RUSSIA.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8250, 3 October 1906, Page 5

RUSSIA.

PEASANTS DESTROY AN ESTATE. INNOCENT MEN FLOGGED TO DEATH. ( BRUTAL WORK BY THE COSSACKS. Reoeived October 2, .9.47 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 2. Ninety-seven peasants were tried to-tlay at Kherson for destroying an estate belonging to M. Krivosheen, a former Minister. Witnesses declared that after the estate bad been devastated, the chief of the district arrived with Cossacks, and collected the peasants supposed to be concerned. These included a number of those who were tried today. Without aD investigation the chief of the district directed tbe priests to administer the last Sacrament, and ordered tbe peasants to be beaten to death. The horrors lasted four hours. Twenty-three were killed, and one hundred and thirty terribly injured. The brutal work exhausted the Cossacks, who oompelled the peasnats in the vicinity to continue, sorao flogging their own fathers, sons and brothers. Those killed were all inuooent, as the guilty had fled at the outset. After these revelatious the pub'io prosecutor decided not to avail himself of the official report. The court nevertheless sentenced sixty-three to vnrious terms of imprisonment. The rest were acquitted.

THE PREMIER AND GOVERNOR Ob' MOSCOW. SENTENCED TO DEATH BY THE TERRORISTS. Received Ootober 2, 8.5G a.m. ST. PETERSBURG, Ootober 1. e The Terrorists have sentenced M. Stolypin, the Premier, and the Governor of Moscow to death. The Prefect of Odessa unexpectedly issued instructions restraining tbe violence of the of Russian People ("The Blaok Hundred"). The courts have fined General Lavaroff for issuing a pamphlet inciting tbe people to a slaughter of the Jews, and also with reviving the fable that English millions were helping the Jews to revolutionise Russia.

THE REGENT MASSACRE AT SiEDLOE. A SHOCKING SCENE. (Per Mail Steamer at Auckland). SIEDLOE, Septemher 10, A Jewish massacre, surpassing in seviouanes all previous ones in this vioinity, took plauo on Saturday and Sunday. It was carefully planned beforehand, the soldiers warning all of the Christian population in advance to hang out their ikons so that they might remain undisturbed. On Saturday night some terrorists billed two soldiers, and thereupon the Libau Regiment broke forth in unrestrained fury. They bdgau murdering Jews on every hand, and continued their work of slaugntor all night ou Saturday and nil day Sunday. ■lhe ghastly woik of murdering and pillaging ootitinued until the Governor-General telegraphed for permission to use artillery. Four batteries then opened fire down Pienkna, Warsaw, and Aliuna Streets, 'which wore inhabited by thousands of Jews. The destruction was horrible. As a result of the general slaughter, it id estimated that fully 200 Jews have been kiile3 and 1,000 wounded. There are 3,000 prisoners iu oustody, a great many of whooK are wounded. Not a soldier was This morning equada |of soldiers were paradiug through the streets soiling pillaged watches and jewellery. The army officers openly countenanced the selling of loot. Tb9 local Governor took no steps to prevent the outrage. To preven.t reports of tho outrages being sent the telegraph offices were closed, and no persona were allowed to leave the town. A delegation ot citizens asked the Governor to order the troops to cease firing, but the Governor replied that the oitizous must deliver up their leaders and revolutionaries or otherwise the city would be bombarded. There seems no doubt that terrorists are responsible for provoking tho massacre fby their fusillades from roofs and windows- on Saturday against solliers and policemen who were patrolling the streets. The troops surrounded the houses from fwhich tho firing came, ai:d poured iu volleys through the windows and doors. This was followed by a search of tho promisee, whioh soon developed into wholesale plundering and subsequently into a massacre and slaughter. All fclie Jewish ' shops have been looted. The oarers who defended their property were killed or wounded. I Any parson seen leaving a house l or looking out of a window was ) shot without mercy.

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