THE CZAR DECIDES TO ABOLISH MARTIAL LAW.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12641, 31 October 1905, Page 5

THE CZAR DECIDES TO ABOLISH MARTIAL LAW.

THREE HUNDRED SAILORS

MUTINY

MINISTERS DIVIDED—COURT IN REVOLT. ■."■■•

Received October 30,-11.15 p.m

LONDON, October 30

Thii " Daily Telegraph's " correspondent also states that the Czar has resolved to abolish martial law throughout the Empire.

Thf3 " Times'" St. Petersburg conre6pnndent reports that the Government is incapable of enforcing even a semblance of authority. The soldiers openly murmur that de grading work as expected of them. Three (hundred sailors at St. Petersburg have mutinied. The Ministers at Peteirhof are divided, and the Court >s in revolt against the Czar. A majority of the Ministers and General Tre-poff advise an immediate constitution, while the reactionaries advise a dictatorship under Prince Alexis Ignatieff. SITUATION IN THE PROVINCES. WORSE THAN AT THE CAPITAL. FINLAND'S SUDDEN SYMPATHY WITH THE REVOLUTIONARIES. Received October 30, 11.22 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, October 30. The situation in ttihe provinces is worse than in the capital. Mock republics havo been proclaimed in several cities.

The local authorities in many places are so .powerless than committees of safety 'haVe been formed to maintain order.

The Finns aivj developing a sudden sympathy with the Russians. There are only 4000 troops in Finland. Since 6000 were recently sent they displayed such revolutionary leanings that they were recalled.