Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-23

St. Petersburg, July 2S.--The govern
rnents midnight coup d'etat is already
H having the effect of uniting all the dis
cerdant elements of opposition. II re-
uuires little perspicacity to see that the
eril OF repression and all which 1t en-
tails will drive the liberal and revolu-
tiemary alike to support the most des-
perate measures Id is already clear
that resistance will be made. Fear is
expressed that the military will sur
roaud and arrest the members Of par
lissment, who fed to viborg, Finland.
Altho minor rioting continued in the
superficially quiet this morning, but
pininous forebodings of q coming storm
are apparent on every hand. The COR
Nc spondent of the Associated Press
made q tour Of the city early this
n orning. At every block he encount-
cred reinforced patrols, and saw ex-
cited groups on the corners. He met
half dozen squads Of gendearmeries
with drawn swords escorting little
bands OF arrested persons to prison.
During the night over q thousand ar
rests among the workmen, agitators,
and revolutionary suspects were made
The railroads leading out Of the city
hive been placed under martial law.
With the regular garrison there are
ii NV more than $4,000 troops massed
srl the city
3 Among the persons arrested are
number Of terrorists, on whom were
found photographs of their intended
victims, as in the case Of General Koz-
lov's assassin.
The country's interior shows that
fermentation in the cities has already
tegun. There is renewal of strikes
iii Poland and the south, but no rioting
On a big scale, with the exception of
.l,tkharkoff, is reported. From every
direction comes reports that an ere of
repression has been inaugurated, in
d hiding confiscation Of radical newspa-
5 r,ers and wholesale arrests of political
and revolutionary suspects. There is
t.very indication that most serious out
breaks will occur in cities of southern
Russia and that rising of the peas
ANTS will begin in Volga region and in
famine stricken central provinces. The
signal for a general strike, however,
has not yet been given
II The dissolution Of the Russia douma
by imperial ukase brings Russia face
10 face with what may prove to be the
most stupendous revolution in history.
The emperors autocratic act also rings
,ioWn the curtain, temporarily at least,
.,n the latest and one of the most inter-
ssting attempts in history to give
nation a form of representative gov
s,rnment.
Judged by its positive achievements,
,.he douma will not rank high as law
making assemblage, but as giving
-roice to peoples sense of wrongs. its
brief existence has proved of moment
BUS Importance. The circumscribed
nature of the douma's proceedings and
the dearth of legislation that might be
of benefit to Russia may be attributed
to two causes, lack of harmony among
strangely diverse elements that went 10
& make up the body and the fundamental
law by which the emperor limited mat
\ tters that might be considered by par
lament.
The worlds youngest parliament was
opened by the emperor on May 10, this
wear. 1t may be said that fraction be-
gan almost from the first. Not long
after the opening the emperor refused
to receive an address from the presi-
dent OF the douma. The premier read
the enperor's reply on May 26, and the
independent spirit and temper of the
representative body was manifested on
that occasion. The constitutional DEM
ocrats we're strongly in the majority at
the opening, but when bitter debates
over Agrarian and Jewish questions de-
veloped. new groups. like the Group
OF Toll" were formed and the over
whe,ming strength of the constitutions
al democrats began to dwlndle Ihe
more radical elements showed grow
ing spirit of intolerance, and even the
moderate and conciliatory statements
Of the ernperor's ministers were often
greeted with derision. The emperors
advisors urged that the douma was
simply the forum for PRONUNCIATION OF
revolutionary doctrines. The breach
began to widen and 1t was apparent
that crisis was inevitable II came
when parliament attempted to counter.
act the appeal to the peasants from
the crown by an appeal to the country
to stand by parliament on the question
Of appropriation of church and state
lands The douma's only piece Of leg-
islation that has become law is bill
sppropriating s7,5ooooe for relief Of
famine stricken peasants.