The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-23
Byg.AIssocIa.t. ed apress,s,..,

a5S9s6 ST. T.PETERSBURG, July 22.---With the
Z Imperial ukasc dlssolving rliament,
which was promulga ted early this morn \
ling. the curtain rose upon possibly the
G las. net I'M the grea rama OF the Russ
8sla n revolution. II he people and the. gov,
Fernrn en- t no IN ICE sto face snnd
upon the army dcper erld the irnmed te
z isgue.
AZ Even should tile 8 goYcrnment, however.
succeed In reatraliDlng an outbreak OF the
people the victory obably will only be
u temporary. and sinnply 5. /. con mine the stea
K for the final xplohion. No, one doubts
the severity Of the storm which will rise
IN the countr@ in response to the Ems
peror,s dispersal Eof the men whom he
welcomed two months ago In the Winter
Palace as the best men in Russia" but
the die Is cast. The = government has
elected to fight, and the capital to- day
bore eloquent testimony OF the prepa ra-
tons made to repress the ma sses BY
S force. @HT The city was packed with sol
diers and rescnlbled an armcdS ca mp
\ Hundreds Of Arrests.
During Saturday night additional troops
were brought In and disposed OF accord
Ing to plans previously adopted. These
reinforcements included four Infantry
regiments OF the Cheyalier Guard. a Iius-t IS \
Bars Mounted Grenadiers and q battery
6pf machine H guns. The troops occupied
4 railroad stations and the bridges across
Il the rivers and canals. and the patrols 3ot
both police and gendarmcs were every
\ where doubled The work OF gathering
IN Revolutionary agltators began imme-
uiatcly after the ukasc placing St. Pc.
#iersburg In "a STATE OF extraordinary
Z ,ecurity'' was promulgated, " and hundreds
y " arrests were made before &daylig ght. II
The powers conferred upon NJ. Von
~ r TN nf mol
Sindovieff, governor Of the province. are
& little short OF those OF petty dictators.
& Searches and arrests can be made with
out process Of law, wspapers Il; forced
to suspend publication. and persons de-
ported by administrative order without
trial, Public and private meetings y are
( Forbidden. Those arrested may, II It als
q desired. be tried by military courts and
sunamarllyT executed. The only real IL
Il ference between sex traordlnary security
and full martial law Ia that power ls
exercised by the so-called civil instead
L Of military authority.
Peasants May Rise.
I The news OF the dissolution Of Parlia-
ment spread like wildfire among the
members OF the various political organs
cations. The masses are awake TO the
n #momentous event. The news Travelled
last In tho country, and the general ex-
pectation Ia that the peasantry. accept
Ing the dispersal Of Parliament as the
i,nal blow to their hopes, Will rise en-
ma $50. II Il q (. 81. 81 a. i. 3, III
The proletarIa organizations have been
preparIng for months for Just such pro-
vocation to declare to open war, It -
4 Impossible to describe the consternat lon
when the CONSTITUTIONS! Democrats
learned the news, Although It. had been
81 h-,,.t AZ por tl,a In at three DAYS. the ukuse
was received by them in blank anna ze-
ment, Even Saturday nights caucus did
not believe the government would re
to take the threatened STEP and serl ous-
" discussed the attitude to he taken to-
wards Minister Of the Interior stolyp1n
when he appeared In Parliament to-mor-
row to answer Interpretations
Going to Finland,
The government undoubtedly alculat ted
On catching the opposition on Its guard,
\ but IL 1T was expected to strike terror 70
Z the hearts OF the members Of Parliament
II has failed slgnally, Some time ago,
when dissolution seemed Imminent the
various groups Of the opposition Ylrtu-
ally agreed to follow the example o. theiF
pompatrlots OF the French Revolution,
After hurried secret conference tn,s 2, :
morning 1t was the decision, on account Z
.of the possibility Of the meeting being
broken up and Z the members arrested.
that they 80 Immediately to Finland and
decide upon the course to be pursued,
and small groups left this afternoon by
train
a Whether word was given them to meet
At Vllgorg or Helsingfors Is pnkno WI,
\ but At seems probable that Finland IN
Eoatlausd on Second Passl
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