DRAMATIC RUSSIAN ARREST.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1916, Page 9

DRAMATIC RUSSIAN ARREST.

TTTK EK-MIXTSTER FOTi WAT!. The Petrograd correspondent of a London paper lias obtained some details of tlie arrest of General Soukhomlinofl', ex-Minister for War. which, lie says, do credit to the energy and courtesy of tlie authorities in dealing with the ease, and also to t'lie dignified bearing of the ■accused. Tic was taken by surprise when the bouse where he lived was suddenly surrounded at eleven o'clock in the morning by police ■officials, who knocked at the door of the llat occupied by the general, and Siiid they were instructed to search the place thoroughly, and then remove him to the fortress of St. Peter mid St. Paul. ''You are charged with a henious crime," said the senator, upon whom the Kmperor has laid the duty of investigating tlie accusation that the ex-War Minister terribly miscalculated the needs of the army, and neglected to provide it with the munitions necessary for victory last year, "and 1 am forced to place you under restraint." General SoukliomlinofT replied that lie, ■would bow to the authority of the law, but expressed surprise that such a measure was considered necessary. fTc hiiil given 110 cause, he said, for the authorities to think that be shrank from meeting the charges. Tie then put oil bis full uniform and bade farewell to ibis wife. The general was driven to the fortress, and be there handed lii s sword to the commandant. ITe is conlined in the rooms once occupied by General Stoessel. AH the papers found at his llat arc being examined, and further developments are expected shortly.