITH OF HIS PEOPLE THE STORM READY TO BURST Press Association.—Copyright. Park, January 25 The Petit Journal's 8t Petersburg correspondent advises that armed workmen were worsted by tho. soldiery at Oolpino more than onoe during a massacre lasting from morning till night. • The correspondent ndd.s: "It is officially estimated that 108 were killed, and 380 wounded. The whole village was a sonne of horriblo deedi."

o;her Frenoh auvioea state that tbo Ozif is practically sequestrated, and that the persistent silence imposed upon hi m by dangei'ous advisers oauses uneasiness lest the people are driven to desperation, They have hitherto been acoustoioed to look upon the Czir as their sole spiritua I and temporal head, but his present atti> tude suggests a position of tutelage. Des* pite the obviously olumsily-oensored news there are unmistakable signs that the attitude of the Russian crowds in the large centrei is sullen with pent up rage, ani that the storm is ready|to burst, St Petkrsborg, January 25 M. Unlitzin, mayor of Alosoow, who re> signed as a pimest against the Government's communique condemning the re form movement, has been re-elected by 118 to 10. AN ALL DAY FIGHT HUNDREDS KILLED AND WOUN* DBD "A BATH OF BLOOD." POSSIBLE MILITARY REVOLDTION Press Association.—Copyright. London. Jan. 25 Militw'y reports state that a mob of twenty«five thousand atKolpino, oiitryinj 1 a petition, met a regiment of infantry and lulf a field battery coming from Tsarkoe. The soldiers fired, and the fight continued until the workers retreated, the sold iers pursuing them. Order was restored during the after noon. Ihe inhabitants of St. Petersburg are incensed at the installation of General Trepoff at Winter Palace as diotator of the oapital.

Movomenta similar to those in Moscow hsye begun at vilna, The Paily Miil etates that the massacre ol unarmed Kalpino petitioners was precoded by a battle, when the workmeu were unarmed. An olfioer who was an eyewitness dosoribed the battle and terrible repression ns ft bath of blood. A ttousand worl-nm' at Helsingfois, rioted, and fifty arrests were made, The Daily Telegraph saye that Father ' Gapoa'a revolutionary tnanifos.o to the' soldiers and his letters to the workors weie' so violent that they were bi/med when read at the seoret meetings. Ho denounced " the misofflunt Owe, uooused by ho people." Hessnm, (the journnlis) and other re form leaders were not oonneoted with the oommtttoe or seoret organisation, Tliey were merely a deputation to M de Witte, asking hi'n to prevent bloodshed. The consensus of opinion is that GeneraTtepoff s tyrant reactionaries will momentarily have the upper hand in the Czar's counsels. The National Zeitung is informed that the chief danger at 'he present moment is the possibility of the Grand Dukes arranging a military revolution involving the Czar's more or less voluntary resignation, Colonel ffliite, formerly Auierioan Ambassador at St Petersburg, says that the Czar is hopelessly unfit to grapple with the orisis, and that important changes are coming. strikers warned against VIOLENCE promise of labour lbghsijATlON COMPROMISE OFFERED BY EMPLOYERS -Press Association.—Copyright. Si Petersburg, January 25 The Governor of Kovne has warned the workmon that any violent; outbreak will be vigorously suppressed. The Government would investigate and try to grant • the claims tot increased Wagoi tnd hotou ttfstffili f