Russia's Troubles

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3698, 10 July 1906, Page 3

Russia's Troubles

1 St. Petersburg, July 6. At a Congress of Peasants’ Unions, with delegates from the social revolutionary party, the Labour group and the Finnish Red Guard, held at Helsingfors, it was resolved to call a general rising in the event of the dissolution of the Domna. The trial of twenty-seven members of the Mingrelian regiment for participating in disturbances led to u general strike in Tiflis. The authorities posted quickfirers and guns in the chief thorough* fares. BRITAIN AND RUSSIA. London, July 6. Nearly 300 members of the British Parliament signed a brief but cordial cablegram of goodwill to the Douma. In the House of Commons, Sir E. Grey, in reply to Mr Keif Hardie, said the coming naval visit to the Baltic had no reference to Russia's internal affairs. He spoke hopefully of the increasing good relations between Britain and Russia, adding that comment must be avoided while Russia was in a troubled condition. STURDY REPRESENTATIVES OF RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, July 6. A report has been submitted to the Douma describing the horrible massacres at Bielostock, and accusing the Government of corrupting the army and transforming the soldiers into ferocious beasts. The debate on it was adjourned. The Douma is furious because the police violently assaulted a deputy in the street though he declared himself a representative of the Douma. The Socialists declare that if the incident was repeated the ministers would be prevented from speaking in the Douma.