RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7968, 3 November 1905, Page 3

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS.

* THE HEW COHSHTUTIOI. V RUSSIA! EDITORS DISTRUST 4 THE GOVEfiHIEHT. i St. PETBRSBCRC, Nov. 1. Moscow received the news of the with enthusiasm. There Were many ,demonstrations in the streets, and only one collision with troops, in which two persons were kiliad. Count do Writte ■had an hour's intW>c« with St. Petersburg .vlit..rs. ptedged Us -word to honour the promises made in the lunnifeste. which would tw faithfully <-«rn.-il _ Toot. He intended to satisfy nil <|emaiKls; only he must hav«l time. *n» new Bum* nouhl lie unable to assemqlcr until January, although the new electoral law was already being prepared. It was intended to give rights to workmen on Vffe system ol the Austrian. Curia. Some of the editors declared that that would not satisfy, ami Count tic I Witte replktl fhat his statement was not necessarily final He implied ilhat tte Duma "would tie left to decide tte qwwtkra ot universal suffrage. and appoalol to thd nliforj !• support him, or. at any rale. not tc oppose him. They replied rol.lly, expressing distrust of Ihr- tiovernnient's apparent zeal for reform, and demanding the withdrawal of the t'os-

Count <kvjWith* promised to restrain the Cossacks. Conflicts between t-he troops ami 12* crowds in many cent-res are reported. Attempts to hrenk open "the jraols Hi Pol lava ami Hialystuk were repulsed and several ivrsuus killed. J • J ' Fijktinf «t Messi. i .St. PKTBKSIIIHG. Nov. I. I'p to 8 o'clock .vvsienlu.v evening ; 37 persons wvrtj killed in Odessa and 81 seriously wouudeil. Fighting Continues.

Believed Conflicts With tbe Troops. Strike to Continue St. PCTEKSIIL'tti;. .\»v. 1. llcscrvlsts a' PiotrolT refusnl to fire on a crowd f carrying' ml flags, whereopon the officers emptied their revolvers, .wounding- sewrul tloimmfitrators. Troops fii\«l on ft crowd of workmen at Pahtankx*. killing eight ami wounding 124. l«ate in it Ik* sever collisions occurred in St. IViersburg bfctwein thtf enwds ami troops, a number berng wounded Tito Central Strike Committer in*ist that the cmly way to real appeasement wiH <** to convoke a Constituent Aswiubly eh«ct«xl by the Urrivcrs.il, direct, and secret suffrage ef all mlnlt citizens, without distinction of creed, or sex. or nationality. and prevision for all guarantee! civil fmsloin. They there- ' foro declare the strike continue*. I Outside the larger cities the manifesto -has been hailnl with gratitude, and patriotic processions thronged the churches. !/>\OOX, Xov. |. Russian slocks are buoyant. Four per cent*. r*»&« by in Loudon. v Paper Promises Hist be Fulfilled. * Demand For Amnesty.

St. PKTKHSIirH. - v «»v. 1 A rescript, in gracious terms accepts M. Pobiedo»o:it*eifs resignation. Count dc Wittc appealed to the editors to assist in calming opinion and ensuring the d».-sitvd reform. but. * they wavered Intuecn opposite opinions. It was desirable thai, the pr«*ss and country should display moderation. The editoij »>f the Novw Vienna, replying, warned Count de Witte that the Government's re|*atud promises on paper must be fulfilled, and that an amnesty must tx; grants. IH» Witte replied that this was under consideration. in Imposing Demonstration. Finnish Settlers Appeal to the Czar. General Political Strike. (Uecivcd Nov. *J. ltl.j p.m. I St. I'KTERSKI HO. Nov. ». _ Another encounter occurred al Warsaw, w+ierein the infantry kilkd lour ami wounded 30. Demonstrator* iir a procession numbering at least a totnnlrnl I housainl marched through the Warsaw streets with red flags, singing revolutionary songs. The troops did not interfere. An 'infantry patrol was attacked, three being wounded, and ' Ihe rest A number of soldiers threw »|o«n their arms Mid joined the crowd. The authorities have lieen ordered to abrogate martial law, aipl a genCral annwsty is expected. The Finnish Si.i«rt<>r». before re signing to make wry for others l 1"* acting th- people's confidence, a|>pealed tc llt<- C'/ar I" r«'|n-at iln- I'ictalorship. suimnon the i>ie'. and redress the military service nu<l otln-r ' grievances. A general pxditieal strike has I" gun in Finland. No newspaJH-rs -are pulilisheri. - l"h<) inland <vl.-_'rnpltic and tele|ihonie sei vires are si np|ml A crowd -disarmed lh'- p'iKlarnn-s at Hemitonia, ami oedi-rnl them to leave.

Appointments Subject to Approval of Ministers, Hussars Do Deadly Work. Killing Jews With Bombs. (Received Nov. 2. 10.",') p.m ) St. PETKUSm KU, ;Xov. 2 An Imperial uKuse directs that all appointments of high! official* in Kassia. except those in Hit 1 military, naval, and tlipluiiiatlc services. shal. be subject to Mho approval of the Council of Ministers. The gendarmes repeatedly charged 1 and eventually disused thv demonstrators on Ihe Xevsky Prospect. St. Peterstmrg, wounding many. The city was quiet at midnight A message from Warsaw, prior to the previous cable, stales that great disorder prevails. The crowd demanded the release of political prisoners. The Chief of Police liheraiid :km» <>f iho.se arrested n-cenMy. 'but refused to release 12 arrested by order of the Central Government. The crowd then began to smash tire tvfrrdows ami doors of the Townf Hall. The Hussars charged, killing 20, severely 'wounding 2*l, and plight Iv wounding SO. TTie Jews at Odessa are tK'fending themselves froinl txiiobs. /7)iie of which killed 1 r* ami wcumted 10. Heavy Casualty List. Black Sea PS 7, ill Well." (Heceived Xov. 2. lo.to p.m.) „ LONDON". Xov. 2. The Standard's correspondent. telegraphing at midnight, estimates ?he casualties at .">OOO. He savs that Gantral Kaulhars apjtears to have lost his head. and that the mob i* cm the verge of Anarchy, being bent cm wholesale plunder. St. peteksisi nc. vor. 2. The nu\ai licrc sutc thai the

Itlack Sea squadron reaelvill 'l'rtlrizond "all well." r.MtIS. Nov. 2. Trench newspapers slale that (.'enerai IrepofT lias resigned. Freedom of Speech Explained Terrible Excesses at Odessa. Police Lead At ack on JenDesperate Fighting and Heavy Casualties Attempted Release of Prisoners.

! ( Nov. 2.11 p.m.) ! St. PKTKKSIH KC. Nov. *J. \ It is o!fiually explained (hat t expression in the maiiifeMo "fnviloni «»f s|Hvch" is meant lo include freedom of tiie press. \\hi!< (ho. situation is improving al St. Petersburg aird Moscow, it remains I'Xtmi-'l.v grave in Poland ami ' Southern Kussia, where there to lit - tie inclination to regaid the Czar's concessions as genuine. Terrible excessrs arc inking place at Od«>ssa. Huge gangs of' hool?. gaits. led hy iHsguiscd police ollicvrs, attacked the Jews./ and d«*sperale lighting ensued. It is estimated that there were 3000 casualties. It is reports! that many soldiers have refused to tin' oil the l»eople, hut fin*! on th»-j Cossacks instead, killing ami wuuttding many. The Cossacks then iired indiscriminatelyThe crowd triMl to storm the prison and release the political prisoners. hut thd soldiers tired and dispersed the crowd.