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I'IiOKi'XTTIO.V OF CATHOLIC CLERGY. MOSCOW. March 22. Arcliliislioj> Zopliak, of Petrograd, the Roman C':itln>l io Primate of Russia, and It! priests. are being now tried here on charges. firstly of opposing a decree separating the Church and tin' State: secondly of opposing the requisition of Church treasures; and thirdly, of organisinfi an agitation designed to close the churches with the object of embarrassing the Soviets’ relations with the Vatican. The extreme penalty is involved in the charges. TDK 10 UPHEAVAL. NEW YORK, March 22. The “Chicago Tribune’s” Tokio correspondent says;—“The Tokio City Arsenal has been put under heavy guards, a.s the result of an intense agitation following on the dismissal of 30,000 workmen from these arsenals, in connection with the Government’s arms reduction policy. The workers met, and drafted a demand for a bonus to the discharged men. equal to two years’ pay. and for better treatment for those retained. At the same time they adopted a “go-slow” policy. Gendarmes from Yokohama and other nearby cities have been rushed into Tokio to co-ojH’rato with the police guarding the public properties. VICTORY FOR MINERS. LONDON. March 21. The South Wales coal strike on the non-unionist question has been settled as the non-unionists have joined the union.