_General Foreign News_ February 7.—As a result of the massacre of Russian citizens on January 22, the Social Democratic Party of Russia calls on workmen to march on the Czar’s palace with arms in their hands instead of ikons and petitions. Father Gapon, the Russian revolutionary leader, is reported to have escaped to Switzerland. General Trepoff, the “man of iron” who has been placed at the head of the police system at St. Petersburg, threatens to close the universities because of the revolutionary sentiment there existing. Disorders continue in Russian Poland, and several strikers are killed by the troops. The assassin of Soisalon Soininen, Procurator-General of Finland, is identified a former student at one of the Finnish universities. February 8.—Because of the failure of the employers to concede the demands of their workingmen, new strikes are declared at St. Petersburg, Vassili Ostroff and other points in Russia. Strikers tear up the Siberian Railway east of Irkutsk. Maxim Gorky, the Russian novelist, is questioned in court and afterward returned to prison. The students of one of the St. Petersburg schools refuse to attend lectures because of police interference. Because of the continued state of disorder in Russian Poland, many refugees leave the country. The new protocol between the United States and Santo Domingo is signed at Santo Domingo. It provides for the territorial integrity of the island republic and for ratification by the United States Senate. The British Government decides that John H. Gaynor and Benjamin H. Greene, American refugees in Canada, may be extradited and returned to the United States. King Oscar, of Sweden, turns over the government to Crown Prince Gustav. 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. The Czar promises a commission, including workingmen, to deal with the labor problem.