Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
TENSION NEAR
BREAKING POINT
Long-Brewing Conflict Getting
Very Close
AT ST. PETERSBURG TODAY
Austria and Germany May Intervene
in Poland.
A DIVISION IN PARLIAMENT
Newspapers Advise Caution on Part
Of the Douma-Czar May Dis
solve Parliament.

ST. PETERSBURG, July Io.-
The belief that the adoption by the
lower house of parliament today Of
a proclamation to the nation on the
agrarian question will precipitate
the long-brewing conflict and plunge
the country into civil war is pro-
found. All hope of reconciliation
between parliament and the govern
tnent is vanishing and the govern
mtnt is evidently preparing to take
up the gage of battle when it is for
mally thrown down.
At the council held at Peterhof last night
the Camarilla came out strongly In favor of
d'ssolving parliament, but, according to the
best information, the emperor hesitated
and at the moment of adjournment refused
to agree to a dissolution. though his final
decision was postponed.
Nevertheless the more moderate faction
of the constitutional democrats, compre
hending that the government can hardly
avoid the issue. shrink from making the
appeal to the country. which may involve
a climb down. They seriously believe that
the advocates of a dissolution of parlia-
ment realizing that making the appeal
would be equivalent to a declaration of
civil war, count upon the active interven-
tion Of Austria and Germany. which, ac-
cording to the official Rossia, have agreed
in principle on sending troops across the
border, to aid in the suppression OF an
agrarian uprising should the Russian gov
ernnent formally request 1t.
The Rossia's announcement Great tre-
mendous sensation. 1t is stated that the
decision OF the two neighboring powers was
based on fear that the execution OF the
principle Of confiscation of property in Rus
STA would constitute danger to them.
In diplomatic circles the report Of the
virtual revival of the holy alliance for the
maintenance of the principle of inviolability
OF property also produced stir, but in-
quiries made at the Austrian and German
embassies failed to elicit any confirmation.
At the foreign Office the spokesman of
Foreign Minister Iswolsky laughed at the
idea that Russia would invite foreign troops
to enter her territory. NJ Iswolsky was
said to be as much surprised as the public
at the story, the origin of which is not
known here 1t was positively stated that
the report did not originate at the foreign
office Moreover the statement was un-
equivocally made that Russia knew nothing
of any such arrangement between Austria
and Germany
These official denialS seem to exclude the
existence of formal arrangement between
the three govrnments. but with the means
at the disposal of the three monarchs for
personal communication 1t is possible that
personal pledges covering certain contin-
gencies may have been exchanged.
The Rech, which joins in the appeal to
parliament not to take step which might
seem to warrant the government in
serting that parliament Is attempting to
usurp the executive power, says that if the
government adopts the desperate expedient
of calling in foreign troops to put down
civil war the result will not be the same as
in 1S49, when a Russian army saved the
Hapsburg dynasty, The paper declares that
the people will rally under the banner of
pariltment they did In England under
that of the English parliament at the time
of Charles ], with probably a similar re-
suit, namely, the loss of the kings head"
To Assist Russian Revolutionists.
LONDON, July 19-At the closing session
today OF the socialist and labor interparlia
mentary committee 1t was resolved to is
sue national appeals for funds to assist the
Russian revolutionists. and the socialist and
labor representatives at next weeks con-
ference of the interparliamentary union
were urged to take action in support OF the
Russian parliament lin its fight against