THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8177, 9 August 1906, Page 3

THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.

GEVERAL POLITICAL STitIKE FAVOKED. JIOKE GOVERNMENT PROMISES

St. An._-.i-t An._-.i-t 7. Fifleon tl.oii-nn I men employe.l in the Government pow.l.r niiif-s at ot;a--ta have struck ; a!-<i lite ti runway ami bonded warihnuc hand- in M.s'o'.v. No newspapers are issued.

The .Social Democrat-; hLI four meetings in Moscow, and o'itniu'd preponderance of votis in lavoiir of :•. political strike, 'lU> Sixial 1ie.u1..tionary Party vainly th.it th. time was inopportune, as they v.* inot prepared. It is eetni-oHkially nnnoune. d that the Government is able nnd d tenr.m ed to restore order with energy and firmnw, and give immediate elt.-vt to prudent reforms withm the limits of the law.

London. August 7. The Tinier' St. Petersburg correspondent dedans the Government's inSane reactionary policy bas driven the Constitutional Democratic Party iiito the background, thus* yielding to the psrtitana ot violence. A HALF-HEARTED STRIKE. Kcceived Bth, 'J.io p.m. St. Peiebsbceu, August 8. The strike in St. Petersburg is halfhearted and some factories arc resuming. STATE DOCUMENTS STOLEN. RcceiTcdJXth, I'.it p.m. St. Petebsui'bi;, August S A party of unknown men obtained admission to a hall, where a Courtmartial had been held in Sevastopol and stole 18 volumes of documents.

STRIKE COLLAPSES. THE NEXT DUMA ELECTIONS. THE CZAR'S WISHES THERETO. Received 8, 10.5'J p.m. St. Petes uhec;, Augist 8. The strike at has collaised. The Strile Cominhte'- m Russia have decided that a g- n. a! strike is inopportune. M. Stolypin, in a circitla', bids the authorities at next election ti explain to the electors the Czar's wishes with regard to the charader of the Dumi. It hi inferred that Sto'ypin has joined the reactionaries.