RUSSIAN TROUBLES.
FiiEEDOM OF CONSCIENCE. Tin: Cllt'ltCH'S UN-CHUISTIAN ATTITUDE, "A IIUNUEIi STIUKE." POLITICAL PKiSONEBS' PROTEST. Itec-eived 11th, 10 p.m. St. Petersburg, May 11. Tiitr Kieil' clergy have petitioned the Council of ifinisters against, tile project before the Domua establishing freedom of conscience, on the ground that it I would be inflicting im imraeritable Hi'oiig if the Orthodox Church was placed on the same level as other sects, and Judaism, Paganism, and Freemasonry. The petitioners declare that such a reduction of the Orothodox Church nlay shake the foundations of the State, One hundred and twenty-eight political prisoners have declared a "hunger strike, ' as a protest against the drastic* prison legulutions. They have already fasted five days.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 120, 12 May 1908, Page 2
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115RUSSIAN TROUBLES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 120, 12 May 1908, Page 2
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