RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7976, 13 November 1905, Page 3

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS.

Protection of the Jews. Instigators to Violence to be Punished Mr Stead is tn Alarmist (Received Nov 12. '1.12 p.m.) UISIiDN. Nov. 11. Lord Lansdow ne, replying to Mi Wolflsohn, of Cologne, Chairman of the. executive <if I hi' '/Sonist organisation, declares that Hritain greatly Weploros the suffering af the Russian Jews, but has reason to lieltwc that ' Russian! Covcrnuicnt is making t_- every I effort to cml the disorders. and that the Prefect of) Police at St. Petersburg has issued strenuous orders to the police to protect the inhabitants im-,pective of race or faith, the Covi.vni:./-iil tieing iletermimil in punish all instigators to violence. Mr Stead. ,wlni has relurn.il t f . I.ondor.. Miev.'s that more serious developments ar.<- iini>emling in |{Ussia. He urges Lord Umsilowih-. t.. warsihips ami lrans|>orts to Tfinovc Britishers. I Lord Lansdonnt has replied that his did) -not justify Mr Stead's forebodings.

Origin of the Trouble at taiadt Martial Law Proclaimed (Recehed Nov. 12 l.:il p.m.) Si. I'KTI:USIU it!!. Nov 11. The genesis of ihe (rouble at Kronstadt was due to l<> disaffected artillerymen refusing to ii-iurn to Irark racks. Tho. officei onlernl the guard fo fire at the sailors who w\retryiflg to release them. The soldiers refused to obey their officer, who thereupon drew hi.« revolver ami killed two sailors, ami the rest retired mutinous. Tile artillery-men were conveyed to a fortress. j A stormy meeting of sailors follnw- , and 2<HHI poured riotously into the streets, n any artillerymen joining them, demanding that their HI comrades should In- released. This was refused, and riots ensi,.d. A portom of the garrison iyfusn.l t ,, L lire at tin' mutineers fc. .It'ut of lo.fHm blu.'iarkels (Kiiiii inh.il. while the r ,,.| were sun- ¥ pathetic, hut ijumsccnl. F Admiial Itiril.ly 1 ( fif Si I'fci.rs\t burg « m l proceeded tu l.r.ustadl, r "', where .martial law lui:, I.m ~ p,„t "claimed. ' • IOMHiN. N,,., n. Ueiiter's uj,enr ; . reports thai martial law is about to 1,.- proclaimed over the whole of Inland.