February 16.—The strike at St. Petersburg, which was reported to be abating, breaks out with renewed force.
On a test vote the Balfour government is sustained in the British House of Commons by a majority of 63.
The Venezuela Supreme Court reaffirms its order sequestrating the lands belonging to the American Asphalt Company.
February 17.—The Grand Duke Sergius, uncle and brother-in-law of the Czar and the most reactionary and influential of the Grand Ducal clique, is blown to pieces by a bomb in the Kremlin, Moscow. The assassin, who is dressed in the garb of a workingman, is arrested.
February 18.—The Russian strike spreads to the employees of many railways and to the telegraphers.
Two Russian officials are assassinated in Transcaucasia.
Consternation reigns among the rulers of Russia, and members of the royal family do not venture to appear in public.
The British Government announces that in 1911 it will take over the entire property of the National Telephone Company.
February 20.—Three thousand Russian students and professors, in mass meeting, denounce the Czar, demand constitutional government and shut up the University of St. Petersburg till September.
Martial law is declared at Tsarskoe-Selo, the residence of the Czar.