THE CRISIS IN RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7998, 8 December 1905, Page 2

THE CRISIS IN RUSSIA.

MASSACRING THE KIEFF MUTINEERS. THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM. Received, December 7 10.47. St. Petkbsbukg, December 7. Two huud'ed of the mutineers at Kieff were hemmed in and shot down by Cossacks aud Loyal regiments iu a narrow lane whore they were betwee 11 two f "OS. Washington, Dec. 7. Senator Root has been informed ti'at St. I'etcrsbr'g was quiet on Tuesday, but that the people were secretly arming. A WOMAN SHOOTS A GENERAL. REVOLUTIONARY FLYING COLUMN. UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE SUPPOUTED. Received 8,1.5 a.m. London, December 7.

The Daily Telegraph states that a woman belongiug to the revolutionary Fhlug Column, designed to spiead terrocalled-ift the Governor of Saratoff's residence and asked io sec General Sakhrrofli, fovmerly Minister of War, who was engajed at Saratoff in suppressing gvarian anots, and tranquiLsing the peasantry. The woman fired three shots from a revolver, killing General Sakharoff on the spot. The Fl) ing Column aims especially at the abol: ; ion of capital punishment, St. Pexebsbueo, December 7. M. Gouchkoff, M. Shipoff, and other Moscow Conservatives .support universal suffrage, believing it to be universally demanded. COSSACKS JOIN MUTINEERS. SITUATION VERY CRITICAL; DICTATORSHIP HOPELESS. Received Dee. 8, 1.20 a.m. St. Pj'temei'bg, Dec. 7. Some Cossacks joined the reeent mutineers at Kieff. The gunners and sappers at St. Petersburg a - e discounted, and the garrison is ripe for mut'iiy. Several mutinies have occurred in the Warsaw and Vi.'ua districts. The situation is so critical that a dictatorship is considered hopeless. HARBIN IN FLAMES. EFFECTS OF DISCONTENT. Received Dec. 8, 1.5 a.m. St. Petkiisbu£o, Dec. 7. Many of the mutineers ot A'ladivos. tok have been executed. Harbin is in ilaincs, the origin l unng similar to that at Vladivostok. Thewl'olc Manehuvian army is sceth" ing with discontent. Numerous excesses and wholesale rioting have occurred.