Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-21
To Receive Deputations
hFrom the Parliament.
Communications Must Be Sent
Through Court Ministry.
Unexpected Development Causes Storm in
The Parliamentary Camp.

| ST. Petersburg, May pa bomb was
| thrown into tile parliamentary camp
| this afternoon by Il note received by
q note received by President Mouromt-
self Of the Lower House, from Peter
| hoff. which, instead of making an APP
| pOintmeEt for an audience at which
he and the deputation could present the
address in reply 10 the speech from the
throne, contained the informal ton that
the deputation and that the address
must lie presented through the ministry
| of the court.
| Disconnected utterly at this uneX-
pected development, the leaders of the
majority of the House hastily summon
ed Il caucus Of the Constitutional Dem
| self, instead Of sending the address to
| Baron Fredericks, minister Of the i'm
periaI house Immediately issued a call
| for a meeting of Parliament ut II
O'Clock tomorrow at which he will re-
port the occurrence and ask for further
instructions A most heated meeting is
| in prospect.
| The first disposition Of the caucus Of
| III session all the afternoon and evening
and at midnight had not been cOnclud-
| ed, was to regard the refusal to receive
| the deputation as challenge and an
| open affront which was only answer
| able by a counter declaration of war
The deputies We're red with rage, but
| after the first passion had cooled, the
leaders realized the danger Of too pre-
| cipitate action and set for themselves
| the task of bringing their enraged fol-
| lowers under control. Outsiders were
| HOI admitted to the caucus, but through
| the glass doors of the great hall Of the
| Constitutional Club, where the session
WIS held, it could be seen that Prof
| Miluloff Prince Peter Del Goroukoff
Vice presidents of the Lower House:
Prince l.. Voff. Professor Kareiff and
others were on their feet time and time
again pleading with and commanding
| their auditors to act deliberately and
not ruin all unreasOning passion The
cOoler counsels seemed ultimately to be
prevailing, but it is almost certain that
| the rational group. accompanied by
portion of the peasants, will break to-
morrow and endeavOr to force the
| House into some fiery declaration
against the Emperor and the govern
| ment. which will compel an immediate
rupture. cntailinG civil war.
| An Interesting constitutional point is
involved in the refusal of a personal
audience by the Emperor. According
10 the Parliamentary law the presi
dent submits to the consideration of
| III" Emperor the transactions Of the
| Lower House" but it is not stated
whether he does so personally. and a
| deputation is here now authorized.
| The Associated Press is informed by
| 4 member Of the ministry that En-
| peror Nicholas was willing to receive
| President Mouromtseif, but that the
| action Of the House in appointing
delegation 70 accompany him was re
| Gard"d as 4 dangerous precedent. cap
| able OF being stretched to include a
| d"putation of any size. even the whole
of til" membership of the House. This
minister minated that if the leaders
| Of tn" House desired To avoid a ruI,-
| turr they could do 50 either by accept
ing the instructions to present the ad-
| dress through the ministry Of the court
| as n proper and juStifiable matter of
routine, or could, by keeping within
| the limits of the constitutional provi-
zion, direct the president of the House
To apply alone for an audience. 1t was
| pointed out that no distinction had
been made between the Lower House
and the Council of the Empire and
| that the last named body had also been
| instructed to present its address
| through the same channel.
| President MouromtSeff again went to
| Prterhof this evening in order to be
| presented to the empress. who hod no
| opportunity of meeting him during the
| ceremonies there Saturday. lie. did
not see the Emperor.
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