CABLE NEWS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3604, 30 November 1905, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

The Russian Revolution. f' ♦ , REVOLT AT SEVASTOPOL. St. Petersburg, Nov. 27. A political revolt at Sevastopol organised by the social democratic organisation, comprising sailors, 'soldiers, and workmen, commenced on Friday, when sailors insisted q*n holding a meeting. The troops fired on the voters. Count Witte describes the mutiny as the gravest event ever yet happened. Widespread discontent, approaching mutiny prevails in Manchuria, and insubordination is rampant in Grodno and Charkoff. There is much unrest in the St. Petersburg garrison. The latest telegrams vaguely imply the mutiny is under control. The officials at St. Petersburg fear that if the agitation spreads, a Provisional Government will be proclaimed in Southern Russia, precipating a general rising of peasants. Many in the capital oespair of a pacific solution, declare that the great "] s approaching. Tm J s, PEASANTS’ PROGRAMME.

Russian Peasants’ Congress c | r jsed after resolving in favour of r ivil and political equality, and the nationalisation of the land by the constituent assembly. They recommended boycotting the local authorities, state brandy shops, and taxes on the landed proprietors.

The mutineers at Sevastopol dominate the situation. It is reported that the bulk of the Black Sea fleet is in active sympathy with the mutineers. The commander of the Kieff district refused tq act against the strikers. “A FATAL .BLUNDER.” St. Petersburg, Nov. 28. The president and organisers of the Peasants’ Congress have been arrested under martial law. London, Nov. 28. The Times says the suppression of the Peasants’ Congress is a fatal blunder, since the peasants are the last hope of the Autocracy. THE INDUSTRIAL STRUGGLE. St. Petersburg, Nov. 28. Reuter’s St. Petersburg correspondent reports that thirty-three factories, employing 75,000, have directed the workmen to cease work.

The Zemstvos’ Congress has Unanimously demanded the suppression of auti-Jewish outbreaks, and insists on Jews having equal rights to others. Count Witte appealed to M, Rotrunkevich, the organised leader of the Zemstvos’ majority, to urge the Congress to display moderation.

The Council of Ministers proposes to grant fifteen million roubles to ameliorate the lot of the railway men. Workmen in several of the factories in Moscow have been granted a nine hours working day. Many other factories have closed. The officers of five regiments have written to the newspaper Russ denouncing the employment of infantry for police duty. EXASPERATED SOEDIERS. St. Petersburg, Nov 28. Russian soldiers who landed at

Vladivostock from Japan were exasperated because they had not been repatriated immediately, and quarrelled with the officers. They attacked the latter’s club. Three officers were killed and several wounded. ARMS FOR FINLAND. Copenhagen, Nov. 28. The police confiscated aboard the Danish steamer Arcturus, bound for Finland, a large number of revolvers and cartridges, shipped by Danes.