The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-26
BELIEVES CARS THRONE IS SAFE Troops Are All Loyal to the
 Emperor EXPECT ACTS OF TERRORISM Russia May Yet Have Troubles But High Parsonage Thinks the Government Now in Almost
 Complete Control.
EXPECT ACTS OF TERRORISM

St Petersburg, March 25.-The Associa- ted Press is able to give the results of an important conversation with a high parsonage regarding the situation in Rus sia. Neither the name nor the position of this parsonage can be introduced but his competency to speak on the situation can be vouched for.
 The conversation, which covered wide range, left the distinct impression that the assembling of the national parlia- ment would bring a crisis, but not the one anticipated abroad. The government. evidently is absolutely convinced that an armed revolution or a general uprising which would menace it's life is no longer possible and that the danger now is not that the government will be overthrown but that 1t will be driven to abandon it's path of reform.
 Guerilla Warfare Cannot Succeed.
 .'The guerilla warfare which the revo- lutionsts at present are conducting" said the parsonage referred to, 'cannot sue ceed. Acts of terrorism doubtless will contine-vengeance may be wrecked upon governors general and police masters; Count Witte. the premier, and Minister OI interior OuIHONu, may De dSSdSSlIdleus banks and buildings may be blown up and there may even be riots here and there-but all attempts to produce wide spread risings in the cities or a repetition of the railroad strike are doomed to fall ure. The government has a firm grip and every measure to prevent excesses will be taken.
 Besides, the situation has been com pletely altered since last fall, when prac- tically the whole of the urban population joined the protest which led the Emperor to grant the manifesto of October 30. The government then unable to cope with the extreme revolutfofiaTies The army in European Russia at low strength and filled with reservists bordering on mu- tiny owing to their anxiety to return to their homes and rejoin their families and new recruits everywhere were prevented from joining the colors. Since then all is changed. The reservists have been dis charged and the recruits have been drill ed and have joined the ranks. Regiments which then consisted of four hundred men now have eOOO men. Three army corps have returned from Manchuria and more regulars are arriving daily.
 Army Faithful to Emperor.
 No matter what is said to the con- trary, it Is certain that the army is faithful to the Emperor. There may be individual cases of disoyalty, but the res liability of the army as a whole is un- questionable. The weight of troops alone renders a revolution impossible.
 Should there be agrarian disorders in the summer they will not be revolution ary in character for the peasants of Rus sia are true to the Emperor. The danger lies in another direction.
 Tt is not a question of the fall of the government but of whether reform or reaction will prevail-whether the pres ent struggle to supplant the old regime and secure larger liberties for the peo- pie will enter the parliamentary phase or counter revolution will sweep away the entire programme on which the govern ment has entered. The Emperor is sim cerey and honestly desirous of meeting the wishes of his people and has given them his word to this effect. But a re- actionary party exists. It is composed of the aristocracy with a powerful backing in high places and above all, it enjoys the support of the military faction which, in a country like Russia, is an immense factor. The military is naturally reac- tionary. An officer prefers to serve Napoelon rather than a parliament.
 Nevertheless at the present moment the reactionary party is weak and pow erless. It lacks the public following with out which it dare not more. It is easily conceivable. however, that the situation might suddenly change should an oppor- tunity to strike come.
 Might Be Overwhelmed With Disaster.
 Should the parliament attempt to take the bull by the horns for the deposition of the Emperor and the destruction of the whole fabric of government, the new regime might be overwhelmed with dis aster A large element of the population, especially the masses who had no share in the revolution and who revere the Emperor as a God-given ruler, might be aroused to action by the reactionaries and the Emperor, seeing the revolution aries on side attempting to go too far and in face of what seemed to be a peculiar demand for the restoration of the old regime might-I will not say he would-yield to what he considered the wish of his subjects"
 What would especially be deemed an act on the part of parliament threaten ing such a catastrophe-a demand for the convocation of a constituent assem- bly?" was asked.
 Certainly that would be equivalent to an attempt to refer the form of govern ment to the decision of the people. It would not be tolerated.: 1t probably would result instantly in summons to the Pre-
 
 disperse the parliament with bayonets.
 Government Is Not Interfering.
 "The charges that the government is Interfering with the elections are untrue. The present indications are that the par iiament will be conservative and it might. instead of raising clamor for the over throw of the government set seriously to work to solve the great and pressing questions which the future depends. The abstention of the extreme elements from voting in the elections may effect the national character of the parliament and It's authority to speak in the name of the whole people
 But it is now clear that the element that is abstaining from voting is purely revolutionary. It is unwilling to advance gradually in the pales of reforms. refuses all compromises and is determined to overthrow everything; society as we'll as the government. and on the establish