Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-09
ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA.
Results Continue to Surprise
the Government.
MANY PEASANTS ELECTED
Some of the Remarkable Selections to
Parliament.
COMMENTS OF THE NEWSPAPERS
Significant Inference of the Organ OF
the Constitutional Democratic
Solemn Note Of Warning.
COMMENTS OF THE NEWSPAPERS

ST PETERSBURG, April Dictated re-
turns today only increase the magnitude
OF the oppositions victory. Kursk returned
a solid progressive delegation. headed oy
Prince Peter Dolgoroukoff. NJ. Sherkon'
one of the members elected to the lower
house OF parliament is now In prison.
V;tebsk elected two Poles. Cathonc
priest, one progressive two constitutions
democrats and two peasants. Vladimir one
of the old capitals Of Russia, where the
orthodox faith is particularly strong, chosc
a monarchist, but the electoral college,
elected Ave constitutional democrats. Tuia
ia the only province except Moscow which
elected a majority of conservatives
The result In Moscow province consti-
tutes an anomaly in the elections. All
the constitutional democrats went down.
but the result was engineered through
deal with the reactionists. and portion
of the "Octoberists," who bought the sup
port of peasants in the electoral college
by allowing them to name an addNionai
member. The bargain was so 0istasteiui
to NJ Shipon, the prominent zemstvo ieao.
err and M. Chetverikoh that they oechneo
to be parties to 1t. withdrew their candt-
datures and also induced the constitutional
democrats to withdraw their ticket. which
included Prince Paul Dolgoroukon. Prince
Galitzn NJ Kokoshkine, Prof. Mouromtseff
and M. Golovin.
Two Peasants From Moscow.
As net result the province of MOSCOW,
the real heart of Russia sends to pariia-
ment comparatively unknown men-two
peasants, a workman, Prince Gagarln, M
Bashoff. NJ Krudner and Peter Struve. The
latter is the most prominent. being the
president OF the Moscow bourse. With the
single exception of Tula, In every province
xzyba he
jority the electoral college captured the
majority of the members Most OF them'
| however, although belonging to the peas
| ant class, are actually peasants IN name
| only and have risen far above their sta
| ton For instance peasant Of st. Peters
burg province is principal OF middle
school.
Tho Rech organ Of the constitutional
democrats, terms 1t splendid victory. and
referring to the election of men like NJ
| Petunkevitch and NJ Boditchen who hrst
demanded a constitution for Russia. and
| Prince Shakovski, who gave fortune TO
aid the liberation movement the paper
points out that these are the very people
| whose ideas the emperor twelve years ago
| called foolish Dreams The Keen then Is
| sues solemn warning, as follows
A Solemn Warning.
.If Count White last November had been
| able to feel the beating of the heart OF
| Russia and had listened to the words of
NJ. Petrunkevitch, the world would not
have witnessed the horrors of the present
| counter-revolution. The voice of the peo-
pie becomes clearer and louder daily If
| the government does not listen to 1t the
| country is destined to pass through a cata-
,lysm a hundredfold worse than anything
which has TRANSFERRED"
| The Twentieth Century, formerly the
| Russ which was recently suspended de-
| clares that the election proves the strength
| ~ ha IN ha
| Finland to the Caucasus, adding:
| When we recall the police preparations
| at the first stage of the elections. how
| many OF the original electors ornament the
| prisons, and that the elections were held
| virtually under the regime of martial law
| the result Is all the more remarkable. The
| Noyoe vremya last week said that st
4 Petersburg was only dot on the map o.
| Russia. What will 1t say now? Can i
doubt that the government will not have
| an obedient parliament"
Election Results in Moscow.
| MOSCOW. April 9.-The city OF Moscow
has returned 100 electors. all constitutional
! democrats