The Carlisle independent., 1906-05-31
THE PRESS PESSlMlSTlc
The Social Democrats and the SO- cfaI Revo1utionfsts Delighted At the Turn of Events, Believing They Furnish the Stimulus Needed For Popular
 Rising.

Ci. tlSi SDuI w 4li dlllOSt less anxiety society awaits the govern ment's response to the bold action of the lower house of parliament, Satur- day, which in censuring the ministry and demanding it's retirement was like B deliberate slap in the face and a di- rect challenge which the government, though inclined to prefer it's usual poli- cy Of temporization and compromise, can hardly avoid meeting. Parliament has burned the bridge and virtually has taken the step which the French states general did when it transformed itself into a national convention.
 A Revolutionary Body.
 By Haunting the fundamental laws and practically declaring that it pro- poses to exercise full parliamentary rights with responsible ministry it has become, in the eyes of the law, a revolutionary body, and from that po- sition there seems no retreat. The news of the action of the house came like an electric shock, the people gen erally being as greatly surprised as the bureacracy at the promptness with which the whole of the governments S policy was absolutely scorred. Both sides recognize the actuenesS and seri- ousness of the moment, but the panic is i'll the government and not in the popular camp.
 Would Mean Bloody Revolution.
 hfrho # n fight" said M. Kokoshkine, one of the constitutional democratic members of the house, can disperse the parliament, but the victory of the bureaucracy would only be temporary. It would in evitably be followed, shortly, by a bloody revolution which would not leave stick of the present government standing. The emperor must choose between a real constitutional govern ment and loss of not only his crown, but probably of his hecd'
 Socialist Element Delighted.
 The social democrats and social revo- lutionists are delighted at the turn of events, believing they furnish just the stimulus needed for the rising they are planning The territorists were quick to seize the opportunity for a series of blows in widely separated parts of the country, the news of which forms a prominent feature in the newspapers instead of the expected decree of am- nesty.
 The Press is Pessimistic.
 The press, almost without exception, Is pessimistic, recognizing the extreme gravity of the situation and the temp est which the denial of the right of forced appropriation of land will pro- yoke among the peasantry. The Rech, declares that the governments reason ing in this respect is false and falla- cious, the appropriation of land standing practically OF the same basis now as in 1861.
 Prof. Kareieff, in a special article, says parallel of the early stage of the French revolution is now complete. He invites the ministry to substitute for the 1906 events those of 17S9 and then to consider whether they wish to continue their present course.
 The Slovo, the Octoberist organ, falls behind none of the others in sharpness of criticism, declaring that the govern ment has proclaimed war on parlia- ment
 Orders for the guard corps to go into summer camp at Krasnye Se.o have been countermanded.