THE DISTURBANCE IN RUSSIA.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1238, 31 January 1905, Page 2

THE DISTURBANCE IN RUSSIA.

St. Petersburs, this day The situation at St. Petersburg is almost normal. ■

The strikers state th-it they will resume work to day, partly a3 a result of the Czar's promise to inquire into the griev v ances and partlv because General TrepofFs wholesale arrests baye deprived workmen of all the intellectual leadership, Moscow, is quiet;, though the strike is rapidly increasing. SCHOOLBOYS WHIPPED The Cossacks mercilessly whipped schoolboys at Surerob for refusing, under the present circumstance, to attend the gymnasiums. The barristers of St Petersburg have appealed to the Czar to convene the popular Assembly.

ATTACK ON BRITISH CONSCL AN ATTEMPT TO RIDE HIM DOWN NARROW ESCAPE VIuE-CONSUL ATTACKED BY HUSSARS BADLY WOUNDED 1 Press Association. —Copyright. St. Petkbsborg, Jan, 30 A grave outrage was committed to-day at Warsaw. A Hussar tried to ride down Captain Murray, the British Consuls in the street. The Consul escaped, through hi* assailant's horse slipping, to another part of >he city. Two Hussars attacked the Hon. H. C. Mackie, British Vice-Consul, in the street, inflicting severe sword wounds on his face* The-only cxplanotion is that the officer was drunk, and that his m-n ran amok. Sir Charles Hardinge, British Ambassador, has asked for an explanation, nnd for the protection of the Consul and ViceCjnsul,

RIOTING AT •; SEVASTOPOL THOUSANDS ARRESTED A POLICE OFFICIAL MURDERE J. Prees Association. —Copyright. St. Petbrsbobo, January 30 Thousands of arrests have been made in connection with tbe incendiary riots at Sevastopol. A police official was assas3inated4o-d »y in the street at Batoum. The murderer

escaped. GUARDING THE SUMMER PALACE SERIOUS OUTLOOK VP WARSAW THE SHOPS CLOSED. BOMB EXPLOSION IN POLAND MANY POLICE INJURED Press Association.—Copyright. St Petersburg, Jan. 30. Pickt-is are placed twenty yards apar' in the Summer Palaca Park. Warsaw has been proclaimed a State requiring increased protection. All the shops are closed, and the situa» ticn is more serious. A bomb explosion injured many police at, Czerstochowa, Poland, as the outcome of their brutal treatment to the workmen. STRIKE LEADERS TO BE EXE- > CUIED THE MUTINY oF SAILORS. A SQUADRON DETAINED Press Association. —Copyright. Berlin, January 30 Reports received from Berlin state that Genera! intends to hand Gorky anu four other leaders over to the public executioner. The Berlin Tigeblatt appeals to all the literal, artists, and scientists in Germany to save Gorky. The Lokalauzeiger repot ts that the mutiny of the crew has detained the squadron which it was proposed to despatch to join the Baltic flee« at Libau. MORE ANTI-BRITISH PLACARDS ANOTHER BRITISH PROTEST Press Association.—Copyright. St. Petersburg, Jan 30 i Placards signed by the Government ' havs been posted in Libau similar to those ( in Moscow. Sir Charles Hardinge has strongly protested against the placards, a-jeopardising the friendly'relations with Britain. Count Lamsdorff has instructed the Moscow authorities to remove all traces of , the placards. i General Trepoff summoned the corres ' pondents of French newspapers and for- j bade them to send scare telegrams, and ( the St, Petersburg oress has been reduced < to official information. V

Another Insult to Britain. Murderous Attack on the Consul and Pro-Consul. The Latter Seriously Wounded. A Critical State of Affairs at Sjvastopol Bomb Explosion in Poland. Strike Leaders Handed Ov r to the Executioner Press Association.—Copyright.

- ATTITUDE OP HOLY SYNOD FATHER GAPON DENOUNCED Press Association.—Copyright. St Pbtebbboro, January 30 The Holy Synod adjures 'orthodox support by the Czar and clergy since without orthodoxy and autocracy Russia would he ruined. It declares that foreign enemies have contributed considerable rams to create a civil war, and cause strikes, preventing the despatch of reinforcements and supplies to the Far East., and denounces Father Gapon as a crimi nal and impudent priest:, who was now before the Ecclesiastical Court for breaking the vows by forcibly removing from the chap9l sacred relics in order to deceive the workmen. At an Extraordinary Council of promi> nent advisers M. Tsarkoeselo advised the Czar to adhere to the reform programme already announced. While the chief of pol ce states that all is quiet at Warsaw, other accounts indicate the wholesale pillaging of many large shops and the sacking of State Vodka and gunsmith's shops. In numerous collision? between the strikers and Cossacks the' latter wero specially brutal. London, January 30 The Times Sf. Petersburg correspondent believes only 300 wero killed on Sunday, and perhaps a thousand wounded, because in the majority of cases the troops fired high.