The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-28
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MINISTRY POLICY REJECTED
The Exceptional Laws Remain House
Nearly Unanimous in Decrying the
Official Utterance of the
Government.

ST. Petersburg, May 2s.-Tle lower
house III the Russian parliament at the
end of il memorable sevenhonr session
Saturday Indignantly rejected the gov
lernment's policy An presented IN Premier
1oremylSin and with only seven dis
senticnt voices voted Il lack Of conf
dence III the ministry. practically throw
| ing down the gauntlet to the bureat-
cracy with d demand for the retirement
OF the present pabinet, and It's super
session hy ministry approved By the
majority In the house. The spirit Of
absolute revolution Is in the air, aud
Il conflict between the crown and Lie
nation now appears to be inevitable
While The house avoided the appearance
NJ delivering It's ultimatHm, The gov
eminent seems 10 have no alternative
except surrender OF war. The gioomiest
iforebodings were everywhere expressed
Saturday night, and the general iul-
precision ~ that the country III ia the
verge 81 Titanic struggle, which may
be delayed, but nor aYefted. Dispatches
received from the interior Indicate that
the struggle possibly may be inaugural
ed with d general strike al once. when
the people learn that all amnesty has
been refused them.
Eyen Count Heyden, the leader Of
the right. deserted the governments
side, saying that inasmuch as the GOV
eminent had refused 10 redeem it, prom
ise' TO repeal the exeeptionals law, his
vote also WAS for cpisure. The resolu-
tion ~ censure as adopted provides that
the house shall proceed With the order
oil the day today, thus adroitly placing
upon the shoulders 81 the government
the responsibility f0r making the nest
move. For the moment. az indicated
by communication issued by the orig
inal agency al midnight, the ministry
u hesitating in dilefnna. being ready
neither 10 resign itself nor 10 dismiss
parliament. The communication says;
'We are al5le to announce anthori-
tatifely that the runors OF dissou.
ton ot parliament are unfounded. The
parliament will sit until the middle OF
June, when it viii take a vacation.
The dismissal of the ministers is a
matter exclusively for the unfettered
decision Of the sovereign. The speech
of the minister of Justice al today's
sitting Of the house WINS an expression
81 MS fSftNoslAt VIEWS GIVEN VI NE OWL
initiative"
The text ot the resolution 81 lack Of
confidence III the government adopted
was that drafted b. the labor group,
1t il as follows
~ghe declaration Of the premier as
heard today BY parliament contains the
decisive declaration that the govern
ment in no wise wishes TO meet the de-
mands Of the people and the expectation
Of a hand OF liberty aud civil rights,
enumerated in the address OF the house
Ia reply TO the speech from the throne,
without fnlfillmeut Of which paciication
Of the country and successful work By
the house Is impossible. by is re-
fusal to satisfy tho popular demands,
the government clearly shows its disre-
gard of the real interests Of the people
ana its plain unwillingness Ia relieve
rom the shadow Of new disasters a
country which il harassed by poverty,
lawlessnes- and the continued unpun-
ished arbitrariness Of the authorities.
| The lower house Of parliament considers
that it Is It's plain duty IL proclaim
70 the country It's complete distrist Of
an irresponsible ministry II regards
as a most necessary condition TO the
pacifcation Of the country and fruitful
work by parliament the immediate fesig
nation OF the present cabinet and its re-
placement bs g ministry pdssetsing its
confidence Parliament therenpoii votes
to proceed with The regular order Of
the day"