Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-08-04
DISSOLUTION OF THE DoUMA.


ma by the Gar, says the Literary Di-
gest, will be followed by the dissolu-
ton of the autocracy by the people, is
the question our newspapers are now
asking. According to one view, the
Gar, by this act, has virtually dared
the people to come on according to
another view, the sovereign has an UNI
doubted right to prorogue the paria-
ment, and if the latter make his act
the excuse for instruction, they will
be responsible for the blood Of the vic
tins. The view of Nicholas himself,
as expressed in his ukase, is that the
Douma turned itself into a revolutions
airy committee and thus indirectly in
cited the recent uprisings, so 1t had to
be dissolved to save the peace of the
empire. He announces his intention
to convoke another parliament on
March 5, 1907. He complains thus of
the Douma:
"A cruel disappointment has befal-
len our expectations The representa-
tives of the nation, instead of applying
themselves to the work of productive
legislation, strayed into sphere be.
yond their competence and have been
making comments on the imperfec-
tions of the fundamental laws, which
can only be modified by our imperial
will. In short, the Representatives OF
the nation have undertaken really H.
legal acts, such as an appeal to the ma
ton by parliament.
THE peasants, disturbed by such
anomalies, seeing no hope for the
amelioratlon of their lot, resorted in
a number of districts to open pillage
destruction of other peoples property
and disobedience of law"
General Won Schwanebach, control
Ter of the empire, makes similar
statement to a press correspondent
In what is regarded as the official eX
PLANTATION of the situation. He says:
you can tell the American people
that this step was forced upon the
government as the only way of ex
Treating the country from the horrible
reign of blood and terrorism which pre-
walls. The dissolution of the present
parliament does not mean return tC
irresponsible absolutism. The past is
dead forever.
From his Majesty's own lips l car
assure you that he still believes in
the principle of popular representa-
ton and firmly intends to adhere to it;
burihe became convinced that the pres
ent parliament was elected under alb
normal condition, and did not repre-
sent the true sentiment of the coun
try, and that it was necessary to make
another appeal to the nation.
Ever since the assembling of par
Lament the intransigeant temper dis
played convinced us (meaning the
ministry that the principal object Of
those in control was to make it the
center of revolutionary agitation in
stead of settling down to constructive
work, and that therefore sooner OF
later its dispersal would be necessary
But we wished to wait until it's in
capacity and true role burned them
selves into the minds of the people
AS we anticipated, parliament proceed
ed to write its own death sentence by
demonstrating that it neither was nor
desired to be legislative body, bu
simply revolutionary tribunal"
In spite of these explanations, the
New York Times thinks the Car has
chosen "the very worst" course opeI
to him. 1t observes:
THE Car has tried the experiment
of popular representation on a scale
and in a form his advisers led hin
to expect would be manageable, and il
has proved completely unmanageable
He goes back to arbitrary military