Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-23
CAR TRYING TO
MAINTAIN PEACE
DETERMINED TO AVOID BREACH
If POSSIBLE.
MAY GIVE NEW MINlSTY
Emperor Ready 10 Grant Partial Am
nesty and Also Name Cabinet
From Majority of Lower Branch OF
Parliament-New instrument In
Russian Government Has Won.

st. Petersburg, May lin spite
OF the fear that the addresses in re-
ply to the speech from the throne
would precipitate immediate conflict
between the crown and parliament.
the Associated Press is in a position
to state that the emperor is deter
mined to avoid a breach if possible.
Not only viii partial amnesty be
granted, but the emperor is ready to
replace the Goremykin ministry with
a cabinet chosen from among the CON
sentative members of the majority OF
the lower house, in the hope of effect
ing a compromise. He is not will
ing. however, to permit the majority
to select the premier but once such a
concession is made it is difficult to
understand how the emperor can halt
half way and refuse the full eonstitu-
tional monarchy which government by
parliamentary majJrities involves.
Practically the parliament already has
won a great victory.
Part of Reply Completed.
The lower house last evening fin.
ished the general discussion of the
address in reply to the speech from
the throne and adopted the first four
planks before adjournment These
are:
General amnesty.
Abolition of death penalty.
Suspension of martial law and all
exceptional laws.
Full civil liberty
Car Again Faces Crisis.
st. Petersburg, May 1.-THE opin-
ion is quite general that parliament's
adoption of the reply to the speech
from the throne viii make a conflict
with the crown inevitable, since it
contains a number Of points upon
which the supporters of the govern
ment say it is impossible for the en-
perOr to yield.
There is every indication that the
emperor and Premier Goremykin' S
cabinet desire to avoid a conflict and
that by a compromise on the ques,io
of amnesty they will seek to gain
time. 1t can be asserted on high
authority that partial amnesty will
be proclaimed May 10, the emperor'e
birthday.
When parliament reassembled yes
terday morning the impression pre-
vailed that the day would witness
stirring scenes. Premier Goremykin
and the entire cabinet were seated on
the ministerial benches and it was
understood the premier intended to
outline the views of the government
in regard to the reply to the speech
from the throne.
The excited frame of mine Of the
members of parliament was evidenced
by the long list of speakers submit T.
ted even before President Mouromt-
self had called the house to order.
This was not so much due to Russian
love of talk as 10 the fact that ev-
cry member seemed 10 feel himself
charged with a message from his con
stituents WHICH he would deliver.
The speeches Ct the peasants were
delivered in the simple language 81
the villages which was more easily
comp~ehended than the utterances OF
the city members who were inclined
to indulge in high flown eloquence
and hyperbole. airing their erudition
in the use o. foreign phrases and dia-
lects which the little Russians. mem
bers from the Baltic provinces and
Poles sometimes found it difficult to
understand.