TROUBLE IN RUSSIA.
I’RKSS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT St. Petersburg, Sent. 5.
In tho case of open riots tho Czar lias authorised the Governors-General to establish special field courts, composed of officers of tlie day, at, which rioters will be tried immediately after the crime is committed. Inquiries and witnesses will he unnecessary, and the sentences are to bo executed forthwith. No appeal will be
icrmiUed. Tho Russian Government declare that
they intend to execute agrarian reforms on the basis of the absolute inviolability of private ownership of land They have sanctioned the Jews establishing elementary secondary schools.
TALK OF REFORMS,
PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Received 10.47 p.m.. Sept, 6, St. Petersburg, Sept. 0.
It is officially stated at St. Petersburg that the Government have established a court martial for political crimes, with i .creased penalties against revolutionary propaganda. It has boen firmly determined to preserve order. Government have resolved on liberal reforms ; greater provincial autonomy will be accorded; they will establish zemstvos in Poland and Baltio provinces; introduce an income tax; reform the police and other public services. The statement adds : Needless restriction on Jews will be removed forthwith.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1854, 7 September 1906, Page 2
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