London, January 1.
Telegrams from St. Petersburg state that 167 members of the first Duma have been sentenced to three months' loss of electoral rights, for issuing the famous Viborg Manifesto, protesting against the dissolution of the Duma and inciting the people to refuse to pay taxes and furnish recruits.
The lightness of the sentence is regarded as a victory for the popaler cause.—Exccusive Service, Tokio, January 5.
Viceroy Hsii Chih-chang returned to Mukden on December 30. Yesterday he proclaimed the independence of the judiciary in view of the completion of the judiciary arrangements. He promised impartiality of justice.
Horse trams began to rin in Mukden yesterday.
'A telegram from Tairen states that in the face of alleged Japanese discrimination in Manchuria Russian tobacco, together with other articles, enters Manchuria viii Harbin practically free of Custoras duty and is overwhelming Japanese Government tobacco. Japanese traders in Tairen are agitating for
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