Galitzin stabbed. Attempt to kill Governor General of Caucasus. His assailants shot. He was out driving with his wife. Attack said to be result of Transfer of Armenian Church Property to Russia.

Dispatches from Transcaucasia within the last month show considerable unrest at Tiflis, owing to the transfer of the Armenian Church property to the Russian government under the decree of June 25. Demonstrations have been reported at various points, in which quite a number of lives were lost, and the Armenian Church authorities are said to have threatened to transfer the headquarters of the Armenian Catholic Church to another country.

Prince Galitzin, who was sent to his present post a year ago last April, was charged with having recommended the transfer of the church property, and several times his life has been threatened.

Publication date 10/28/1903