THE CRISIS IN RUSSIA.
THE POSSESSORS OF ARMS
SHOT WITHOUT TRIAL
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 31
Owing to the murder of two policemen at Kielse, demands are made for the delivery, within three days, of all arms and explosives held without license, otherwise those found to have them in their possession will be shot without trial.
In the case of minors carrying arms, their parents and guardians will be shot.
POLICE STATION STORMED
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 31
A crowd at Riga stormed the police station, killed three policemen and released seventeen political prisoners.
FUIITHER DISTURBANCES
FACTORIES CLOSED
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 31
Serious disturbances continue at several of the Russian provincial centres. The Cossacks maddened with drink, attacked the Jews at Gomel and also killed several police. Many of the factories are closed, throwing idle thirty thousand because the youDger workers refuse to work regularly. Soldiers at Mitau shoot the suspects without trial.
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Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 6930, 1 February 1906, Page 2
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