Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-29
NOT BINDING ON CAR
Action of Lower House on Gov.
ernment's Policy.
DECISION BY THE MINISTRY
Parliament's Affront Will Be
Ignored.
CANCELLATION TO CONTINUE
Projects for Solution. of Agrarian
Problem and Other Questions to
Be Submitted by Crown.
DECISION BY THE MINISTRY
CANCELLATION TO CONTINUE

ST PETERSBURG, May 20. - AS fore
shadowed in the statement made by Minis
Ter OF Agriculture Stchinsky to the Assoc
ciated Press last night. the government has
decided on Its course OF action with refer
ence 10 the vote of lack OF confidence or
the lower house and It's demand for the
resignation of the ministry-ft will swallow
parlament's affront and treat its resolution
simply as a declaration beyond its COM
potency, and consequently not binding
upon the monarch, In other words the
government has decided to ignore the de-
mand of the lower house, and the ministry
will not resign, but neither will parliament
be dissolved Moreover. instead of treating
the action of the lower house as cause Tor
offense, the ministry will continue It's con-
ciliatory attitude In the hope that the storm
will subside, and unless parliament takes
some revolutionary action the original plan
of prolonging the session until 1t Is time for
the summer vacation, at the end OF june
will be carried out
In the meantime the government Will oner
Its own projects for the solution OF the
agrarian question, etc. and II they are re-
jected the lower house Will be allowed 10
elaborate It's own projects No amnesty
will be granted but the political prisoners
will be released as rapidly as possible The
ministry Is evidently strongly convinced
tlat It's program Win ZIG sup
port of the conservative interests OF the
country, which naturally are frightened at
the universal scheme for the appropriation
OF land proposed by the lower house. Both
the ministry and the court camarilia are
understood TO have joined in decision TO
adopt the above tactics
Beyond Its Jurisdiction.
The Novoe vremya apparently having
received it's cue. this morning spoke of the
lower house In a contemptuous spirit for
"essaying a role beyond its Jurisdiction"
The character of the attacks of this paper
Is shown by the attempt to construe the de-
cison of the lower house not TO hold ses-
sOns on Saturdays as well as Wednesdays,
which was adopted on the motion of Nj.
Ostrogorki. a Jew from Grodno, as nom
recognition of the Christian Sabbath and as
a direct affront to Christian Russia.
The Rech predicts a lull during which the
opinion of the country Will nave an OPP
portunity to crystalline and the government
will see how woefully it has mistaken the
temper OF the peasants and OF the people
generally.
The radical wing of the social democrats
Is urging the lower house to transform it
self into a constitutuent assembly, while
the moderate wing offers to support the
lower house If 1t continues It's present tone.
Lower House Calmer Today.
The spirit of the lower house was much
calmer today. At the opening of the SEES
sion Il communication from Premier Cor
emykin was read announcing that the III
terpellatiOn regarding the death sentence
imposed by a court-martlal at Riga on
eight workmen accused of political muir
der and robbery had been transmitted TO
War Minister Rudiger.
NJ. Naboukoff. leader of the constitutional
democrats in behalf of the constitutional
democrats presented an Interpolation de-
marding To know who was responsible for
the provocative Black Hundred kilograms
printed in the Official Messenger since the
assembling of parliament. The interpelfa-
tion asks specifically whether they were
printed with Premier Goremykin's permits
sion and. If what was the purpose of
their publication.
Michael Stakovich. a marshal of the no
hi!ity Of Orel. and Count Heyden. "A marshal
OF the nobility from St Petersburg. while
supporting the Interpolation. objected to
the statement that such publications were
shaking the authority Of the emperor. TO
whom they were addressed, and upon their
request the words referred to We're with
drawn. and the Interpolation was unani-
mOusly adopted.
A long discussion of the famine existing
In several districts followed, during which
the government WAS most severely de-
nOunced for its refusal 10 help the peasants
who had participated in agraran disorders.
NJ. LOssen, a peasant member from Tam
bOff In % heated speech, declared that Rus
sia was being punished for the sins of the
people