RUSSIA REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7967, 2 November 1905, Page 3

RUSSIA REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS.

„ u Acceptance of Concessions Doubtful. LONDON", Oct. :'.!. Keuter's Si IVt.rsburg cnrrvSpon- , dent irports flint the C/ar chargvA M. ,le Wine with the arrangement and miiucation of the wcrk of the various Ministers of State as a preliminary ,to sanctioning Hie draft law creating a Council of Ministers. Th* Times' St. Petersburg cnrr,«piMid.irl states that only a few thousand are aware ol the manifesto, ami that it is doubtful whether the revolutionary leaders who demand J* universal suffrage and a Const ilu<M,t Assembly will be satisfied with thenar's ronci-ssionh. Th,- employee* ~i t|,» lino-rial ltank struck, but reamm-d «h.'u thoi heard the C/ar had signed a constitution.

Recep ioi of tot Manifesto St. IT,TEHST;|;H(i o vt ;.,1. The manifesto ,\\tw received with shouts ot joy in St. Petersburg, Warsaw, and elsewhere, but thworkmen are irritated at the ababsence of an amnesty. IViuonstratioiMi were made in St • Petersburg all night, professions. with red |flags. cheering the manifesto.

r On M. de Wittc-'s recommendation, I the Oar emphasised the need for thequalisation „t all Russians beiure the law. irrespective of religion ami nationalities. Sixty-three youths ami girls are missing in Odessa. A bomb was thrown at the trooits guard ng the Technological Institute in SI Petersburg. It killeil several C'ossack-s ami wounded olh_crs.

Fuomble Effect on the Exchange. LONDON, Oct. .11. Russian ami othi-r securities Imve improved on the Stock Kxchairg.-. as the result of tin- manifesto. Termination of Railway Strike. SI. I'KTKKSiiI It'!, I let. :il. The strikes on ih»; Moscnw-St. Petersburg, Moscow-Kazan, anil Mor-Qow-Archangrl railway lines have terminated. **

Conieytnce of Despatches. St. PETKH.situu;. Oct. :ii. Foreign financiiTs will r.-iurn tn St. Petersburg in c. to reBUUK- loan m-gxitiaiions. 11l ortkT to umiirtain coiiimiutica' tion b«'t«xv» ihi- urts atiPnlsilam ami Ppterhoff. 1 in- I'zar has tuo'pwil tin: Kaiwr's ( .i th.? sorvkes <>i tie thinl ami fifth Arrtiran (or|v»lik bjiat divisions to cim\\\ tlfspati-lii s during the strike hrtwi-vn Mvnicl and IVU'rhnfT. Tlit Lurid Side of fiebellioo. .st I'KTBitsm ik; im .11. There has been much lighting at Lodz, where Polish and .Jewish Socialists have decided In continue the strike. A company of infantry refusal to firu on a prrCPssitMi. The soldiers wen; arrested. Incendraristr, is rampant in M t>s - Cow. Soldii- s -are . nrumju Jin the precincts of ihe Kn-inlin ; ih»\v arc afraid to or-upy tin- tarrocks. lest the hmhlings shnnVd )*> taring. Itajtri* of atv (»lijidi"rittir tl«'80i'l>H private flats. Only large detachim-nts oi' troops dare to wiitim* on the stnvls. Although thh'ssa is .slightl\ •porter, the Cossacks continue to hrutal1> ill-treat |*acefnl n-sitN-nN. piliau** Jioiih'S. an-d lie-atj some jhtsohs to ileaUi. They drajr vvimini ai.d rliiMX*n to prison. Mibiirtin-r tiiuu to shocking treat Tln> Ha\»-iiv-/Jiieatly fired u|N»n «h«* imiht.i! pcocosions of their nun \ictims; al>Ujnm Hul Cross detachim-nt*. \ ___

Poland Wildly Excited. Demand for Self-Governracnt and Amnesty. Martial Law in Warsaw. A Freely Elected national Assembly! Wanted. I (Received Nov. 1, !U7, pit.)' St. PETBRSHI'Hr:, Nov. 1. Poland continues wildly cxc ;, <d. Hie Warsaw-Vienna railway eei-ploy.-es will remain on strike until the Government grant incnt for l'oland, amnesty to political prisoners, and a pemi*. to «>■• the l'olish language, Cossack Lancers attacknl i-.d dis|H.twl o great, revolutionary demonstration in th«j stmts of Warsaw. Tho citizens wore forbiiklen to Ic-iv? their homes after 8 p.m. on pain cf Arrest. Thu miners in thu Sosnowiie distrtct of Warsaw struck, end roi-iPel leil the compositors to nt.y s>:'\\m. The Czar's manifesto »as se: to je\ songs, which th\ .sang in the struts. The troops at Ilelsiiigfurs r.-iiik: 1 to fife OU the people. A great meeting oi riti/ens derjnnrtcd the cessati(rn of Russian opfwession. ami the convocation of the Pict to prepare a scheme for a freely elected. National Assembly, also freedom of the press. 11k CoVcruoMleneral assured the < ! ti7ens he ha;l just received a telegram abrogating all JHctatorsliip d.screes. and summoning tie- T>kt.

An Imposing Demonstration. Demands of the People. Police and Troops Inactive.

(fH<feivcd Nov. 1. 9 .11 |i m.) St. FETKUSIH HC. Nov. 1. -ftn immense 'procession of workmen. men students, and srirmil Inns, earning ml flags, tl.mioiisi rated in the Kevske Prospect, singins thv Marseillaise ami i) revolutionary sim«s, and compHlmg Ih»- police to remove Iheir caps, and tin- troops to salute the flng^ The s'opp*fl at Hie po'gil where tlnj massacre ocrum-d <m "Ifcil Surolu>." They uncover.-.! and sang the hymn for the dead with inipri-ssiv.' efTi-ct. Outside t hi■ otlices of the 11<liera 1 Start thi-\ afcain sang a dirj?.-. anil ontaidi' 'he IHiversii i. which uas iiecoratitl mill nil fla:: -. orator.-, proclwitned 'rnimph oi tli<- prol.'- < M jini and ' Id' downfall of tie- An- j ti cr;t<">. Tlu\\ il.-jiiand. .1 lh" wilhdrawal of Hoi.ps in mi 11..- capital. 111,, release of .ill poliiir.il pri.-oTi.T.-. •mil* the r. iir. iii.-iii of C.-hnal 'IV.• ll.rfT Til" P"!'I'*' 1 '*' .'l'd "oops did 11..1 ■attempt interfere even uli.n the Einperor »as cotitiinpl noiisly ndviwil j,, ;ilidii.'al e and retire !•> Loifdon. or wlrn tin. crowd d.-stroyd Hi.- U,i*ian 11. 'K rarrinl ■l>V :.om- pa-trio'tr (lemons! rat or*.

[ I Officii! Ignorance of Black Sea Milting | . A Diplomatic Governor. - Fierce Figbtimg at Odessa and LoJz. (HvCeivfl I- ' (l -9 pm ) Sf I'KTKKSIJI K<!. N.iv I. llussian i>tli<ials |irufi-ss in Ik-im-m-marr '""liny T It-- Wait, #<»•». ■'•"'V «ho muril'T if tinAdnrinii^ •! o<ies!ju b iraiitßull.v dcliffiiteU villi

111.- maniiVsto. jsp.ii.-li from th- (Jmvrnnr, who -1 j - plomatically .-a11,,! for -il„-.-o cheers i..r lb.- constitution, promising i.i ! lib-rale all thosv an-,-M,d ~y lho Cnssm-ks. Later. .",(, «„rkn„„. Mipposnl 1„ be disguis,,! policemen, -assist,,l the roughs l<> pin,,.!,.,- tl,i> Jewish shiips Wh.n the tni»,| ui„| („ assisl tlu , shopkeepers , t i„. Cossacks chai-uv,!, | killing an.l ttulll.dlng many. .\11,.11t <»Nt Kludents tl„.,i' procured anus, ami ii-rcc fighting continues All the factories, theaties. ami schools are closed at Heval. Many n-iv killed and Hounded unit!;: In the Coventor cnlering Uie r-wiliii binary iii.m-i inn. M. I'obi-.lon. st/eft. Procurator ~< the 11..U Synod. | l; , s resign,.,!.

M. de w.tte Optimistic. The Hi / Cabinet. <1:«v.v..l \,, v . |. |i, ||, ~~, , si. i'i:ii;i:si;t it,:. \.,\ i M il.. Witt- appears ~,„1i.| f bent; ahl- to guide t|„. nation Iran'l'lilly into th-paths of ,-0u5,it,,!,,.„alism.

Ihe L'ulini...( will tentatively consist of 1 rinc- Al<-.\is Oholciiskv. Minis!,.i of th,- liiU'rinr : 11. Homanoff. Jlir.ist.r of riii.w : M, K.ni. an at,l, jurist and senator. 3lini.st.-r of .lusti.v: \l. Kmsovsky. Pivsid.-nt of th,. St. Petersburg Hum*. M. il,. Wilte holds no portfolio at pr.-sent. Th.- Ministers «rf Foreign A Hairs, War. ami Marin,' n-inain unchanged. 'Pin.' Cossacks ami polio- resent the manifesto. t-Tln-y provoke,] disorders ot Odessa. Poliave, and KishintelT, killing many without provocation.

H. de Witt's Part io the Manifesto. I Tie Constitution comes too Late, 1 in Avowal of Weakness. Mf.n-iv.sl Nov. ]. II :{<» ~.,„.) St. I'KTKKSHI !«;. x,,v. 1. Hi.- portion of the manifesto coin- " C "'S «"iih ihe words : ■"abstain irom any iii!.TlVn-nc.- with thi; clccliiins to tli,- iiationul Duma" ■?» the words - wiiiihl dismember itbe Knipiro" were rvcomiiifiNtatiims made by M. <h- Witt.- to the (Var. who approve! them for the guidance of the • ■oveinment.

LOXIKVX, Xov l \ The Times' St. Pet. is Mug coni-s-I'omiout says the constitution came too late, ami satisfi.-.! iiob.nh- except! Iti.j very moderate, ami thai the hulk of the St. Petersburgers regard the manif.-slo as an avowal gf weakness anil an incitement to further agitation.