RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

THE POLITICAL SITUATION. A CURIOUS JUMBLIi CAUSE OP UNREST. Received Jan. 2,'1, 11.35 p.m. I.oiidnn. Jan. 2:1 _ The Daily Telegraph's Petrognul correspondent states that the political s.luation is full 'of dramatic inieie<l aris'ng from a curious jumble of ancient liuial and modern superstition. The ".(titnde of the average Russian is tint ol" bewildered suspense. He awaits de .■eiopmcnts with a stubborn faith, but it will be ■ umvise to exaggerate [he I resent mood, which is essentia".;.' ephemeral. The Czar's rescript is n most favorr.ble indieation of Russia's devotion to the Allied cause. The Morning Post's Petrograd cori's"•pondent says lliat nnich of the unietl is due to the failure of communication:, preventing the food reaching the eiti'i and towns, and the wasteful and costly ijttom of distribution, the whole cost of which falls on* the consumer. The rescript aim? at 'reorganising the jail- , ways and waterways in the national in- 1 '.crests. FOSTERING THE WAR LOAN. Petrograd, Jan 22. Russia lias established 113 savings banks on Hie various fronts in order to encourage soldiers to subscribe t.i the war loan. AN OFFICIAL REPORT. Admiralty per Wireless Press. t London, Jan. 22. A Russian official message states tli.it in the direction of Kovel the enemv Uok the offensive and entered our trenches conthward of Rudkamirmskir Oi.r reserves drove out the enemy. German attempts to advance in tlw Oiluz Valley "iverc arrested. (me of our submarines sank a steamer and nine schooners in the Bospkorus. POSTPONEMENT OF TTTE DUMA. Petrograd, Jan. 22. Prince Golitzine has promised that the Dnma will not be further postponed. but there is a remarkable unanimity in the press in denouncing the iic'uy, Attention is also called to M PintopolT's close association with Bis'iPji i. liirim, Metropolitan of Pctrograd. a notorious supporter of the monk Haspurin.