Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-23
THE ARMY CARS HOPE
Government and People Array
ed for Struggle.
GENERAL STRIKE PLANNED
Former Douma Members to Meet IN
Finland.
TROOPS SWARM THE CAPITAL
stolypin Succeeded Goremyk1n as
premier-Labor Organizations
Ready to Fight.

with the imperial ukase dissolvins par
lament at St Petersburg. which was pro-
muIsated early Sunday morning, the cur
tain rose upon possibly the last act In the
great drama of the Russian revolution.
The people and the government now STAND
face to face and upon the loyalty OF the
army depends the immediate issue
Even should the government, however,
succeed in getting the upper hand, the VIC
tory probably would be only temporary
and simply conhne the energy for the hnai
explosion No one doubts the severity OF
the storm which will arise In the country
In response to the emperor's dispersal OF
the men whom he welcomed two months
ago at the Winter Palace as the best
men In Russia The government has
elected to fight, and the capital yesterday
bore witness to the preparations made to
repress the masses by force. The city re-
seInbled an armed camp.
stolypin Named for Premier.
An imperial ukase removes NJ. Gore
mykin from the premiership and appoints
M Stolypin premier. He also retains his
present post of minister of the interior.
NJ Sticl,insky, minister of agriculture, has
resigned.
The parliament building was closed yes
terday and guarded by police who refused
admission except to the president and the
vice president of @he house.
During Saturday night additional troops
were brought In and disposed according to
plans previously adopted These reinforce
ments Included four infantry regiments OF
grenadiers and battery Of machine guns.
The troops occupied the railroad stations
and the bridges across the rivers and
canals and the patrols of both police and
Crowds armed with stones had the gen.
darmes and police on the run in Sadoyia
street when a squadron OF Cossacks came
to the rescue and charged and dispersed
the mob with whips.
About midnight there were rumors of
heavier fighting at the Narva gate, where
the massacre Of the followers of Father
Gapon took place eighteen months ago
Yesterday The troops are said to have
fired several volleys and 1t is reported there
were a number of casualties.
Hundreds Arrested in Capital.
The work Of gathering in revolutionary
as,tators began Immediately after the ukase
placing st. Petersburg in "a state Of ex-
traordinary security" was promulgated,
and hundreds of arrests were made before
daylight
The uowers conferred upon NJ. Won der
Iaunitx project of police, and NJ Zinovieff
governor of the province, are little short OF
those OF petty dictators. Searches and ar
rests can be made without process OF law,
newspa pers forced to suspend publication
and persons deported by administrative or
der without trial Public and private meet
ines are forbidden. Those arrested may be
tried by military courts and summarfly exc
cuted. The only real difference between
extraordinary security and full martial
law is that power IL exercised by so-called
civil instead of military authority.
Although the news of the dissolution OF
"a ila NIL 4 hA
members of the various political organixa-
tons. the masses here generally are hardly
awake to the momentous event. The news
travelled fast in the country, and the gem
eral expectation Is that the peasants, ac-
eepttng the dispersal of parliament as the
anal blow to their hopes, will everywhere
rise.
Labor Parties Prepared.
The proletariat organizations have been
preparing for months for just such provo
cation to declare open war. 1t Is impossi-
BILE to describe the CONSERVATION with which
the constitutional democrats learned the
news. Although 1t had been bruited for
the last three days, the ukase was received
caucus on Saturday night did not believe
the government would dare to take the
threatened step. and discussed the attitude
to be taken toward the minister OF the in
terror NJ. Stoiypin, when he appeared in
+ parliament tomorrow to answer interpella-
tons.
The government undoubtedly calculated
on catching the opposition on les guard. but