Russia's Internal Troubles.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7961, 26 October 1905, Page 3

Russia's Internal Troubles.

Concessions to Allay the Turmoil. Will the People be Gulled ? U>NIK)X. Oct. 21. The Daily TelegruiHi's St. 1 V»r>rsburg correKponsh-nt states that vhr Czar has resotw.t on virtually a constitutional regime, with M. il«» Witte as Minister Preshiviit. with largo p< utTJj. (R<*r<»i\rd Oci. 25. p.m.} St. I'KTKKSBrKC. (tel. H.l. The Government intvml to grant IrUwly to the prt*s, rights of association public meeting. ami to endow thu peasant*# with State lands. Apparently it is not 'iiiteinle;! to voluntarily grant a Constitution fwforc the lrnvtiitg of the Duma. in the hope that the concvsMons w ill allay the constitutional movement without the esltiwmm of thv suffrage or the endorsement irf the legislative character of the hiinm. hut -indications ptint the othvr way. The Striles Meet Food Sopplies. Railway and Aqueducts Damaged. Looting by Rioters. Uniiersal Suffrage Demanded. (Received Cel. 25, lO.ati p w ) St. PI-.Tt'.RSHURO, Oct. i.j. The stoppage th- Nikolai ra'lwav deprives St. Petersburg of 70 daily twin loads <>f provisions. Some 71IU0 Moscow strikers damaged the St. Petersburg railway, also the aqjueducts supplying a portion of 'Moscow Willi waler s A massed and armed body of workmen made a demonstration at KJarJtolT, but the cavalry dispersed lliem. Disturbances, accompanied by looting, occurred at Katcrinostov. Fresh reform strikes have thrown idle 36,00(1 workers at Lodz and Parlance. The railway men's deputation to the Russian Hoverinmnt thrrateningJy demanded universal suffrage-