According to the Times St. Petersburg correspondent, the Finnish Court,
which has investigated the murder of M. Hertzenstein, has conclusively shown that the clime was organised by the Union of the Russian People, the leading reactionary Association. The prisoner Alexandroff not only admitted his own complicity, but declared that the murder was decided on by the whole Council of the Union, which includes people of rank and title, clerical as well as lay. The Retch 'states that the chiefs of the Union also connived at outrages on women committed by its members, specific details of which are given in the Bourse Gazette; while, on the other hand,the Busskoe Znamya, though declaring that Alexandroff was tortured into giving false evidence, appeals to the "Black Hundreds" to act openly. Meantime the reign of terror inaugurated by General Kaulbars at Odessa continues, and although it is rumoured that the Government intends to Suppress the Union of the Russian People, there is no con- firmation of the report.
