Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-15
Prof Kuain- -KaaviefF Flatly Accuses the
PrOcuratOr of Lying.
D5wocaATs TAKE pEssiMSTlc VIEW
Fear that Radicals in Parliament Cannot
Be Controlled
AGRARlAs TIDE IS RISING RAPIDLY
PossibfIity that it May sweep
Away the Assembly aH
Well as the Cow
ernment.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 1.-THE lower
house Of Parliament was rocked ana
swayed this afternoon by successive waves
OF passion evoked by series of govern
ment communications, including Military
Frocurator Pbloff's rejection Of the appeal
of the house for cessation Of the eXecu-
tions in the Baltic provinces and the cool
request Of the procurator of the district
court that the house eNpel M. Ulianon'
who has been indicted. although a member
OF Parliament. in order that he may be
arrested pending his trial for press Of
fenseE So fierce was the storm that Pres
ident Mouromtsen announced that he would
he compelled to adjourn the session II the
demonstration was continued
The district procurator later informed the
house that the trial Of NJ Ulianon was set
for June zT. but that he was protected
from arrest by the constitutional privilege
or the house and that according to pro-
viso Of the statute the right of expulsion
was asked for. This was read after
number of speeches assailing the courts
action as being the most barefaced et-
frontPry
NJ kukoskine's resolution that the house
sees no reason to utilize the right OF
expulsion and proceeds with the order of
the day" was adopted,
PnvIofY Given the lie.
Procurator Pavlom then ascended the
rustrum in the face OF the already en-
raged house and read his promised COM
munication regarding the death sentences.
He declared that until the military laws
were changed the courts-maTtial had no
option but 10 impose death sentences for
such orenses as those committed at Riga
-tat.N IGa
explained. rested solely with the governors
general, who can reject appeals OF con-
firm sentences. The minister Of war can
not interfere and cannot decide whether
cuIprits shall be judged by military on civil
courts.
Procurator PavIoff, after reading his COM
mnnication in a hurried. agitated voice, i'm
mcdiately left the hall. but none too soon
10 escape cries OF murderer assassin
and dog from the radicals, who had
posted -thsinselyes Ia all parts OF the hall
AT this point President Mouromtseh threat
ened to suspend the session unless order
was restored He recognized Prof. kusin-
Karavieff who fatty gave Pavloff the lie
He cited case after case with which he
was familiar from his former connection
with the Academy OF Military Law In
which the minister of war threw the in
fiuence of the courts-martial against ac-
cused persons.
Democrats Are PesSimIstic.
Shrewd observers Of the situation. as Prof.
Milukoff. leader Of the constitutional demo-
Gratis. are growing more pessimisuc daily.
The radical element in the lower house of
Parliament arc getting more and more out
of hands and events i'm the interior are
marching so rapidly that people almost
a lar nf 90
ernment 10 the demand for a responsible
ministry nould not now come too late.
The leaders consequently are preparing
for eyentualities. The authority of Par
lament is growing constantly in the coun-
try, and if the extreme elements can be
held in check little longer the leaders
hope that when the crisis comes the gov
ernment viii realize the futility of re-
sistsnce, On the other hand, the agrarian
movement which Is now extending in all
directions threatens Parliament as well as
the government, and it is increasingly
manifest that the troops that come from
the villages are siding with the peasants
from whom they are recruited Even the
Cossacks are beginning to rebel against the
odious work of holding the people in sub
lection. NJ. Svesshnikon, the Cossack
member Of the lower house, claims to have
received thousand lelAeTS IRON tOsSach
soldiers. saying they are tired of playing
the role of oppressors Of the people and
gdding that the time-honored name OF
Cossack, formerly synonymous with brave
protectors OF the country against the raw,
ages OF savage hordes on the border lands
was now auathematzed, and they desire
TO right the wrongs they have been com
PEELED to inhct on the nation.
The district court has returned an in
dictment against NJ. Oianoff the member
or Parliament from Ssratoff and editor o
the social revolutionary paper Dielonaroda
and proceedings have been begun agains
fourteen workmen who issued a revolu
tionary address 10 the country. The Who'll,
question OF the inviolability OF the persons
Not members of Parliament is raised anS
undoubtedly viii become the occasion 70
violents protests in the house. The NashJ
shisn says the present tension cannot b,
prolonged month longer.