The Mena weekly star., 1906-05-31
TH[ RUSSIAN DEADLOCK
The Government as Usual Seems to be Hesitating in the Present
 Parliamentary Crisis.
UPRISING OF THE pEAsANTRY FEARED
Well Informed Parties in St. PetersburG Believe the Country People Will Obey the Authority of Parliament Rather than the Dictum of the Emperor in Case of n Clash.

St. Petersburg, May 29.-The pes simism over the outlook continues 10 grow. The government as usual Tn every crisis seems to be hestitating as to which course to pursue. The em' peror refuses to yield to the counsels of the court camarilla but his attitude continues to be negative. He seems to cling to the idea that compromise IS still possible Several official notes have beeh issued denying that the gov- srnment intends to resort to force but at the same time there is no evidence that the emperor is ready to yield to the demand for the supercession Of the present ministery with one from the majority in the lower house of parlia- ment. The result is virtual dead lock, the prolongation of which can only serve to diminish the chances of peaceful settlement.
 Two plans for extricating the gov ernment without meeting the direct issue are suggested by the emperors moderate advisers. One is simply to allow the lower house to talk until the end of June when the summer vacation will be scheduled. The other is to dis solve parliament and order new cleo ton. But either course, in the opinion of the best judges of the situation will only increase the danger of an explo sion in the country. The peasantry whose hopes are central in parliament undoubtedly will be profoundly stirred by the governments refusal to distri- butte the crown and church lands and recognize the principle of the expro- priation of private holdings, and many people expect to see the destruction of their hopes followed by an imme- diate uprising of the peasants against the nobles. The correspondent of the Associated Press has talked with a number of landlords from various parts of the country who declare that the peasants are fanatically attached to parliament and that between the dictum of the emperor and of par lament they will obey the auth ority of the latter, The revolutionary leaders and the proletariate organiz- ations of the cities are sure to profit by the deadlock and a terroristic cam paign is already in full swing.
 M. Shipoff of Moscow, who last week was considered a possible compromise premier, Is out with an interview de. claring that after the action of the Cof Hoxy hn accept the premiership. The only hope now of saving Russia from revolu- tion Is the formation of a ministry of constitutional democrats which would throw upon the dominant party in the lower house the responsibility of fight ing the extreme clements
 Count Witte and his wife have gone abroad After visit to their daughter at Brussels they intend to take the baths in Germany. The count spoke in an exceedingly pessimistic vein to friends before he left St. Petersburg.
 Fifteen persons were killed in Russia Sunday with bombs.
 While bombs are being thrown all OfCi thC OOuHllJ anu dtltlipLS are being made to assassinate prominent officials, the Russian people, with breathless anxiety, await the govern ment's response to the bold action of the lower house of parliament Satur- day. The censuring of the ministry and demanding it's retirement was like deliberate slap in the face and a di- rect challenge. which the government, though inclined to prefer it's usual policy of temporization and compro- mise. can hardly avoid meeting. Par. liament has burned the bridge and virtually has taken the step which the French states general did when 1t transformed itself into a national con vention
 By Haunting the fundamental laws .and practically declaring that it pro- poses to exercise full parliamentary rights, with responsible ministry, it has become, in the eyes of the law. revolutionary body and from that