The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-06
CAR MUST YIELD
OR FIGHT PEOPLE
Gauntlet Flung by People and
Conflict Rapidly Ap-
proaches.
Many Mobiles Urge War Upon the
Peasants BLACK Hun
dred'' Again.

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ment are rapidly coming to close quar-
tiers and the conflict which became in
evitable the moment the popular assem-
bly, presented its demands in the adj
dress to the throne cannot be much
longer delayed.
The excitement In the interior is in
creasing daily. Partial strikes have
begun at Kief, Odessa, Moscow and
other cities, and the peasants in some
provinces are no longer restrainable
and have commenced to seize the land
of the proprietors.
The leaders Of the constitutional DEM
ocrats in the lower house who, for tacti-
cal reasons, first sought to postpone a
conflict in order to be able to choose
the time and place for the battle, real
lie that they must go with the tide and
the government which equally sought
to calmly ignore the "extra-constitu-
tional' demands of the house and sent
ministers to the house with conciliatory
speeches, realizes that the governmental
policy has failed.
Gauntlet Is Flung.
Since the government failed to give
the house satisfaction regarding the
continued executions in the provinces
or to bring to book the local officials
whose tyranny is tanning the flames
OF popular indignation, parliament has
had no alternative except the Immediate
anslstence on it's demand for the dis
missal of the cabinet.
The scene at yesterday session when
the house refused to listen to the min
listers and practically drove themrfrom
the rostrum, clearly presents the issue.
or fight.
In yielding to the militant spirit Of
the radicals upon this point, the consti-
tutlona! democrats again solidifed the
opposition, which was on the verge of
over the agrarian question
..dlssenslons Of which the government
Is eager to take advantage, it being
reliably reported that the government
has planned to make a direct appeal
to the peasantry by distributing to the
iand,hungry peasants on easy payments
5,75O,OOO acres of crown lands on the
right bank of the Volga and in the
southern and central provinces without
awaiting the action Of parliament. This
step is strongly advised by the leaders
eral congress here.
Many Mobiles Defiant.
The members of the nobility are ner.
fectly aware that the parliamentary
program, if adopted, will wipe ont land
lordism in Russia and that the ttfair',
price which the program offers for their
appropriated property will not save
them from economic ruin. Therefore
the mobiles are organizing in order to
make a stiff fight for the preservation
Of their prerogatives.
While a few Of the mobiles apparently
read the signs Of the times Alright and
are in favor Of making the best Of a
bad situation, the majority are stiff
necked aristocrats who are not in fa.
vor of yielding an iota. They even hesi.
tate to indorse the moderate govern
ment program and have sent a message
expressing: their loyalty to the emperor,
In which they did not even mention the
existence of parliament.
BLACK Hundred Again.
The Official Messenger this morning
resumed the publication of uBIack
Hundred kilograms, while the radical
papers retorted by printing numerous
dispatches addressed to deputies. sus-
tanning the attitude Of parliament.
b spirit Of conflict which prevailed
at yesterday session continued at the
sitting today, altho some Of the leaders
OF the constitutional democrats went
int the breach to stay too hasty action.
M. Vinaver's project, Of which he
gave notice yesterday, to change the
regulations Of the house, which form
part Of the fundamental law, or consti-
tuition, so as to eliminate al control Of
ministers either in the drafting or man
ipulating Of bills, w-asintroduced in the
house.
Goes to Committee.
The project simply provides that
copies of bills shall go to the ministers.
and that the ministers shall have a
weeks notice of bills which are to be
considered.
It also provides that all bills. shall po
to the consideration of the regular com
mittees of the house, instead Of the min
listers, as the regulations now provide.
"A number of arguments were made
after which by practically unanimous
to a committee.
Ministers Kissed.
A.remarkable scene of disorder in the
lower house of parliament marked YES
terday's debate on the agrarian cues
ton, which was taken up owing to the
delay In the presentation of the report
on the draft of tie law providing for
the abolition of the death penalty.
Assistant Interior Minister Gurko,
speaking in behalf of Interior Minister
oto!ypin u W. StlchlnSky, minister of
agriculture, attempted to continue their
arguments against socialism begun June
i, but their speeches were continually
i~nterruptedby cries of Resign RE
sign.o
Turnout the debate a steady under
current of obstructive noises drowned
the voices of the officials. The demon
stration, which was organized by the
radicals, continued until the ministers
ceased speaking, tho Prince Peter Dol.
gorovskof, .vicepresideDt of the lower
house, who presided, appealed 70 the
members to remember the dignity of the
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