| Show warsaw feb 4 reports from azes toc howa poland say that city la in a state of panic the inhabitants ara bar ri cading their doors and windows owing to the attitude of the strikers warsaw feb 14 the employed emp loyes 0 tha vistula railroad shops have re fumed work freight trains nave been resumed on the roads the strike in the district has spread to the railroad men and other classes of workmen the men remain quiet warsaw feb 4 two hundred and eighty pupils were expelled from tha warsaw gymnasium today with the additional punishment that they will never be permitted to enter any government school within the empire this action Is intended as a punishment top boys who dared to petition the directors for the introduction of tho polish language to tha schools As a result of the punishment the boys lose the privilege of performing military service aa one year volunteers and will bo forced to serve three or four years in tha ranks the latest reports from glodz show that town is quiet tokio feb 4 the war department today issued an extended statement denying the charges ot mistreatment contained in letters from alleged survivors of the russian armored cruiser rurik sunk by the japanese in tho strait of korea in august last which letters are said to have been smuggled out ot japan in bamboo canes the department denies that any prisoner has been struck says the russian wounded received the same treatment as the japanese and asserts that tho food of the prisoners is more expensive than tha japanese soldiers fare |
