Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-29

The Labor Agitstor In the Russian Douma
ton of passion impatience and say moth
ing about the dignified and orderly proceed
ings that occupy SO per cent of the time
of the sessions.
1t is true that there is an occasional out
burst, but they do not occur so frequently
as they did In the United States Senate
during the last winter Only twice has
the president lost control of the body Only
twice have the members refused TO obey
his calls for order, and on both occasions
there unusual provocation. If the
same prOVocation had occurred in any other
parliament in the world the demonstration
would have been even more disorderly. am
sure. Every term of the House of Repre-
sentatives at Washington the Speaker de-
stroys two or three lids of his desk by ham
mering upon them with his gavel, and even
then he is often unable to bring the House
to order and has to send the sergeant-a at
arms around. In the douma the president
has a little bell, which he tinkes gently
when the labor members, who usually make
the disturbances. become boisterous, and,
except upon the two occasions 1 mention,
they Immediately subsde.
The Most Furious Outbreak
The most furious disorder that has yet
been Witnessed in the chamber occurred
yesterday. Mr.. Pavloff judge advocate
general OF the war department appeared
in the seats of the ministry by order of the
secretary of war for the purpose of ex-
planning why lilt government cannot con-
cede one of the demands of the dourna in
it's address to the throne on the 10Th of
May last and abolish the death penalty
The government made a great mistake to
have sent him on such errand. for it is
doubtful whether any subject of the Rus
sian Czar is more detested by the dourna
and the liberal element of the empire than
this same MIR. Pavlofr The reason Is that
he has been responsible for the imprison-
ment and the death OF u multitude of hon
est, patriotic men, whose only offense has
been the expression of opinions on political
topics similar to those that are uttered
every day in the douma and in the news
papers of st. Petersburg. He Is responsible
for several well-authenticated cases of tor
ture, the mutilation OF human beings in the
most atrocious manner in order to compel
them TO give evidence against their own
families and friends. The dreaded Trepoff
himself is not guilty of half the crimes
against civilization that are charged TO
Pavlon, and yet that man was sent to the
douma to represent the government in the
expression of Its policy concerning the pun
ishment of offenders.
Shortly after the Organization of the
douma resolution was unanimously passed
by that body protesting against the execu-
ton of eight peasants in one of the Baltic
provinces, who had been sentenced to death
for expressing contempt for the government
and taking part I'm political disorders"
They were no more guilty than thousands
OF others, but had been selected as examples
and were to suffer penalty that was ex-
pected to carry terror to people of their
class throughout the empire. In defiance
OF this protest Pavlor ordered the men
hanged. Then the douma appointed a COM
mlttee TO make an investigation, whose re-
port threw the entire responsibility of the
executions upon Pavloff and denounced him
in the most extreme language.
Pavloff Greeted With Kisses.
After such events the minister of war had
the audacity to select Pavlor as his spokes-
man. and when the latter appeared In the
ministerial box the labor group, the peas
ants and all the radical members arose and
shouted remonstrances and protests. They
refused to hear the monster: they Kissed
and yelled: they called him murderer, hang
man. fiend and similar names: they de-
manded that he should be thrown out OF
the chamber.
Pavloff met the storm OF invectives with
his hand upon the railing of the pulpit from
which all speeches are delivered. but went
no further. AS Ii increased In violence he
retired to the ministerial bench and stood
for few moments motionless, and as pale
as death The president of the douma made
a gesture as IL to warn him to sit down and
Pavloff stepped hack out of sight into the
area behind the chair In the meantime
the president was trying TO restore order,
but the house would not obey him. and