Show RUSSIAN PRESS MUZZLED prisons yawn for offending editors in czars domain st petersburg the first act of the government after the result of the st petersburg elections became known was to tighten the screws on the press some of the arst features of the old censorship have been restored the papers must again submit copies of their editions before they are distria buted and the expedient of changing a paper papers s name when suspended has been forbidden foi bidden likewise the device so practiced by socialistic organs as in germany in hiring a series of prison editors the council of the empire has hur bur friedly adopted a law by 11 to 2 votes punishing with a year s imprisonment the publication of false reports which affect the credit of the countr at large |