"The second month of abstinence made the manifold advantages so clear to
everybody that when we called upon his Majesty to thank him for his
orders, he promised that the vodka business of the Government would be
given up forever. This promise was promulgated in a telegram to the
Grand Duke Constantine.
"There remains only now to find elsewhere the revenue which up to the
present time has been contributed by vodka. There has been introduced in
the Duma a bill offering a solution of this question. The aim of this
bill is not the creation of new taxes or an increase in the present
taxes, but an effort to render the Government domains and possessions
more productive."
[Illustration: decoration]
[Illustration: ADMIRAL SIR CHRISTOPHER CRADOCK,
Who Went Down with His Flagship, the Good Hope, in the Naval Engagement
Off the Coast of Chile.
(_Photo from a Kodak Negative._)]
[Illustration: ADMIRAL COUNT VON SPEE,
Who Went Down with His Flagship, the Scharnhorst, in the Battle with the
British Squadron Off the South American Coast.
(_Photo_ (C) _by Brown Bros._)]
Influence of the War Upon Russian Industry
[From Russkia Vedomosti, No. 260, Nov. 11, (Nov. 24,) 1914, P. 3.]
_The Russian Ministry of Commerce and Industry has lately
published the preliminary results of an inquiry into the
changes in industry which have occurred during the first two
and one-half months of the war, Aug.
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