Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-23

empire, and one of the neuhor, 90 80,
ministry who remains In office gave Tho A.-
sociateo Press representative AT ST pe,nra-
purg the governments EXPLANATION, n. tha
motive which caused the dissolution of ma
haheH'' In most emphatic fashion ba
.lied 10 impress upon the correspondent thu
'ue4 that dissolution did not mean a return
10 the old form of government, and that the
emperor mad not abandoned his purpose I'd
.h'iouuce a representative government In
Russia. He said.
You can tell the American peopIe tina,
TINS step was forced upon the government
as the only way OF extrlcatins the con,,rv
from the horrible reign of blood ana ter
rorism which prevails. The DISSOLUTION OF
the present parliament does not mean a re-
TURN TO irresponsible absolutism. The mast
is dead forever P@
From his majestys own lips can assure
o., ,aa' ne sun believes In the principle OF
popular representation and firmly Intends
10 aohere TO 1t, but he became convinced
that the present parliament was elected
under abnormal conditions and did not rep
resent the true sentiment of the country
and that 1t was necessary to make another
appeal to the nation"
IN reply to Question In regard to the
history OF the ukase, the controller said:
Ever since the assembling OF parliament
the incorporating temper displayed con-
WINGED US (meaning the ministry that the
principal object of those In control was to
make 1t the center of revolutionary agita-
ton, instead OF settling down to constructive
work and therefore that sooner or later
Its dispersal would be necessary But we
wished TO wait until its incapacity and true
character burned themselves into the minds
OF the people. AS we anticipated, parlia-
ment proceeded to write its own death sem
tence by demonstrating that II neither was
nor desired to be a legislative body but
simply a revolutionary tribunal. Neverthe-
less, Emperor Nicholas continued to hope
for change of tactics, and only consented
to dissolution when every other alternative
had been exhausted.
Ten days ago his majesty was prepared
to accept a parliamentary ministry but the
constitutional democrats by their mad in
sistence on impossible conditions deliber-
ately rejected the opportunity. Thereupon
the emperor conferred with men OF all
shades of political opinion-dozens of them
every day-and finally became convinced
that dissolution was imperative.
Does the delay in announcing the date
for the new elections involve the intention
of change in the basis of representation
to general suffrage7" was asked.
Not necessarily" replied Gen Won
Schwanebach. 'On that point no definite
decision has been taken"
Where do you anticipate that disorders
will break OUT"
Certainly not IL st. Petersburg Prob
ably they Will be worst In the south.
am convinced that the army is loyal The
discussions which occurred among the
u
whole, and once they are engaged against
revolutionists who do not hesitate to resort
to the throwing of bombs they will do their
duty
Gen. Won Schwanebach was not certain
what other changes in the cabinet were In
volved by the accession of NJ. Stolypin to
the premiership. All the ministers, he said.
had placed their designations al the disr
posal of NJ. Stolypin. he was entitled to
make any changes he deemed wise. The
general pointed out that NJ. Stolypin was
not bureaucrat of the old school and
never could be induced to attempt TO exc
cute slavishly a policy OF repression Ike
that which marked the careers of Ignatien
and Pleh5'e. OF NJ. Goremykin, the retiring
premier, the general said he had good In
tentions. but too old and inactive to
cope with the situation.
Gen. Won Schwanebach added that the
members of parliament would not be ar
rested either for their acts or speeches In
parliament however reasonable these might
have been as they were covered by legfs-
latiye immunity, but he did not conceal the
purpose of the government hereafter to
hold the members strictly accountable for
open acts of treason.
In conclusion, the general expressed tho
hope that the dissolution of parliament,
bad as 1t looked. would turn out for the
best and did not conceal the JOY with which
the government at the present moment
would welcome the support of the constitu-
tional democrats.