DISRUPTED RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8163, 23 July 1906, Page 2

DISRUPTED RUSSIA.

WILD RUMOURS AFLOAT. IMPENDOG DOUMA DI3SOLUTION. St. PuTGtWDDua, July 20. Wild rumour* are current in St, Petersburg regarding dissolution of tha Ooum i. Troops are pouring into the city. A TOWN ABLAZE. St. Pbtbbsbcbo, July 20. The whole town of Syzran is aflame, and thirty-six thousand are homeless. Sjveral hundreds perished m the fl lines. STOCK EXCHANGE AGITATED London, July 20. The weakness of Russian securities n depressing all seotions of the Stook Exchange and seriously checking business. SIX NEWSPAPERS CONFISCATED. TROOPS STONED IN THE STREETS. Received 22, 4.29 p.m. St, Pbtbbsbcbq, July 21. Six St. Petersburg journals, the " My.il," " Echo," *' Yolos," " Troda," " Divangatywek," and " Yiestiansky Deputat" have been confiscated and the printing offices closed. Fifty of the Mysl's stafE were arrested. In oonseqnence, angry crowds, Binging the Marseillaise, stoned the troops and police in Vesnossensky Prospect, in the heart of St. Petersburg. The roops replied with blank cartridge. DOUMA MODIFYING ITS TONE Received 23,12.19 a,m. St. Pmasßuno, July 22. The Douma has modified tho revolutionary tendencies of its appeal to the peoplo, and now urges them patiently to await the elaboration af the Duma's agrarian law. ODESSA HARBOR STRIKE ENDED.

| Received 23,12.9 p.m. , ■ 81. Pjstbksscbo, .) uly 23. > Tkc Odessa ended The employers, fearing a continuance w»uld lead to great bloodshed hurriedly consented to most of the demands. CZAR'S INTENDED TOUR ABANDONED. Received 23,12.19 a.m. BeelilN, July 22. The "Koolnisihi Zeitnng" states that the Czar informed the Kaiser thai internal political considerations have compelled him to abandon his intended tour. :