MARTIAL LAW IN RUSSIA.

Kumara Times, Issue 1136, 20 May 1880, Page 4

MARTIAL LAW IN RUSSIA.

The following translation of an extraordinary Ukase by the Emperor of Russia, dated 12th (24th) February;— “ Firmly decided, to put< an end , to the ' repeated attempts of audacious malefactors to disturb the. Slate and , social order in Russia, we hereby decree that the Supreme Executive Commission shall be established at St,' Petersburg for the preservation of State order and social tranquillity;., .. That this. Supreme; Executive Com-/ mission shall consist of a* Chief and of members' to. be nominated by him personally.’ ’ , ; a ;i!hat: the. Chief,,of the Supreme Ekebutiye Commission shall .be Count Loris Melikbffj' Ad j utant Geheral,' &c, That the ndebberS of the Commission bAappbihtedttitli our sanction, by the ’enjoy the righthf further associating; to the Commiaaiop .all;persons whose presence he may ;consider beneficial., :. .fs‘[V?ith .a ;view.;,to concentrating the actiqn.of aulJiorXjties on- the work of State order ‘ and social tranquillity,' the chief of the commission ahhll id All.matters' relating to Such duty; pbsse&A'thb following privileges, vi k (a)’ Supreme authority in St. Petersburg and suburbs, the prefecture of the town being subordinated to him by direct cognisance and jurisdiction in r ail . State offences in St. Petersburg; and the St Petersburg military'circuit.' “ (B)’Likewiße supreme jurisdiction in alTsuch cases in all other parts of the Russian empire.., “Al\ demands made by the chief of the Supreme Commission shall be at’ once complied with by local authorities governdra-gefleral, governors, and prefects as also by all branches of the service not the, military, ■ ; ~ “ All branches of .the service, shall give full .co-operation to the chief of the Commission.' * ’ •■ ■■■■ “ That the chief pf the Commission, when he deems it necessary, shall receive orders and instructions immediately from of the foregoing, the Chief of..the supreme Commission shall promulgate;-all. orders, and adopt, all mbasures which he shall,consider necessary fbi of Jstate : ojrder an d tranquillity'it St; Petersburg and other parts of the empire; aridthaHt shall rest with u him to' define : and ' exact the penalties to be inflicted for-non-compliance with.and non-execution .of such orders and measures. j; / ? of; the.,.Ohief of the Commission and the, measures adopted by him .shall be unconditionally complied with and executed by each and every one, and'shall only bb Abrogated by hirh or by special Imperial Decree. ■ _ “ That with the ' establishment by virtue of this,, pur Ukaae,.of a Supreme Executive, Commission for the preservation of State'6rder ! and'social tranquillity, the^posfof Temporary Governor General ofSt.' i established •by the Ukase of the stbi (17th) February, 1879' is annulled.’,. ; .. Geheral Melikoff is an Armenian by descent, and preserves the characteristic type of that people. A year before the war he lived' here ' quietly with his famjly, T inr a,;.small apartment, and was all but unknown to fame. His brilliant services against the' Turks brought him prominently -forward, and when the plague broke hut in.. Wetlianka he displayed as much energy, aed. capability in combating this, mpre insidious foe as he had previously shown against the Turkish army. His,rule at .Charkoff during the past few months has been remarkably successful, no outbreak having occurred in that most unruly town since his installation as Goyernbr.rh