RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7966, 1 November 1905, Page 3

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS.

BLOODTHIRSTY REACTIOHARIES. Terrible Scenes at Odessa and Tiflis. st. rtmatsiH it':, ix-t. ao. The leaders "A Koactionary parly arc doing thvir utmost to incite the Czar t»» direct wri Tr«pelt lo US*-' his l'H,lMMl)snlili*TS Mini machine giinb. M. dr? Wilt*.' expressed his auia/**nil lit that anyone should d«*sire to mow down jteople Waiving in an orderly manner. M. Ue Wittv's freiMom of the press merely permits temporary discussion of the Duma's elections. Oct. :tn The Daily Mail declares thai General lYepoli hug completely cowed thu capita!. St. PCTKKSMTfcI, Oct, 3»V There have been terrible scenvs of bloodshed at Odessa.

Cossacks and gendarmes, after shooting those manning the barricades, pursued the.frenzied mob into houses and garrets.

Hie number of victims 1.9 not known, as tfed police instantly re-

moved tho bodies. , Tho infantry are considered untrustworthy ami are confined to bartacks. Except the railway men the strikers at Kfearkofl huve resuim-d work, cwing to the fJovernor withdrawing ihe troops ami allowing the people .to peacefully bury their dead. A regiment of the tirmluo Hussars refused to assist the police in dispersing a railway men's meeting at Warsaw, which the <»ovvrnor had previously sanctioned. Anarchy and bomb throwing is

rampant at Tiflis. A military traiii * was derailed, and several persons Wore killed.

A large numtier of Just ins of the ■ I'ettce a I St. Petersburg ami artists ; at thu Imperial theatres have decided to strike. Doctors Bml chemists h.i\r resumed work at Kietf. At Odessa they arc actively engaged in ambulance 1 work. Sanginnary Conflicts. Storming the Barricades at Odessa. \ _______ (Received Uct. TO, 9.00 p in.) iSt. PETEKSIH.'KC, Oct. 31. Sanguinary, conflicts are proceeding in f tnram \ provincial centres, .whpro the striken are extending. 'the troops woumied many persons at Kiga. They also killed -l'i anil wounded 00 at Keval, Tb'e Ccssacks stormed the Odessa barricades, killing 120 and wounding 200. :i \ Workmen compelled the closing of shops and restaurants, and overturned the trawcars. Tbe Czar's Manifesto. A Characteristic Document, (lkix-ived Oct. :tl. 1'" 17 i> in ) St. PI'.TERSHIHO, Oct :ti. 'Hie Czar issued a manifesto bite last vveiiing declaring "that. the troubles and agitations in our capital, and niu-eroii.-, other places, lill our heart "with great and iKtiiiful - tow. The hi'ppimss of a Sovereign Is imlisßjolitl ly iHiumr up with the happiness of his iH'tiplc. wild til-' sur\ow of the |iui>p!e is the wirn »' oi th<> Sovereipi. These agitations may cause ;i great national dtsor(Tanisation and nienaco the integrity and unity of the Empire. Tim supreme tlutjl imposed on its by our sovereign 'mission r'*i'iires lis to ''ilace ourself with all "tir reason ami all our power, so n 1 - to hasten the cessation "f th». troubles which are so ■danp'rous to the State." •"llßvinß directed the authorities to prevent, opcri -disorder ami '\ cesses, and to protnl/ our peac-abb-KUbjoetx; «ro bav<! nf<igiris.-il that in order to assure the success of the ' general measures of pacilicalion. it is imtisprusabl-o 'o co-ordinate and miify power in the central go\.raiment." (Received Oct. :!1. 1 " p tti .) St. PKlF.llsni UO. Oct. HL Tlic maiiifi-sto continued : "Wa therefore dirvct the f!ov eminent to ntwtain from any interference with the elections to the Puma, kirping In view our sincere ilrsire for the realisation of the ukase of December 2."> th. 1901. The Onvernment must maintain the Duma's prestig-e. exhibit confnV*ncc in its labours, and notTresist its decisions, while not inconsistent with Russia's historic greatness. One must identify oneself with the ideas of the great majority of society, not the echoes of "noisv groups and factions, too often unstable. It is especially important to secure the reform of the Council of the Kmpire on mi elctAenal prinrinle. I believe in the exercise of executive power. The following principles should fie emtwdied : (Received Xov. 1, 0.1 a.m.) St. I'ETER.SBI Rfi, Oct. 31. "Firstly,i straightforwardness and sincerity in cortfirmaticn ol civil liberty, and providing a guarantee for its imaintenance; secondly, a tendency towards the abo'ition of exclusive laws ;thirdly. the co-ordina-tion and activity of all the organs oi the f ;l fourthly, i the avoidance of repressive measures in respect to proceedings which are not openly a menace to society or the State: fifthly, in regard to acts which are manifestly thrcatejiinß to « Society or the State, punishment will lie based upon law and on moral, unity. With a reasonable majority, confidence must lie placed in political tact. Society will be intpessible it it desire anarchy, which, heHides the horrors of civil strife, will iiismember the Empire. •"'We therefore dine! the Oovernjnent to grant the population the immutable foundations of civic lilr>-rty. based on thd real inviolability <■( tlie person, frd-donv < f conscience, s|K-ech, union, and association. Secondly, without deferrin*; the elections tc thu I'unia. to call to a participation in the Utiuia as tar as possitije jtl view of the tltorlness of time lict'oru it assi'inbles. those classes now coinpli'telj tieprivtd of electoral rights leaving thu ultimate development ol the principle of electoral rip;lits in general to the newly-t^tablislt.il le<;islaiive .h----tler. Thirdly , to establish the immutable rule that no law can come into forcv without tlh' luitiio'.* op|iro\iirg, thus iir.ikrng it possible:for the elected of til'' people to exercise a real pariicipation in the surervision air.l legalit.v of the Acts M aittb. mm-.

, ".Wr appeal Id ;tll ftlilllhll S«'US of Itussu io rcmuulx'i thi-ir duty U» th»* Fat fn-rlaml. ami to aitl in tmiinjf th»- tiitpr<r<*|i»iit«-i| troubles. applying all .th»*ir| ioriv.-, to m-oprnt-t i<vii in i our natal mml." Reported Harder ol Two AdmiralsVessels Under a Revolutionary Flag Warsaw Isolated. (Ui-<vive*! Nitv, 1. o.rif> a.m.) St. PKTKKSHWHJ. Urt. : J ,1. Thm» ar»» [KTsistvnt. reports at Oilvssa lhat the ovus of four war* ships have mtinKi.tl Atlrniruls TliriIcff air."l Chuktrin at (latiisun, ami sailwt for Schestopul umlcr a revolutionary flag. Warsaw has l/»vn compiotfly isolated simv thi| wvws of th«* Vistula gt«»aimT.s struck. The *ii»lcommunicat ion Nortfw»rn Russia ami 1 lie n>L < i EurofKj is vra tho <.'ivat Northern Ftnhnnl-Swtili-ii cnlH«». The only t»'l»yrapl?ic mil no'miration with StMilln'm Russia is wa fltfwm oitd C'uubtuuLaiuplo,