Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-21
COUNSEL PREVAILED
Threatened Trouble at St.
Petersburg Averted.
PACIFIC ISSUE ASSURED
The Radical Delegates Were Disap-
pointed.
THEY DESIRED A CASUs BELLI
Lively Debate Over Cars Refusal to
Receive Delegation From Lower
House Of Parliament.
THEY DESIRED A CAsUs BELLI

ST. PETERSBURG, May 21-(2:25 p.m.)-
The threatened storm over the emperors
refusal to receive the delegation from the
lower house of parliament. appointed to
present to him it's reply to the speech from
the throne, has been averted. The house
this afternoon adopted a resolution TO pro-
ceed with the regular order of business,
and the discussion of the agrarian question
began.
The moderate leaders of the constitutional
democrats after laboring with the hotheads
until the early morning hours succeeded In
convincing them that it would be fatal
blunder to precipitate a conflict upon a
false issue, and a resolution was prepared
pointing out that the Importance of the ad-
dress consisted in its contents and not in
the form In which it is transmitted to the
emperor.
Some of the constitutional democrats
frankly expressed the opinion that the
house itself committed an error in appoint
ing the deputation when the law specih-
cally provided that communications from
the house should go through the president.
Much Popular Excitement.
The emperors action in refusing to re-
CttNS the uepuldtlcu CItdleu HuCn popuidA
excitement. The papers voiced the fear that
it means a rupture and crowds collected
about the Tauride palace before the open
ing of the session of parliament today.
While his majesty's act is In strict con-
formity with the correctness and Journalism
which have characterized his career never
theless his failure to seize the occasion to
meet the peoples representatives directly
is sure to produce bad impression in the
fr1r lan l,t,-7 Of fha la
outcry has always been directed against
the bureaucratic Intermediates.
The radicals In the house wanted to
make his refusal a casus belli, bur yield
ed to the perSuaSfonS of the conStitu-
tional democrats and decided not to pre-
sent eondemnatory resolution A pacific
issue therefore is assured.
When President Mouromtseff, on calling
the lower house to order today, briefly
announced what had happened Novo-
gorodseff OF Yekatorinovslav presented a
resolution. which he supported in a brief
speech, urging the necessity for overlook
ing minor incidents and getting to work
on the agrarian question.
AIlaGin the leader of the extreme left,
contented himself with pointing out the
obstacles put in the way of harmonious
action by the crown.
No Occasion for Offense.
Prof Maxim Kovalevsky of Kharkoff
concluded the debate by reviewing the
PROCEDURE IN 1TedL anu
showing that there was no occasion for
the house to take offense and pointed out
that in the old days in England the
transmission of an address to the throne
was the occasion for great ceremony. The
speaker, escorted by the entire parlia-
ment, conveyed the address to the doors
of the palace. But this practice had long
since been discontinued, and address
is now transmitted through the officers of
the court In Germany also an address is
transmitted through the officers of the
court.
The resolution of Novogorodseff. urging
the necessity for overlooking minor Incl
dents and getting to work on the agrarian
question was unanimously adopted, after
which the house proceeded with the agra
rian debate.
The project adopted by the convention or
the constitutional democrats. laying down
the general principle that the land belonged
to those who titled It, formally pre-
sented, but was temporarily laid aside 10
permit the organization of committees 10
examine credentials and investigate the
election of members. Eleven committees.
Including the entire membership of the
house and distributed by lot, were ap-
pointed for this purpose.
No ministers had been present In the
house up to the hour Of recess, at O'Clock
in the afternoon.
Count SoIsky, president OF the upper
house of parliament, has been notified IN
terms identical with the reply to President
Mouromtseff of the lower house, that the
address of the upper house should be pre-
sented to the emperor through Baron
Fredericks, the minister of the imperial
house.