Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-24
DEATH SENTENCE
ON THE EMPEROR
Terrorists Issued a Decree for
His Life.
TREP0FF ALSO ON THE LIST
Deposed Members of Douma Returned
From Viborg.
GRAVE IN MEN, BUT RESOLUTE
Gendarmes Dispersed Immense Crowd
at Depot to Greet Them-Demon-
stration Prevented.
GRAVE IN MEN, BUT RES0LUTF

Proclamations announcing that
the death sentence has been i'm
posed on the emperor, Gen. IRE
poff, NJ. Pobiedonostseff, who was
procurator general of the holy
synod; Gen. Orloff, the "pacifca-
tor" of the Baltic provinces, and
others have been scattered over
part of Peterhof.
The terrorists are said to have
succeeded in mailing copies of the
sentence on the doors of Gen. Or
lofts and Gen. Trepoff's quarters
in St. Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG July 24.-Over a
hundred of the Russian members of par
lament, who yesterday issued an address
60 the country, reached the Finnish rail-
way station here from Viborg at 8 o'clock
this afternoon.
crowd of several thousand persons
gathered there before the arrival of the
train. but a heavy force of gendarmes
promptly hurried tho people into the
streets, whence they were driven away
by mounted gendaTmes Several arrests
of suspects were made In the crowd, but
the orders of the police evidently We're
limited to preventing q demonstration,
the cavalry In a neighboring barrack not
appearing. The lasu car of the train was
occupied by the members of the group of
toll. and had red flags flying from the win
laA I,fN
Prince Dolgoroukofs and NJ Naboukofy
headed the members as they marched
out in a body through lines of police.
A few friends who managed to obtain
admittanee to the station greeted the
r2riiamentarians warmly, but they feared
TO Indulge in any demonstration which
might have justified the arrest of the
members. who fully expected to be sur
rounded and marched OF to prison They
appeared grave but resolute. On the train
II had been arranged that the members
ut the various groups. II not arrested.
should hold caucus this evening and
confer on the next step.
Ihere seems practically no difference of
opinion now. They have gone too far 10
retreat. They stand irrevocably committed
and must march on. The only difference OF
opinion is as to what the next step will be
The Address Circulated.
Before leaving viborg 1t was arranged
through underground revolutionary chan
nels TO distribute the address to the conn
try, hundreds of thousands of comics of
which have already been surreptitiously
printed. The members OF parliament there
fore have already opened an alliance with
the purely revolutionary organizations The
opinion is also unanimous that they must
have immediate recourse 10 the only weap-
on at their disposal, namely. general DO
h;eal strike for the purpose OF paralyzing
the government
Word has been received here that the
Moscow workmen's council will be read,
Sunday or Monday and a tentative decision
TO cali strike will be taken on Sunday
telephone message from Moscow says
that great popular demonstration, organ
lied by the leaders of the workmen as a
preliminary 10 the strike, occurred in the
streets there today. but in pursuance Of
the plan care was taken to keep within
careful limits and there was no interfer-
ence on the part OF police troops.
Military Dictatorship Planned.
The way has been prepared for a mill
tary dictatorship by a proposition now un-
der consideration at Peterhof to create an
advisory council to assist the emperor
Premier Stolypin. Gen. Trepofr ana others
are today comforting with the emperor
upon this subject. On the surface the
scheme Is 20 form such a council out OF
the members OF the council of the empire
and conservatives and liberals like MN
shipon Guchkon. and Also possibly
several constitutional democratic leaders
with the purpose Of reassuring the popuIa-
tIon OF the sincerity of the governments
future Intentions
Mr.. Stolypin evidently believes sincerely
that the plan Is aehievable. but there Is
little hope that either Gachkoff or Snipor
will In any way make themselves RESPONSE
BILE for the energetic measures OF repres-
sion which the emperors coup d. etat en-
tails. and il is certain that none OF the
constitutional democrats will brave the
charge of open treason in giving coop
Grafton to any government measures after
the step to which they committed them
selves at Viborg