AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA. DISTURBANCES CONTINUE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1389, 25 February 1905, Page 2

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

DISTURBANCES CONTINUE.

By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association —Copyright. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 23. .The Moscow, public is callous regarding the assassination of Sergius Theatres anil restaurants are in full swing.. There is no pretence at regret! ■Ali traffic on the .Vicrma-Warsaw railway has been suspended. The attempt to utilise military stokers was abandoned after four engines had been ruined. VV' The strikers insist on eight' hours and higher wages. . • A general strike on the IVistullo and St. Petersburg railways is hourly expected. Rioters at W a rsa vJ'JKgai led five factories to-day, an;ifL T Jgupelleil the workmen to leave. .9 Troops were summoKed and fired at the strikers. The police arrested many, hut the menaces of tho crowd compelled their release. Owing to tho anarchist condition of Batounir the Messagcries Maritimes, Austrian-Lloyd’s, and Cam-p-agno Paqjuet steamers will not call until the .Government are able to ensure commercial security^ Received 12.27 a.m., Feb 25, . St. Petersburg, Feb. 24. The Sergius funeral will be conducted indoors, as the Kremlin communicates with Ghudor Monastery, where the body is lying. The Grand Dukes Paul, Constantine, Alexis, and Marie will be present.

It is reported that the Grand Duchess Elizabeth visited her husband’s assassin in prison. The Czar and family, Grand Duke Vladimir, and others attended a requiem, at TsarkusJo. ' strike on the Nistula railway has s’opped direct communication between Warsaw and Germany, v