RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2030, 8 April 1890, Page 1

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

St. Petersburg, April 4. ■ A rising of the peasantry; has taken place at Kitman, but it was suppressed after a good deal of fighting and bloodshed. A rebellion of peasantry in Finland is feared. ! Many rumours of additional arrests of students have been made for demanding the restitution of their privileges. The action which the authorities have taken in regard to the matter has aroused the indignation of the_ populace, and there is intense excitement throughout the country. - Aprils. The Czar has abandoned his annual visit to Gatschina, owing to the discovery of bombs in the vicinity of the palace. The St. Petersburg prisons are crowded with students arrested iu connection with the recent disturbance. Many of those arrested have been deported to a distance, and some of the leaders have been forced into the army in Central Asia. The students disclaim that their’a is a political agitation, but say that they have taken up the cudgels against scholastic harshness. The directors of the rioters include the sons of some of the highest families in Russia. Jhe Czar threatens to close the higher scholastic institutions for a year, and several of the professors who were censured have resigned in sympathy with the students. The excitement is now decreasing-

It is believed that the mass of the Russian nation is staunchly loyal The students’ agitation has been renewed at St. Petersburg, At Moscow fifteen students are being tried for political rebellion. At Yarkeff further Arrests followed by expulsion have taken place. The Caar has abandoned his proposed hunting expedition in Poland, because he was warned that the train would be derailed. The academies are supporting the demand or the universities that their obnoxious statutes should be repealed, freedom of meeting in clubs be allowed, and a University Court established from which the police should be excluded. The leaders of the movement are being exiled to Siberia. The press has been forbidden to mention that they demanded the release of their comrades. The Czar is alarmed at the dissatisfaction among the officers of the army. The students at St. Petersburg assembled and sang the Anthem as an indication of loyalty. April 5, A Russian expedition has reached Djebutti, beyond Obock. Vienna, April 3. The Austrian press declares that Russia is on the verge of a general explosion,' and that she is inciting Servia and Montenegro to attack Bulgaria, while the latter, acting under the advice of Austria, seeks to avoid a quarrel. In the meantime Bulgaria is fortifying the plain of Slivmitza-