RUSSIA.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8205, 8 August 1906, Page 5

RUSSIA.

ROBBERS BUARD A MAIL TRAIN.

Received August 7, 10.19 p.m. ST. PErERSBUKG, August 7.

An attempt was made, to-day, to rob the mail train at Lifcao.

A passenger on theirain pulled the communication cord and brought the train to a standstill.

'lwenty-five robbers boarded the train, but failed to And fifteen thousand sterling which hart been oarefully concealed.

THE OUTBREAK AT SVEABORu. SIX HUNDRED CASUALTIES. Received August 7, 8.37 a.m. ST.|PETERSBURG, August 6. It is estimated th*>t there were six hundred casualties at Sveaborg, the scene of the recent | mutiny. About one thousand people are missing. There are eight hundred Russiau and one Hundred Finnish prisoners at Helsingfors (the capital of Finland). At Kroustadt there are eighty-five civilian prisoners, including members of the Socialist Revolutionary General Committee. The Finnish Senate has ordered the suppression of the Red Guards, which are now near Helsingfors. The Eighteeutb Naval Battalion has been transferred from St. Petersburg to Kronetadt. The battalion has degenerated into a disorderly rabble, many being drunk and prostrate in the streets.

"WiTH FIRE AND SWORD." THE CZAR'S INTENTION. Received August 7, 10 p.m. If! ST. PETERSBURG, August 7. " The Ozar, on learning of the Sveaborg and Kronstadfc mutinies, stamped bis feet, exclaiming, "Now I shall rule aa my forefathers did, with fire and eword." PREPARING FOR WIDESPREAD DISORDERS. Rsoeived August 7, 11.23 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, August 7. The Viborg mauiresto is producing an effect on many of the peasants who are refusing to pay the taxes. Advices from the uentral and southern distriots state that the peasants are preparing for widespread disorders niter the harvest. MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES ARRESTED. Received August 7, 11.16 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, August 7. The members of the St. Petersburg Committee of the Social Democratic Party and also the Committee of the Shop Salesmen's.Union have been arrested. ANOTHER MANIFESTO. Received August 7, 11.22 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, August 7. The members of tb.fi late Duma have issued a fresh manifesto urging the deoisioi to straggle with the Czar's Government by a general strike, with a view to securing a constituent assembly and land liberty.

ONE JUINT PAPER DAILY._

Received August 7, 11.20 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, August 7.

The strikers at St. Petersburg are restricting the editors to one joint paper daily, which contains exclusively news relating to social democratic and revolutionary matters.

REVOLUTIONARY AGITATORS.

Received August 7, 11.30 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, Auguat 7.

Sixty revolutionary ngitarors at Odessa hav« started for different villages.

A NEWSPAPER OFFICE SEIZED.

Received August 7, 11.30 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG. August 7

Fifteen anarchists, including several compositors, wbo°were all armed with revolvers seized a newspaper office in the centre of Odcsßa, looked up the proprietor and employees, and printed a proclamation. They departed unmolested. UNREST AMONGST THE TROOPS AT ODESSA. Received August 7, 11.30 p.m. ST. PETEK3BURG, August 7. As there is' unrest amongst the troops ad Odessa the authorities are olosely watohing them.

CABLE NEWS.

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