TROUBLE IN RUSSIA.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1843, 25 August 1906, Page 2

TROUBLE IN RUSSIA.

PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT St. Petersburg, August 23, The Council of Ministers at St Petersburg is preparing Bills for universal primary education, the repeal of restrictive educations laws in Poland and Lithuania, and equalisation of rights of peasants with other classes.

The Twenty fourth Ural Cossacks regiment at Samaharand imprisoned their officers and elected others from the ranks. The commander of garrison demanded that the mutineers surrender, and summoned the artillery. The people are panic stricken

Cossacks near Tsaritza made a revolutionary demonstration, releasing a prisoner arrested for conducting a propaganda The citizens of Riga are officially invited to purchase breastplates for the police owing to terrorists’ activity. STRAINED RELATIONS WITH BULGARIA. MORE ARRESTS—WARSHIPS SENT ON LONG CRUIBE.

PRESS ASSOCIATION -COPYRIGHT Received 10.5 p.m., August 21. Bucharest, August 21,

Russia’s relations with Bulgaria are Btrainod. Bulgarian newspapers published the contents of correspondence between M. Sehteloff, tho Russian represent dive, and tho Bulgarian Foreign Office. M. Peterhoff’s reply to Russia’s request for assurances that divulgations will not recur is considered unsatisfactory. St. Petersburg, August 24.

The whole of tho social rovolulionary committee and many members of militant organisations have been arrested at Riga, Tbo warships Tsazevitcb, Slava, and Bogatyr are sailing to day for a half-year’s cruise.

Eighteen officers of the Obitt garrison have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment for belonging to revolutionary organisations. The conversion of the State Bank is semi-oflicially contradicted at St. Petersburg.