Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-19
TALK OF COUP D'ETAT
Lawles'ness in Russia Nay Lead to the
Downfall Of Parliament.
REACTlONARlES ARE GROWING B0L0eR
Proposed Appeal of Lower House to Country
May Arouse Csar,
CoURTlERS ADVISING EXTREME MEASURES
View Taken That Parliament is Exceeding
Its Authority.
'URTItRs ADVISING EXTREME MEASURES
TROUBLE IN THE INTERIOR INCREASING
Continuous stream of stories of Burn
ing Houses, RObberies, Murders
and Collisions with
the Troops.

ST. PETERSBURG, July lS-The pollti-
cal barometer is again falling. The contu-
sion which seems to have taken possession
OF the upper spheres since the efforts To
form coalition ministry failed, coupled
with the alarming reports from the interior
and the attitude OF Parliament, make
almost anything possible There has oeeB
a marked renewal OF apprehension that
the crisis may end in a coup d'etat against
Parliament The assassination OF Vice Ad-
miral Chouknin and General Kozlov, the
discovery that behind the murder OF the
general was a big plot to kill not only
General Trepof, but Prince Putiatin and
other courtiers, ana the general epidemic
OF assassination which has terrorized mot
only the local authorities, but even che
police, together with the wild destruction
OF property by the peasantry in half
dozen provinces during the last few days,
have again strengthened the small part CT
the court which believes In resortinS TO
extreme measures"
Appeal May Help COurtieru.
The adoption by the lower house of Par
lament of an address to the country will,
1t is feared, place In the hands of the re-
actic nists the needed lover to move the
emperor. Nj. Petrajitski vainly warned the
lower house yesterday of the seriousness
.
the constitutional democrats, of which
party he is prominent member. seemed
convinced that they must hold the peas
ants at all hazards. The members of the
extreme left seemed to court a rgnt,
| preaching open revolution from the ios-
trum. The Novoe Vremya, which often
reflects the views of the court, says today
that the adoption by the lower house OF
an address to the country would go oc-
yond the Jurisdiction of Parliament and
virtually constitute appeal from the
government to the people. The paper adds:
! With its adoption Parliament would cross
! the kubicon, abandon its professeo policy
OF trying TO restrain the country, and IN
stead OF pacity1ng ii deliberately pour Oil
| on the flames.
Trouble Increasing.
| Dispatches from the Interior continue 10
tell without interruption stories of the
/ burning of men or houses, robberies. muf-
i ders. collisions between peasants and rural
guards and the hurried dispatch OF troops
here and there. The center OF the peas
ants uprising is Voronezh province, whero
| the peasants, in their own mania for the
destruction of property, do not discriminate
between friends and enemies, evidenced
| by the complete devastation of thee state
| OF NJ. Kokoshkne one of the most promi-
nent constitutional democrats in the lower
house Todays reports describe the situu-
ton in the province as hopeless" from
the standpoint of the landlords. The situa-
ton is almost as bad in Poltava and
Smolensk provinces. In Tambov province
eighty peasants are reported to have been
killed or wounded by dragons.
AS further proof of the change of spirit
at Peterhof IL was learned today that
Emperor Nicholas has requested the mem
bers of the Goremykn cabinet to retain
their posts.
| Gar Receives Soldiers.
! PETERHOF, July ia deputation of
officers and men from the four Siberian
corps and the First Manchurian corps. in
cluding the Twelfth Siberian regiment, OF
which the baby Grand Duke Alexis is hon
orary colonel, were received here today by
Emperor Nicholas and the heir to the
throne, who is now about years old. A
deputatlon presented their compliments To
the emperor and Grand Duke Alexis. ac-
companied by gifts of cross and ikons to-
the grand duke, which the later kissed.
The emperor made a speech In which he
returned thanks for the devotion and BRAY
cry promised in behalf OF his son and said
the later would always wear around his
neck the cross presented to him by the
deputation