Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-16
Situation Grows Worse.

St Petersburg, June 16.-2:20 p. m.-The gravity of the general situa- tion grows hourly. The bourses of St Petersburg and Moscow are in pam jcky condition and the social demo- crats and social reyolutionists. con- sidering parliament to be negligi- ble quantity. are pushing their cam paign for an armed uprising with in- creased vigor. Demonstrations are daily occurring in the streets of Mos COW In favor of general strike, with which the proletariat leaders are try ing to precipitate a conflict. The agi- tation among the workmen here has reached the boiling point and patrols are again in heavy force in the in- dustrial quarters. In the country the rural guards are throwing In their lot with the peasants, refusing to pro- tect the landlords. The progress of the revolutionary propaganda in the army is seriously alarming the gov ernment and to add to the popular excitement comes the massacre of Jews at Bialystok. While the reports conflict as to the immediate respon- sibility for the outbreak, the author ities here cannot escape responsibil- ity for the provocative Black Hun dred telegrams which they caused to be printed throughout Russia. ap- pealing to the worst passions of the mob against the Jews, as the enemies of the country. The government is undoubtedly frightened at what has occurred. Martial law has been de- clared at Bialystok anx troops are being rushed to the scene. but ac- cording to the latest reports the hunting down of unfortunate Jews continued unabated yesterday after noon and night. accompanied by in- describable horrors. The commission dispatched to Bialystok by parlia- ment can be relied upon to make a pitiless exposure to the country of any dereliction of the authorities.
 The leaders In the lower house Of parliament are convinced that It Is the present intention of the govern ment to prevail on the emperor to order a recess of parliament and they have taken the important resolution not to obey the imperial order. This amounts to open defiance and is a purely revolutionary step. The plans of the leaders were secretly formu- lated, but 1t is known that if the government turns the lower house out of the Tauride palace the leaders contemplate an attempt to continue the sitfings independently. In other words they will try to seize the reins of power. The eternal parallel of the French revolution which keeps recur- ring is thus again in evidence. The ,members would probably be required to swear. as did those of the French assembly at the Tennis Court. to meet wherever circumstances require it until a constitution is established on a solid foundation. If this stage is reached a dictatorship or the surren- der of the government Is inevitable. The emperor must swear to abide by the constitution as Louis XVI did or proclaim a dictatorship. The latter step Is sure to be the precursor of a bloody revolution. which perhaps the former will only delay.
 The Rech believes that the case of M. Uiianon. whose expulsion from parliament for a press offence Is de- manded by the government. Is the first step la the governments attack on parliament which the ministry Is trying to persuade the world Is a revolutionary body warns the goF- ernment that an attemp; to dissolve parliament will plunge the country into horrors of which the government has little dreamed and declares the government must be blind to imagine that such a step can success adding. Like a poor eress player. the gov ernment fails to see that this move can only lead to checkmete