Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-07-26
.THE CRISIS NEAR.
No Change Will Be Made In the
Russian Cabinet at the
Present Time.
PARLIAMENT IN DANGER.


BILE Conflict.
st. Petersburg, July 19.-The po-
litical barometer is again falling
The confusion which seems to have
taken possession of the upper spheres
since the efforts to form coalition
ministry failed, coupled with the
alarming reports from the interior
and the attitude of parliament, make
almost anything possible. There has
been a marked renewal OF apprehen-
sion that the crisis may end In a
coup detat against parliament. The
assassination Of Vice Admiral Chouk-
min and Gen. Kozlov, the discovery
that beyond the murder of the gener-
al was big plot to kill not only
Gen. Trepoff, but Prince Putiain and
other courtiers and the general cpl
demic Of assassination which has ter
rorized not only the local authorit-
les, but even the police, together with
the wild destruction Of property by
the peasantry In half a dozen pro-
vinces during the last few days have
again strengthened the small part OF
the court which believes in resorting
to extreme measures" The adop-
ton by the lower house Of parlia-
ment of an address to the country
will, It is feared, place in the hands
of the reactionists the needed lever to
move the emperor. M. Petrajitsh
vainly warned the lower house Tues
day Of the seriousness Of the pro-
posed step but the majority Of the
constitutional democrats, of which
party he is prominent member, seem
convinced that they must hold the
peasants at all hazards. The men,
bers of the extreme left seemed to
court fight, preaching open revo-
luton from the rostrum. The Novoe
Vremya, which often reflects the
views of the court, says Wednesday
that the adoption by the lower house
Of an address to the country would
70 beyond the Jurisdiction OF parlia-
ment and virtually constitute an APP
peal from the government to the
people. The paper adds:
with its adoption parliament
would cross the Rubicon, abandon Its
professed policy of trying to restrain
the country and instead of pacifying
II deliberately pour oil on the flames"
Dispatches from the interior con-
tinue to tell without interruption
stories Of the burning of manor
houses, robberies, murders, collisions
between peasants and rural guard
and the hurried dispatch Of troops
here and there. The center Of the
peasants surprising is Veronezh pro-
vince, where the peasants, in their
mania for the destruction of property,
do not discriminate between friends
and enemies as evidenced by the COM
plete devastation Of the estate Of M.
Kokoshkine, one Of the most prom
inent constitutional democrats In the
lower house. Wednesdays reports
describe the situation In that pro-
vince as hopeless" from the stand
point Of the landlords. The situation
Is almost as bad In Poltava and
Smolensk provinces. In Tambov pro-
vince 80 peasants are reported to have
been killed or wounded by dragons.
AS further proof Of the change Of
spirit at Peterhof 1t was learned
Wednesday that Emperor Nicholas has
requested the members Of the Goremy-
kin cabinet to retain their posts.
Warsaw, July 19.-The agrarian
strike is still spreading and now ex-
tends throughout several provinces
in which the harvest is threatened
with destruction because Of the re-
fusal Of the peasants to work in the
fields. The land owners union has
refused to grant the demand Of the
strikers.
During the last three days Warsaw
terrorists have attacked and robbed
twenty government spirit stores.
Wholesale murders of policemen
have occurred In the province Of Lub-
lin. In one town recently ten police
men have been shot and individual
cases Of murder are reported from
other towns.
Sebastopol, July 19.-During We'd
nesday's session of the court martial
which is engaged in the trial Of men
concerned in the Black Sea feet mu-
tiny Of November "a bomb was thrown
from the Farine barracks at Colonel
Dumbadze, commander Of the Brest
regiment, who was leaving the court
room. Colonel Doumbadze was not
hurt. Two men were arrested on sus-
picion Of having been connected with
the outrage. The Brest regiment dis
tinguished itself in the suppressing OF
the November outrages.