February 9.—Many strikers are killed by the troops at Sosnovice, Russian Poland.
M. Rouvier, the new Premier of France, submits a bill absolutely divorcing church and state.
German mine strikers denounce the action of their leaders in voting to return to work, and thousands decide to continue the struggle.
February 10.—Over sixty strikers are killed and hundreds are wounded by troops at Sosnovice and Lodz in Russian Poland.
Strikes are being renewed to such an extent in St. Petersburg that the authorities are growing apprehensive.
February 11.—Prince Paul Dolgorouki says that the Czar must call a Zemsky Sober (a popular assembly) if he would avoid a revolution.
The strike at Lodz now involves 100,000 men.
Four thousand ironworkers strike at Kharkoff.
Disquieting conditions are reported at Batoum in the Caucasus, with a general tie-up of railway lines in the vicinity.
February 12.—Three aeronauts make a balloon voyage from London to Paris in a little over six hours.