Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-26

the ministry win maintain quiet and order
by the legal means now at its disposal SO
long as the disturbances continue and so
long the government is not furnished
through fresh legislation with effectuai
means o. combating laslessness.
I'm. regard to the amnesty question, the
pardon of prisoners convicted by the courts.
no matter what form of crime may have
been committed, Is the prerogatiye of the
monarch. The council Of ministers consid-
ers that 1t would not be beneficial to society
TO amnesty persons implicated in murders
and acts of violence while the disturbances
continue As to persons deprived Of their lib
erty by administrative order. the caoinet
has taken steps to procure the release OF
those whereby public safety Is not threat
ened''
A Wonderful Scene Enacted.
A wonderful scene followed when M
Roditchen, the leader of the constitutional
democrats. mounted to the rostrum to re-
feet In behalf of his party the governments
reply. With burning words he flung down
the gauntlet to the government. thunders
of applause greeting his sallies of defiance
The Grand Duke Nicholas NikolaleVicn
ehrank back into a corner of the Imperial
box the orator fiayed the administration.
and the premier and the other members OF
the cabinet seemed to shrink lower down
into their chairs.
When NJ. Roditcheff turned toward the
benches occupied by the ministry, and. with
arm oatstretched menacingly, declared tnat
1T is not the government but the represent
tatives of the people here assembled who
must decide what is best for the welfare or
the country the members were wild with
enthusiasm.
Time and again the house roared with
ironical laughter at the orators sarcastic
denunciations of the policy of the govern
ment.
NJ Roditcheff concluded with a demand
for the retirement of the bureaucratic cab
inet and the creation Of a responsible min
istry from the peoples chosen representa-
tives. He said:
1.-The government can destroy the country
alone. but 1t is impossible for 1t to restore
1t without the cooperation of the people,
and call upon you turning again to the
ministerial benches. ''to obey the dictates
. of your conscience and give way to min
istry in which the nation can have conf
dence"
AS NJ Roditcheff ended the members
sprang to their feet and for three minutes
wildly cheered him and his speech.
A Conflict Inevitable.
Premier Goremykins speech. which was
Unexpectedly firm in tone. produced such a
very bad impression that a conflict Is now
considered inevitable. To the demands made
in the address of the lower house In reply
to the speech from the throne it was almost
complete non possumus. 1t reiterated
that general amnesty was impossible but
promised the release rapidly as possible
of those who had been arrested by admihis-
tratiye order.
There could be no question. 1t was pointed
out. of the abolition of the council of the
empire. or upper house. that is an nsti
tuition covered by the fundamental law and
is beyond the competence of parliament
Most important of ALL the premier de-
clared that the basis for a solution of the
agrarian problem proposed by the lower
house completely impossible. There
could he no forced appropriation of land.
diStri h1Jfin of
some of the appanages of the state domains
and outlined a broad program for popular
education. the revision of the tax laws and
the institution of political liberty.