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THE FOOD TROUBLE IN [quested that a person enjoying the

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**CIVIL WAR IN THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES."

NO WORD" AGAINST THE GREAT WAR.

Lobox, March 15.

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revolting troops who enquired as to Replying to a deputation from the

a single word against the bar.

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is most elementary this is popularly ascribed to eran

influences.

preeutions, and

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the Duma's attitude, the President communicated to the deputation the for a change of authority in which resolution that the hour had struck'

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non-party "Committee for that object. barracks were opened to enable the sailors to participate.

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Later mere troops and armed Describing the scenes in the the guard was replaced by the citizens arrived at the Dums where streets, the correspondent says that "trooops in revolt, who took over the troops were ordered to use their charge of the building.

rifles and machine guns. There

*A MINISTER ARRESTED,

were only a few cartridges in the f belts of the machine guns, but the At 6.30 p.m. a revolutionary escort

The

crowds were so dense that many fell, The ramen either had a large num ber. of blank cartridges or the shoot ing was intentionally bad. garden fronting the Cathedral wasi) packed with the populace, when a large force of Cossacks came up, f All knelt and the Cossacks did not fire.

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brought in the President of the Council of Empire, under arrest. He was formerly Minister of Justice and one of the most prominent reactionaries. He was lodged in the Ministerial room in the Duma

POLITICAL PRISONERS

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It was intimated that steps were remove the so

The people are particularly resent being taken to ful against the police, becauas called German gang nace and for several were employed on March 3rd all. The news spread and the revolu to fire on the crowd in consequence, tionaries seized the bated Kresty prison of the refusal of many of the military and after a short resistance. all the poli

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tical prisoners were liberated. The same followed with other prisoners The do- tactive headquarters were demolished nod the archives relating to political personages and organisations.

Seveal of the police, including high official, were shot later.

Several Guards regimenta. num- bering 25,000, joined the people with burned, Some of their officers were Another Guards regiment

PREMIER RESIGNS. refused to fire.

Early in the afternoon the Fremier, The amenal and artillery headquarters were taken and President of the Dums that he had Mr. Golitsen, telephoned to the the commandant killed. The Britiah resigned.

Arms. shot.

3htitary Attaché who was there at The revolutionaries searched the the time, was escorted, towards the houses of several of the Ministers. Embassy by a guard. The fortress A council of the workman's delegates of St. Peter and St. Paul was, also issued suifeats to the revolting entered. This is now the Headquar troops. and to the factorias tors of the Revolutionary forces.

inviting them to attend a meeting at the

on the base of one re presentative for each battalion and ane the Dima on for every thousand qssembling et 12.5 found the Im-workmen, respectively. parial

Rescript suspending, the also appealed to the

April Thereupon the mouing, the troops: Forty leaders decided not to dis organisation of supphes. perse.

Civilians An historio sitting was

Duma, som

AN ULTIMATUM TO THE TSAR.

The members

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Tresidentry telegraphed

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