TROUBLE IN RUSSIA.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1801, 6 July 1906, Page 2

TROUBLE IN RUSSIA.

Be telegr*fil, Pta*a Ass'** CoSayrlihl St. Petersburg, July 4. A regular engagement occurred at Matvitfka between Cossacks and peasants. Many of the latter were killed. The Douma quasbod eleven elections in the government of Tambofl, on the ground of interference by the Administration. Tho Guards regimont at Kiasnieselo have been vigorously isolated, but still manage to hold political meetings daily, Strong guards prevent oiviliaDß approaching the oamp. The inquiry instituted into the Goremy. I dinioto and Bielstok maesaorea resulted in the exoneration of tho offioia's and troops. I Tho report adds : A series of revolutionary l attacks and murders of polioe disorganised I tbo force, henoe a general state of panic favorable to tbo audaoious outrages leading to the outbreak.

London, July 4. Two battalions of tirailleurs and one railway battalion at Aekhabad mutinied and defied the Governor-General. They insist on the dismissal of officers and appointment of other offioers from the ranks.

Tho Times’ St. Petersburg correspondent says that Russia is on the ove of frank concessions or ominous reaction. The only alternatives are constitutional government or ooup d’etat. The Czar has been informed that the Fourth Army oannot be trusted. Toe officers of the guards regiments threaten to resign wholesale. Many ; troops are parading Vladivostok streets | singing revolutionary songs. Infantry I are posted along the principal thoroughfares.