AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.
SOLDIERS HAVE SHARP CONFLICT WITH STRIKERS.
By Electric Telegraph!—Pec Press Association—Copyright. ' ST, PETERSBURG, April 19. The zemstvo system has been crIcndc'.i to ten Polish and nine western provinces of Russia. Received 8.10 p.m., April 20,ST, PETERSBURG, April 20.lAa attempt by some men of the gun 'department at the Putiloffi works led to a riot. The infantry, who were assailed with iron missiles,, dispersed jfcwuj thousand strikers. A whole regiment occupies -the works,,
GORKI .WANTS PUBLIC. ,TRIAL’,* • ... -j- • PUNISHMENT FOR MUTINYBy Electric Telegraph—Per Press" Association—Copyright. Received 9.30 a.m., April 21, ST. PETERSBURG, April 20, Gorki demands a public trial. He has summoned Prince Mirski and M,, de Witte- as witnesses. Five hundred and sixteen reservists and seventy regulars at Kherson, have been sentenced to twenty months’ penal servitude for mutiny... .TYRANNY IN POLAND,
RUSSIA’S SCHEMES TO OBTAIN money* \ 1
By Electric Telegraph:— Per - Press Association— ? i ■Received 2.57 a.m., April 22. r ST, ; PETERSBURG, April 2IT The Zemstvo Conference intended So meet at St. Petersburg on May :: 7-tfß, but; was nroiiibitf-.H. !;i The only Ministerial concession -to> ; Poland permitting the use of Pot lish language in private gymnasiums has been nullified by a provision that such institutions have' no official ; - right. Pujoils are thus debarred » from the liberal professions, and are •allowed a shorter term of military service. ... . . . '• • v >i Russia Is utilising the funds of -j| public institutions for war put- si it poses, paying 3 per cene. interest! ! '
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1436, 22 April 1905, Page 2
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242AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA. Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1436, 22 April 1905, Page 2
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