TROUBLE IN RUSSIA

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1791, 23 June 1906, Page 2

TROUBLE IN RUSSIA

Bu telegraph, Pees* Ata'n, Copyright Bt. Petersburg, Judb 21. A portion of tbo Sevastopol garrison mutinied and Boizad throe guns. Thoy wore disarmed without lighting. A bomb wounded M. Humbort, an un' popular Governor of Kovno prison, and grievously wounded tho doputy-govornor. Thousands of J cws aro flooing towards Austria and Germany, London, Juno 21. Mr Runeiman replying in the House of Commons on behalf of Sir Edward Grey, said the Government could not interfere reßpeoting the massscres in Russia. Now York, June 21. President Roosevelt sent a sympathetic message to tho Jewish mooting in New York, but deolared offioial aotion in regard to tho Russian massaoros was impracticable. RABCALITY OF OFFICIALS. Bjj telegraph, Pjress Asa'n, Copyright

Received 9.39 p.m., June 22, St. Petersburg, June 22.

Sbohepkin, one of the Douma’s Oommissionors, obtained evidence that minor police officials instigated and organised the Bieloßtok massaore, higher officials of tho military observing benevolent neutrality. At a turbulent sitting the Doumt refused to tolerate Slolypin’s defenoe of the arbitrary actions of officials, and hissed Stolypin and Prince Urusoff. M, Plate, Under secretary of the Interior, in a remarkable speech, deolared that while occult influences remained in virtual control of the Government, no Ministry, not even the Doumas, were able to restore order. The propaganda of massacre would oontinue.

Btolypin’s attempt to reply aroused suoh angry demonstrations that the sittings bad to be suspended. A general strike has oommenced at Lodz, on the anniversary of the outbreak of revolutionary disturbances.