RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7965, 31 October 1905, Page 3

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS.

ARMING THE PEOPLE The Authorities Hopeless and Helpless St. I'K'l'lillSUtlU!, Oct. 2U. Tin- Uussian Government has'postponetl for the present loan lieffotlatinos until a dump- in the internal situation improve:, tlf.; foieign money markets. The garrison ot ' lYler-liurj; lias been reduc si to i-Jiling salt meat. Till', nation s- rifle shops ;l I 'l fnctorieh at llev.il tune lieen pliiinl-ml. Crowds. annul with rv.olveis, pn--veutiil the lire brigade fnnn extinguishing an incurdiary lire in the • theatre. The Moscow} Gazette appeals to true Russians It) assemble in Hie churches, when- they would lie organised ami anm-,1, prciiai|itory to attacking the strikers. The appeal is interpreted as meaning t-liat tin; authorities are helpless ami hopeless. fie Car Accepts the Liberal Programme Representative Assembly Granted. Industrial System Paralysed. (Received Oct. 3(1,9.10 p.m.) LONDON, Uet. an. The Daily Telegraph's St. Petersburg correspondent reports that at* midnight, after many hours' conference with M. 'lc Witte, l-'ar accept! d tlie Liberal programme, appointed M. dc Witteas Premier, and resolved to grant a representative at'scmbly, whicb is to be ol a lully representative character. The Imperial manifesto fs expected to-day. This uews was brought from Pcterhof hy steamer, llie telegraph and telephone lines beiir; till. Fully a million and a-half workmen tiavosliuck. Ill;* whole industrial , svstii» is paralysed. Troops Disaffected. Armed Insurrection in Progress. (Received Oct. 30, 9.1C p.m.) st. pi:ti:rsburg, at. 30. There are many reported disaflections amongst the troops.

According to some reports the strike is liktly to terminate shortly, since the Socialists desire to avoids | collision with the troops until De- | cember cr January, when pieparations for an armed insurrection will be completed. I The day passid oil quietly in St. Petersburg. Repressive Measures at St Petersburg. Moscow and Warsaw Wires Cut. Strikers Control Water Supply. An At aed Conflict Urged. % (Hetiiuil CXt. ; f». |uu.) St 1 KTI HSUUIKi, «'ct. ■»". Crowds paraded the streets, the trWps dispu ini; those attempting tu bold meetings. The Univeisity and all the hif;lui educational istablishnK'its weie dosed. There has liccn .11 alaiwing 111 crease of hooliganism. Telegraphic coinniunß.itii n with Moscow and Warsaw Ins ivasid. crowds at Moscow t li * ' lives ol the operator-;. Cossacks arnsitd 12" Socialists wbu were holilinj; a meeting in a furSi at l'abianuv. Then cuimadrs tried to mew Hie prisoners hut the Cossacks volleyed, killing one and wo«ndins A famine threatens lad/, and the inhabitants arc airaid to leave their (iiuurs. The uianiilaetiiieis 11hae left the town.

All meetings and processions arc dispersed The strikers cCt-i ;o restore llie Moscow water supply if tliey are allowed complete control «>t Hie reservoirs, Willi the i it:hl to suspend ihfinpply at will. A treat meeting of all classes urgcd the prosecution of an armed conflict, and the creation ot a Committee cl Public Safety. Street Fighting in Odessa. Tramcars Used For Barricades, in Ominous Compact. (Received Oct. 31), 9.10 p.m.) St. PETERSBURG, (ki. 'in Street fighting commenced in Odessa on Sunday aJleinoi.n [ Alter a huge crowd had compelled , the closing of shops and trUanrjnts, they seized the tramcars, j id erected barricades.

The Cossacks fired, killing four and wounding 18.

, A deputation from other regiments asked the Workmen not to (ire, the troops promising that they themselves Would shoot in the air if ordered to quell disturbances.

Abolition of Mariial Lav. Soldiers Murmur at Tbeir Work Sacrificing the Czar (Krceived Oct. ;J", It.in p.m., IjOXI>OX, Oct. .in. 'JIk Daily, Telegraphs cprrrsptTirrl--I*l it also HtiaU-b thut the L'/ar luis r*v lu abolish . mat tntl law throughout thu Hiupin'. The J line's' St. !ronvsporolent reports that the ' is incapable nl' e>«.*n llk .svinblance of aufhoriu. In view of thv nation's pas-i\e revolt. ihi; soldiers openly murmur .it .lite derailing work e\p«T»i-»l of th'-uj. Two hundml sailors al St. IVlersIxirg have toutif Tin- Ministers al IVteihof flaw ili\ided 'lie Court in a revolt uyaiu v * the C/i«r. Tb«> majority of the Ministers ami (.b'liei'al TrepolT ad\ise nu iimmdialc t'tir-ti'ut ion, but th»» reactionaries advise .a tliC'atorbiiip uinl«r tin- Uianci Alf\i- J-jna-Vock Republics Proclaiied. Local Aatborities Powerless. Finnish Sympathy for Russians. (U.-o'ivtil Ocl. 11.1*1* p.m.) si I'KTKlisin U(j. ort. :;o. .Thf» M'tuafi'.n m ihc .pry\iar«-s is xviirw than in thv capital. Mock n-p'rbiics iiavr lni*n proclaimwl in wv<t«l cities. Tho local authorities in main

places are so powrlrss that the * CoinmilUvs of Safety formal maintained order. The Finns 'are developing a sudd«n SympaHiy /or tin* Kussinns. Then

are 1"U0 troops in I-'inlnn«l. since the '.a*"* di^pl.»vsuch revoluti<»nar> Ivaninu', that Btey we recalled.