The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-29
THEY WON'T QUIT.
Russian Ministry Says Pooh to
Parliament.
Declaration Beyond Its Com
potency and Not Binding.
UP TO CONSERYATIV
Government Looks TO Them for
Support.
No Amnesty will Be Granted
Political Prisoners.
UP TO CONSERVATIVES.

st. Petersburg, May 29.-As fore
shadowed in the statement made by
Minister of Agriculture Stichinsky to
the Associated Press last night this
government has decided on it's courss
of action with reference to the vote of
lack of confidence of the lower house
and its demand for the resignation of
the ministry=it will swallow parIia-
ment's affront and treat its resolution
simply as not binding upon the mon
arch. In other words, the government
has decided to ignore the demand OF
the lower house and the ministry will
not resign. but neither will parliament
be dissolved.
Moreover, instead Of treating the ac~
ton of the lower house as cause for
Offense. the ministry will continue its
conciliatory attitude In hopes that the
storm will subside and unless parlia~
ment takes some revolutionary action
the original plan of prolonging the ses-
sion until it is time for the summer
vacation at the end of June will be
carried out. In the meantime the gov
ernment will offer its own projects fo@
the solution of the agrarfan question.
and other problems, and if they ars
rejected the lower house will be al
lowed to elaborate its own projects.
No amnesty will be granted but the
political prisoners will be released as
rapidly as possible.
The ministry is evidently strongly
convinced that its agrarian programme
will win the support of the conserva-
tive interests of the country which
naturally are frightened at the uni
Versa1 scheme for the appropriation OF
land proposed by the lower house.
Both the ministry and the court
Camilla are understood to have Joined
in decision to adopt the above tac-
tics. The Novoe Vreyma, apparently
having received It's cue, this morning
spoke of the lower house in a CON
temptuous spirit for "essaying role
beyond its jurisdiction The charac-
ter of the attacks of this paper Is
shown by the attempt to eonstrue the
decision Of the lower house not to hold
sessions on Saturdays as we'll as
Wedn esdays which was adopted on the
motion of NJ Ostrogorki, jew from
Grodnos as nenreeognftion of the
Christian Sabbath and as q direct at.
front to Christian Russia.
The Reich predicts lulI during
which the opinion of the country will
have an opportunity to crystalline anc
the governm ment will see how woefully
it has mistaken the temper of the
peasants and Of the people generally.
The radical wing of the Social Dem
oerats Is urging the lower house to
transform itself into a constituent as.
sembly. while the moderate wing Of
fers to support the lower house If il
continues its present tone.
The spirit of the lower house was
much calmer today. At the opening
of the session a communication from
Premier Goemykin was read an
nouncing that the Interpolation re,
garding the death sentence imposed b5
a court martial at Riga on eight work,
men accused of political murder ane
robbery had been transmitted to Wal
Minister Rudiger.
NJ. Naboukoff. leader of the constitu-
tional Democrats, in behalf of the CON
stitutionaI Democrats presented an in.
terpellation demanding to know whc
was responsible for the provocative
black hundred kilograms printed II
the official messenger since the as
| sembling of parliament. The inter.
pellation asks specifically whether they
We're printed with Premier Goemykin'.
permission, and If so. what was this
purpose of their publication.
Michael Stakovich, a marshal of the
nobility Of Orel. and Count Heyden, E
marshal of the nobility from st
Petersburg, while supporting the inter.
pellati0n objected to the statement
that such publications were shaking
the authority Of the emperor, to whom
they were addressed, and upon theil
request the words referred to were
withdrawn and the Interpolation wa.
unanimously adopted.