The Paducah sun., 1906-05-09
Cars Deception Angers People
to Danger Point.
Empire Will Have No More Freedom
Than Before and New Cabinet Is
Simply n Blind.
DISSATISFACTION ON ALL SIDES

81 c'Si 9bhi 81 NAY q ihc uaH-
ger of an early conflict between the
government and parliament has been
greatly increased by what has hap
pened within the last "a hours. The
good impression produced by the Of
fetal intimation of the new premier
that the emperor and the government
were sincerely desirous of working
in harmony with parliament, which
was accepted in good faith by the
leaders of the constitutional Demo
Gratis. enabling them to counsel mod
Grafton, has largely been disslpated
and In its place the old feeling of mis-
trust has been revived.
The liberals are utterly dumb
founded, in view of the semi-offlcial
assurances on the subject. by the un-
expected promulgation late last night
of the obnoxious fundamental law in
IA slightly modified form. At one
stroke It put an end to the claim
which the new cabinet tried to foster,
namely, that the downfall of the
Witte cabinet was due to imperial
disapproval OF the original draft of
the law.
An article in the law not men
toned in last nights dispatches, ex-
empting crown lands from taxation
and appropriation. and another re-
serving the power of amnesty for pol.
iucal prisoners to the emperor run
counter TO the already expressed will
of the majority. and are bound TO
produce a clash.
CommendabIe New Feature.
The only commendable new feat
ure of the fundamental law is a pro-
vision to the effect that imperial or
ders must be countersigned by the
pTesid-nt of the council of ministers
of the member of the cabinet whose
department is affected. But so long
as the cabinet is not responsible to
parliament it is easy for the emperor
to dismiss an unwilling minister and
replace him by one who will do his
bidding.
The indignation aroused by the
emperor's attempt to build an arti-
fetal dyke around the prerogatiyes
of the crown has been intensified by
the astounding action of the police
last night in dispensing a meeting of
some members of the lower house of
parliament and of the upper house.
or nfw council. of the empire, az the
hall of the economical society. With
out ANY warning the building was
surrounded by the lsmailovsky Guard
Regiment, and a detachment of cav
airy and a hundred policemen march
ed Into the hall, where Count Hsy-
deh,, a marshal of the nobility and a
member of parliament for st. Peters
burg. was presiding and ordered the
meeting to dlsp1rse under instruc-
tions from the chief of police.
In spite of vigorous protests that
the meeting was entirely legal, un-
der the regulations governing thu
society, the police captain who was
in charge of the police and troops
was .inexorable, and the members of
parliament wera compelled to yield
TO force, and left the hall. after draw
ing up formal protest, which was
signed by 2S members of parliament.
Scene of Fury.
NJ. Roditcheff, member OF parlia-
ment for ST. Petersburg, hurried af-
ter midnight to the hall where the
constitutional Democrats were hold
ing their convention and announced
TO the members there assembled the
action taken by the police. An inde-
scribable scene of fury followed. af-
ter which Rodltcheff. in an impress
sive spe ech, which was cheered to the
echo, declared that the governments
appeal for confidence had again been
false. and that the people must rely
upon themselves. It was decided that
one of the first things after the as
sembllng of parliament shall be a
demand for this dismissal of chief OF
poliosl
As these incidents were not suffi-
cient to excite members of parlia-
ment the local authorities with fat
nous genius for blunderlng infiamed
the working class-s yesterday. With
ont warning they ordered many of
the leaders of the workmen TO leave
the city. They were not even given
time to remove their families.
The matter was brought to the at
tention of a meeting of l22 peasant