The Russian Disturbances
Enraged Peasants Sbet Down.
(Received Aug. 28, 8.56. p.m.) St. PETERSBURG, Aug. 28.
Peasants in the Caucasus, refusing the landlord (Prince Inukhrausky! the proportion of the crops to which he is entitled, the police removed the wheat, whereupon a thousand peasants, armed with pitchforks and bludgeons, demanded restitution. The Cossacks, after ordering them to disperse, charged them and fired 70 being killed or wounded.
The Peasants have tried to shoot Prince Inukhrausky.
Effect of the Edict. St. PETERSBURG, Aug. 27. As a result of the Czar's edict of April 30, an immense number of former Jews have re-embraced Judaism, including a whole village in Astraekan.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7911, 29 August 1905, Page 3
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108The Russian Disturbances Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7911, 29 August 1905, Page 3
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