Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-07-25
Gar. TAKES HIS STAND

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Troops Are Being Masssd y ID. at It. Great
Observation-Disclosures a Are Also
Prepared For Emergency. N 49,. !.
I. ST. Petersburg By eabie.,-A-n
imperial ukase has been promiilgat4
ed dissolving parliament and fixing.
the time for ,'thte, etonvocat{on Of the
newly elected assembly as March s,
1907. .
A second ukase places St, PetetSs
burg in-a state Of extraordinary Sc:
eutity by .the declaration Of a lliln' minor
form, OF martial LAW. ~: ~ ....
A large part of the province Of
.Kiev, where armed iprisings ,are, an
ticipated in consequence Of tile disso=
luton Of, parliament has been plae=
ed under martial law. The conditions
for the new elections will be publish:
ed later. 8
S fbe snpst3r, 55diilcanragyda7 by lis.
Failure i 10 form a coalition ministry
and. the distinctly revolutionary paths
which parliament has chosen, has ap:
parently been persuaded to risk q
/ final s jappsal,. from parlialspeet il i to the
people, or in other words, to dissolve
paliament.- and. order new elections
on the basis of universal suffrage.
|; III Thursday thee, imperial. ukase caus-
Ing: the, dissolution of parliament was
signed, and was enforced Friday at a.
final, iiomentous conference OH the
subject held AZ Peterhof. Exactly
who was present cannot be learned,
but. it is understood that the grand
dukes, Gen.. Frepoff and other officials
and one or two ministers weie at the
palace. -.--..-. .-4
Evidently the government is not
bind to-the fact that thesdsssoliilioii
e es pasiaMsAt wiH be accompanied by
Tremendous excitement, riots and
bloodshed. if nothing worse. Troops
are being massed at st. Petersburg,
Moscow and other centres, prepared
to apply physical force and in addi=.
lion to the, guard regiments, which
were hurriedly marched into the capt.
stal Thursday night, THE entire Twen-
ty-thrd division Of infantry arrived
here Saturday from Pskov. This
imposing military array is expected
to 'overawei The masses: f,he Social
lists and the Group of Toll in parlia-
snent have prepared for an emergen-
:ey. Theydgaatsd san address fcG is
.suance to the country the moment the
lissolutien was declare !.s.65: ;:..s5::
Bloodshed on. a large scale with a
sdictat6 6rslrip. in fhebaekgroand is con-
'sidefcd tos5c the inevitable sequel Of
the dissolution of parliament, but the
supporters of a dissolution claim that
the emperor must lake tie risk. ar.
.gufhaiis fhaiis sfbat aewA elections;Gmay give
different results and, in any eIent,
that it is better TO fight than to alb.
jafd9 surrender 10 :tkeaevolutionarS
parliament.
.s..NIE; Yerm,leff. formcr minister Of
agriculture aud leader of the Con-
.se,vatiyc;C ;Ccntrists IN The: lower house,
who several weeks ago vainly tried
to form coalition ministry, il, con-.
vegsatioll with ythe:.eorrespondent of
the Associated Press declared that the
situation was extremely critical. He
was without hope that conflict. could
be avoided.
'"The stuation is SD complicated, /"
he ,saidS "tllat it is impossible for
.M,y man to predict the course of fu-4
t,re events, but feel safe i'll. predict
ing Two things: first, that Russia
will CONC to "a constitutional basis;
second, tlat there will; be. no great
revolutionary cataclyc!sm i'll the sense
that foreigners anticipated