The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-20
TORCH APPLIED
BY TERROR|STS
Town of Syrian, Province of
SimbirSk, Russia, Said
to Be AbIaze.
INHABITANTS HAVE FLED
NO CHANGE IN POLITICAL STU
ALTON.
INHABITANTS HAVE FLED

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p Samara, Russia, July 19.-The whole Z
y brisk is in flames The inhabitants =
are fleeing to Samara and Sarato1f =
! samara, July 1s.-The latest news
y from SyZran is that the government =
= buildings and treasury are on fire :
= and the panic stricken inhabitants :
= have sought refuge in the surround =
= ing fields and forests.
ST. Petersburg, July 19.-The belief that
the adoption today by the lower house
Of parliament of a proclamation to the
nation on the agrarian question will pre-
cipitate the Iong-brewing conflict and
plunge the county into civil war is pro-
found. All hope of reconciliation between
parliament and the government is van
ishing and the government is evidently
preparing to take up the gage of bat
tie when it is formally thrown down.
Conference at Peterhof.
At the council held at Peterhof last
night the Camarilla came out strongly in
favor of dissolving parliament but, ac-
peror hesitated and at the moment of
adjournment, refused to agree to a dis
solution. though his final decision was
postponed. Nevertheless the moderate
faction of the Constitutional Democrats
comprehending that the government can
hardly avoid the issue, shrink from max
r ing the appeal to the country, which may
involve climb-down.
Civil War Would Result.
They seriously believe that the advocates
of a dissolution of parliament. realizing
that making the appeal would be eQuiva-
lent to a declaration of civil war count
upon the active Intervention of Austria
and Germany, which, according to the
official ROssia, have agreed in principle
on sending troops across the border to
rising should the Russian government for
mally request it. The Rossia's announce
ment created a tremendous sensation. 1t
is stated that the decision OF the two
neighboring powers was based on fear
that the execution of the principle of the
confiscation Of property in Russia would
constitute danger to them.
Could Not Be Confirmed.
In diplomatic circles the report of The
virtual revival of the holy alliance for
the maintenance of the principle of the
inVioiabiity of property also produced a
stir, but inquiry at the Austrian and Ger
man embassies failed TO elicit any con-
flrmation.
At the foreign office the statement was
unequivOcally made that Russia knew
nothing of such arrangement between
Austria and Germany. These official de-
malls seem 20 exclude the existence of a
governments but with the means at the
disposal of the three monarchs for per-
sOnal communication il is possible that
personal pledges covering certain con-
tingencies may have been exchanged.
Cars Head Endangered.
The Rech, which joins in the appeal TO
parliament not TO stake step which
might seem to warrant the government
i'm asserting that parliament is attempting
To usurp the executive power. says that
if the government adopt the desperate
eXpedient of calling in foreign troops to
put down a civil war. the result viii not
be the same as in 1913, when a Russian
army saved the Hapsburg dynasty. The
paper declares that the people will rally
under the banner of parliament as they
did in England under that of the Eng
lish parliament at the time of Charles
], with probably a similar result, namely,
the loss of the kings head"
In the Hobbies OF the house the sole topic
Of speculation was the possible dissolution
of parliament The prevailing conviction
was that the government abandoned the
idea of a compromise when il found that
with parliament it was not question of
the substitution of men. but of principles
and a number of those present Ventured
, TO predict that tomorrow may see the
Tauride palace in the possession OF troops.
When the debate on the address to the
people was resumed the moderate faction
Of the Constitutional Democrats tested the
temper of the house with a motion 10
postpone its discussion but ii was over
whelminSly defeated.
NJ. Petrunkevitch then offered a substi-
tute, the main purpose of which was to
make il clear to the peasants that par
lament maintains the principle OF pay
ment for the lands distributed. This was
designed TO split off the support of the
members of the group of toll, who ad-
vocate confiscation pure and simple.