AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1380, 15 February 1905, Page 2

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

BURIALS AT LODZ, ; By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. : 13. ..T One hundred and forty-four per-* sons were buried at Lodz. Two hundred wounded are in the hospital. Owing to the indignation oE the people of SoSon.ordjj«ji»siiice the 4 Catherine Ark" largely ( augmented detaci ents o>£ Prussian, mo,unted police arti patrolling .the j||. frontier. • ' j&Bt They are Rowell, if necessary, Syffj enter Russian territory for the pose of convincing the Poles .that unauthorised refugees will not be > allowed to cross the frontier. Concerted measures have beciTCS taken to protect the Russian, railway, bridge across Brinitza. Many reservists at Volliynia anil e'E Poilolla took refuge in the forests. >1 "Reservists arriving at Kicfi begarfvA plundering. They killed a policeman. .The Cos- ! sacks tired, hilling several of the ! rioters. '

BBUTAL ATTACK ON JEWS. By Tole^raph—Press Association—Copy£tg£ Received 12.27 p.m., Feb 14. London. Feb 14. During un anti-Jowish riot at Homel a thousand drunken peasants wrecked a synagogue. They flogged 300 several of whom died, including a girl. 1700 Jews were seriously wounded. The polioe were passive. The committee of Ministers instructed M. Kokovtsff to frame a scheme for im* proving workmen’s lot, giving medical assistance, shortening hours, altering strike laws, and limiting the authority of factory*' inspectors.

A LIVELY BALL. DANCING GIVES WAY TO EEVOLUTIONARY TALK. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrigh Received 1.15 a.m., Feb 15. St. Petersburg, Feb. 14. There was an astounding at the annual ball of the Engineering Institutes at Moscow, held in the Nobles' Assembly Hall, whore the police are forbidden to moke arrests. y Instead of dancing the Marsellaise "was played, the students making revolutionary speeches, and shouting “ stop the war," “ down with autocracy,” Proclamations were issued threatening to mobilise the working classes and upset the Government, which was Russia's worst foe.