Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-18
CLOUDS LOWER
OVER RUSSIA
Marked Renewal of Apprehen-
sion Over Reports.
AT ST. PETERSBURG TODAY
News From the Interior Provinces
Alarm the Court.
PARLIAMENT GROWING B0LDER
Adoption by Lower House Of an Ad-
dress to Oountry--Spirit of
Revolution Spreading.

ST. PETERSBURG, July IS.--
The political barometer is again fall
ing. The confusion which seems to
have taken possession of the upper
spheres since the efforts TO form a
coalition ministry failed. coupled
with the alarming reports from the
interior and the attitude of parlia-
ment, makes almost anything posi-
bic. There has been a marked re-
newal of apprehension that the crisis
may end in a coup d'etat against
parliament.
AS further proof of the change
of spirit at Peterhof it was learned
today that Emperor Nicholas has
requested the members of the
Goremykin cabinet to retain their
posts.
The assassination of Vice Admiral Chouk-
min and Gen kozlov, the discovery that be-
hind the murder OF the general was big
plot to kill not only Gen. Trepon, but Prince
Putiatin and other courtiers. and the gen.
eral epidemic of assassination which has
terrorized not only the local authorities but
even the police. together with the wild de-
struction of property by the peasantry in
he y dozen provinces during the last few
dsJ& have again strengthened the small
part of the court which believes In resort
ing to extreme measures.
oan nv ha oue house of arifa-
meut of an address to the country will, it
is feared place in the hands of the reac-
tionists the needed lever to move the en-
peror. NJ. Petrajtskie vainly warned the
lower house yesterday of the seriousness OF
the proposed step, but the majority of the
constitutional democrats, of which party he
is a prominent member seem convinced that
they must hold the peasants at all hazards
Court Fight With Crown.
The members of the extreme left seemed
to court a fight, preaching open revolution
from the rostrum. The Novoe Vyemya,
which often reflects the views of the court.
saws today that the adoption by the lower
house of an address to the country would
GO beyond the jurisdiction of parliament
and virtually constitute an appeal from the
government to the people. The paper adds
With It's adoption parliament would
cross the Rubtcon, abandon Its professed
policy of trying to restrain the country and,
instead of pacifyfng 1t, deiiepera1eiy pour OIL
on the flames"
Dispatches from the interior continue to
tell without interruption stories OF the burn
ing of manor houses. robberfes murders.
collisions between peasants and rural
guards and the hurried dispatch of troops
here and there The center of the peasants
uprising is VeroneZh province. where the
peasants In their mania for the destruction
~ nronerty do not discriminate between
friends and enemies. evidenced by the
complete devastation OF the estate OF N.
Kokoshkine one of the most prominent
constituttonai democrats in the lower house.
Today's reports describe the situation in
that province as hopeless" from the stand
noint of the landlords. The situation $
almost as bad In Poltava and Smoien.k
proytnces In Tambov province eighty
neasants are reported to have been Killed or
wounded by Dragons.