China expresses the desire to pay all her indemnity at once, but some of the Powers object, as it deprives certain officials of commissions and interest.
Sir John E. Redmond leads an Irish attack on the British ministry.
February 21.—The Home Rule amendment offered by Sir John E. Redmond is defeated in the British House of Commons, and the Balfour government is sustained, but by the reduced majority of 50.
A general revolt against the Russian Government is reported throughout the entire Caucasus region.
February 22.—The Armenians seize three towns in the Caucasus.
Sir John E. Redmond renews his attack on the Balfour ministry, and the government majority is still further reduced to 42.
Polish disturbances continue, and all trains from Warsaw on the Vienna line are discontinued.
Many bodies of slain strikers are found in the streets of Baku, a town in the Caucasus.
Workmen destroy factories at Riga, Southern Russia.
February 23.—The London Times states that the Czar has decided to call a Zemsky Sober, or popular assembly, to decide, among other things, as to the continuation of the war in the Far East. The German Court, on the other hand, gives out the statement that the Czar is determined to continue the war.