Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1906 — DUMA WAS IN THE WAY [ARTICLE]

DUMA WAS IN THE WAY

Seems To Be the View of the Case Taken by Premier Stolypin. REFORMS ARE TO BE REALIZED Parliament’s Tendency Was to Pre* vent Their Peaceful Development Body Was Also Lawless —So Declare Statements Issued by the Prime Minister—Another Officer Assassinated. New York. July 26.—The Associated Press has received the following dispatch from St. Petersburg, dated July 25: “Answering your telegram ad dressed to the prime minister I am directed to say that the Central Tress administration informs us that St. Petersburg and the provinces received the news of the dissolution of the duma calmly. Th eemperor firmly intends realizing the reforms proclaimed in his manifesto of Oct. 30. The dissolution of the duma was indispensable. as the first body of delegates pursued tendencies which threatened to prevent the peaceful development of reforms in the empire.” The cable is signed “Bellegnrde." Duma Lawless from tbe Start. St. Petersburg, July 26.—The official St. Petersburg agency Is authorized by Premier Stolypin to issue the following statement to the foreign press: “From the very first days of its existence the lower house of parliament overstepped nl! the limits of law. In its reply to the speech from the throne modification of the fundamental law was demanded in the shape of the suppression of the council of tbe empire and the creation of a responsible cabinet. By its agrarian programme, based on the expropriation of land, the house raised hopes that could not l>e realized, and weakened the respect for property of ethers already enfeebled. Discredited the Government. “In the speeches of its members the house consistently discredited the government, which it ever accused of orgatdzfng pogroms and disorders. By sending a deputation to Bialystok It openly aspired to usurp executive power. Fourteen deputies appealed to the people, inciting disorders, a step which called forth no expression of disapprobation from the house. Provoker of Disorders. Tn the last moment of its existence : the house declared that the government had acted Illegally In explaining ! to the population the nature of the agrarian project proposed by itself, and ■ decided to address a manifesto to the I people persuading them not to believe in the government regarding the ques- ! tion, but to await its settlement by : parliament. Several members also unI dertook journeys to the interior of I Russia with the object of supporting I agitation, their appearance being followed by renewed disorders, pogroms and strikes. All these causes necessitated, the decision to dissolve the house.” 5 REVIEW OF THE SITUATION Reds Are Inclined to Wait Before Beto liaise Cain. St. Petersburg, July 26.—Though it is difficult to obtain a true picture of the conditious in the interior, owing to the embargo that has been put upon

press dispatches, all indications point more and more to the postponement of the threatened general strike until the government shall be less and the country more prepared for such an event; until the harvest is finished and the revolutionary < movement devejopn spontaneously among the idle peasantry. y The rothnant of the Constitutional Democratic deputies, many of whom —after having collected the arrears of salary and mileage due them have started homeward, are caucusing industriously; but their importance has gone, neither the government nor the revolutionists paying much attention to the former dominant party in the lower house of parliament. The most urgent problem before the government in case an immediate outbreak is postponed is the relief of the distress in the interior. The cabinet meeting Tuesday evening was devoted to consideration of this subject and it was voted to extend relief works in the famine districts. Premier Stolypin has announced to the council of the empire that he has obtained from Emperor Nicholas special powers for Admiral Skrydloff in restoring and maintaining order and discipline in the Black sea fleet. The admiral, who has departed for Bebastopol. told the Associated Press that his first task would be to investigate the arrests of sailors of the fleet and liberate those who were unjustly sent to prison. lie intimated that he considered the officers largely to blame for the mutinous spirit o*f the various crews. The latest assassination by the reds is that of Colonel Salamotoff, at Warsaw, who was stabbed to death by two men in the street, the assassins walking away unhindered by the spectators. Salamotoff was assistant chief of gen d'arme at Warsaw. Count Heyden, Prince Lvoff and H. Satkovich, three members of parliament who refused to sign the address to the country issued at Viborg, Issued a separate address appealing to the people to submit quietly to the imperia] decree dissolving parliament and to prepare for the election of members to the new durna. The address points out that the emperor acted within his constitutional rights under the fundamental law. “The government.” the address adds, “is compelled to maintain the integrity of the state and the safety of the citizens at any price.”

“REVOLUTION!” SAY DEPUTIES Address Tells tbe Russian People Not to Pay Any More Taxes. Viborg, Finland, July 24.—The curtain has dropped on the final act of the drama qf Russia's first parliament. Under the spur of the threat of Governor Recbanberg to use military force to end the session, and with troops already converging on the Hotel Belvedere, where the meeting was held, the assembled members of the lower house, 186 In number, hurriedly adopted and signed an address to the people which is thoroughly revolutionary in its nature, elected a perpetual executive committee headed by Prince Paul Dolgoroukoff, vice president , of the house, to carry on the work of liberation, and adjourned amidst characteristic Russian embracing and kissing. With the exception of Count Heyden, Michael Stakovlteh and the Polish delegates every member present signed the address, the Polish delegate stating that they had no credentials to advise the Polish nation as to future tactics, and that they ’cannot participate in directing the Russian people, but that all their sympathies were on the side of Russian revolution. The address, which bears a remarkable similarity to the manifesto framed by the council of workmen last November, which landed its authors and the editors of eight St. Petersburg newspapers in cells of the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, declares that the administration and not parliament is responsible for tbe delay in the settlement of the agrarian question, and proclaims a cessation of payment of taxes and of military service, and repudiation of future loans.