Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-20
RUSSIAN CRISIS
GROWING WORSE
Final Action on Address to De-
termine Sequel.
GRAVITY OF SITUATION
Rumored Czar Has Signed Ukase Dis
solving Parliament.
MANY STORIES IN CIRCULATION
Regiments Constantly Marching Into
st. Observation-Disclosures as to
Disposition of Troops Given.

Extreme nervousness and excite
ment pervade all classes at St. Pc
tersburg owing to fear that the &C
ton of the lower house of parlia-
ment in adopting at o'clock this
morning an address to the people
may be the signal for coup d etat
against parliament.
1t is rumored that the step has
been decided upon, and the Strana
at St. Petersburg prints an article
stating that an imperial ukase or
dering the dissolution of parlia-
ment has already been signed.
ST. PETERSBURG. July 20.-The feel
ing of general alarm is increased here
by the fact that all night long guard
regiments have been marching into the city
from the guards camp at Krasnoye-Sefo
Moreover it is known that the colonies of
the Saminovsky Regiment Of the Guard
and of the Hussars, of the Guard. and the
colonies of the Ismalovsky, Pavlovsky.
Preobrajensky and Yaegerski Guard regi-
mGntS ana the COIOnel Oh Tie iloi sc di III
lery of the Guard were summoned to the
headquarters of the commander of the st.
Petersburg garrison. where they received
instructions regarding the disposition of
their troops In the of certain even
Qualities.
An attempt was made to reassure the
public when this fact leaked out, with the
explanation that these were precautionary
dispositions arranged In view of the threat
ening situation among the workrnen in the
Industrial sections. but the evidence seems
conclusive that the government has deiib-
erately prepared for the gravest emergency.
So far as can be ascertained, however, no
final decision has been taken at Peterhof.
The ministry, which is again back in the
saddle, hopes to prolong the status quo.
while the court camarilla insists that the
sooner parliament, as the center of the
revolutionary propaganda. is dispersed the
better and both sides unite on the neces-
sity for preparations to meet the extra-con-
stitutonal step of the lower house.
Conjecture Over Address.
Once the final decision to dissolve parlia-
ment is taken II is believed the representa-
tives of the foreign powers Will Immediately
be notified and no such notification has yet
been given.
The question now is how the change in
the form of the address finally adopted
early this morning Will affect the situation.
InQUuDt60lN the constitutional democrats
did what they could to amend the address
so as to avoid the appearance of parliament
entering upon revolutionary role. During
the debate they dwelt upon the point that
the address did not summon the people to
support parliament against the government,
and instead of provoking the masses to an
uprising it adjured them to remain quiet.
Nevertheless they were forced, owing to
dissensious in their own ranks. to eliminate
a decla ration in favor of the principle of
payment for appropriated land thus In a
firm ING he
among the peasantry that the conhscation
of the land would be for their benefit pure
and simple.
Group of Toll Driven Out.
The evident desire of the constitutional
democrats to extract the teeth from the ad-
dress drove the members OF the group of
toll out OF the house with the avowed in
tention of issuing their own proclamation.
This is not mixed evil. as it might open
the door TO final opportunity for
agreement between the constitutional dem
ocrats and the government. Unless this
happens Immediately the indications are
that the constitutional democrats, as a
party, will go to pieces, the radical wing
going over to the left and the conservative
wing disappearing among the scattered ele-
ments of the right.
Even If the present crisis is passed with
out a surrender to the government things
are almost sure to drift from bad TO worse
and IN the end the government will be
forced To dsperse parliament at the point
of the bayonet. as its role as buffer be-
tween the government and revolution is
rapidly disappearing.
The Misla and three other newspapers
OF this city were coniiscated today.
Ali the members of the editorial stan of
the Misla were arrested
The police have forbidden the newspapers
OF this city to publish the text of the ad-
dress of the lower house of parliament to
the country, which the government has de-
cided to regard as being beyond the prov
iDce OF parliament
high-piaced parsonage in conversation
with the correspondent of the Associated
Press today made no attempt to conceal
the gravity of the situation. He said:
Everything may depend upon today's
sitting OF the lower house OF parliament
If no step is taken to avoid conflict with
the gnXernrnent the SEQUEL may be tragic .,