Eureka Reporter | 1906-04-13 | Page 2 | Russian Press Muzzled

RUSSIAN PRESS MUZZLED prisons yawn for offending ed tors in czars domain st petersburg the first act of the government after the result of the st petersburg elections became known v as to tighten the screws on the press some of the worst 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 name when suspended has been forbidden 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 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