The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-20
MANIFESTO
OF THE DOUMA
Russian Lower House Adopts
Address to Nation.
FOREIGN TROOPS TO AID
Austria and Germany Reported 10
Have Agreed to Assist Gar
In SURPRISING Outrases

ST. PETERSBURG, July 2Ofrhe
belief that the adoption boy the lower
house OF parliament of a proclamation
TO the nation on the agrnrian question
will preclpltnte the long brewing con
fllct aud plunge the country into civil
war is profound. An hope OF reconcile
alton between parliament and the gov
eminent Is vanishing, and the govern
ment Is evidently preparing 10 take mp
the gauge of battle.
The address To the country setting
forth the attitude of parliament on the
agraran question aud the reasons for
the delay IN the adoption Of a solution
Of the problem WAS adopted 10y the
douma at o'clock this morning.
NJ. Petrunkeviich an impmcahie enc
my Of the government shifted his
ground TO combat revolution. declaring
that parliament must not yield 10 rev
oluton on join Ia infaming unnrmed
pcasantry 10 oppose themselves 10
bayonets aud machine guns but night
TO the last for legality and loyalty NJ.
Petrunkevtch was wildly applaudcd
when he declared that It was impossl-
BILE 10 show consideration 10 a ministry
which was negotiating To Introduce
foreign troops on ,the sacred soil Of
Russia
Austria and Germany. according 10
the official Rossia. have agreed IN prin-
4.
der 10 aid In the suppression Of an
agrarlan uprising should the Russian
government formally request Il. The
Rossia's announcement created a tire
mcndous sensation II Is stated that
the decision Of the two neighborlng
powers was based on fear that the
execution Of the principle Of The tonl'-
eution of property In RUSSIA would
constitute a danger 10 them.
The Rech which Joins In the appeal
10 parliament not 10 take step which
might seem TO warrant the government
in asserting that parliament is at
tempting 10 usurp the executive power.
declares that II the government adopts
the desperate eXpedient Of calling in
foreign troops 10 put down civil war
the result will not be the same as in
1919 when Russian army saved the
Hapsburg dynasty The paper de-
clares that the people will rally under
the banner OF parliament. aS they did
In England under that Of the English
parliament M the time Of Charles l..
with probably a similar result-name-
ly. the loss OF the kings head"
The report of the commission APP
pointed to inquire into the circum-
stances attending the surrender Of Port
Arthur recommends that Lieutenant
General Stoessel. the former COM
mandcr OF the fortress be sentenced
to death and that Lieutenant General
Flock. who commanded the Fourth ST
bcrian division AT Port Arthur. be con
demned to twenty years in the galleys.
a force of Dragons attacked a peace
full meeting of peasants in the village
of Kechcrovka. In the province of
Tamboy, killing eighty Of the particl-
pants.
The dragons fred several volleys
into the crowd, also charging With
drawn swords.
Reports from Samara say that the
whole town Of Syzran. province Of
Simbirsk is in flames as the work OF
rebels The inhabitants are fleeing TO
Samara and SWatov.
The latest news from Syrian is that
are on fire, and the panic stricken in
! habitants have sought refuge in the
surrounding fields and forests.