Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-28
OPEN REVOLT IS POSTPONED
Committees Of Russian Duma Unable to
Agree Upon Program.
CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATS URGE DELAY
Leaders Say that New Ministry Has
Not Yet Proven Reactionsry and
that IL should BE Given
n Trial.

OF the revolutionary parties, except the |
rightests, In the lower house of Parliament |
which at the proper moment were to pro
claim a provisional government, came to /
| naught today owing to the opposition OF
| the constitutional democrats, who appar- |
| emily are afraid of compromising them |
selves. while one wing, headed by NJ. Ma
| boukoff, showed that they already had been
won over to the side Of the ministry against
the program of open revolution.
In spite of the activity of the police, rep
! resentatives of four parties in the lower
house the constitutional democrats, the
democratic reformers, the socialists and the
! group Of toll about fifty in number, sue
ceeded in assembling this evening in pri-
vate house, where they deliberated on the
proposal Of the socialists and group of toll
to form a Joint committee with power,
when the situation justified" to order
| general strike or armed revolt, and either
to convoke the old Parliament to assume
the reins Of government or proclaim con-
stituent assembly. The constitutional dem
ocrats objected to the plan and proposed
instead the appointment of four commit
tees which would work in cooperation but
without formal union. Editor Hessen ia
vored more radical steps, but M Naboukoff
defended Premier stolypin and denied that
the administration had as yet proven Itself
reactionary, urging that 1t should be given
a chance to justify itself. NJ. Ramischwili.
a socialist deputy from the Caucasus, in a
rage denounced NJ Naboukon and his
friends as traitors who had sold the cause
OF liberty for office. He demanded the Inn
mediate severance of all relations with the
constitutional democratic party. Others In
terposed and prevented open rupture,
but the meeting broke up without decis-
ion Further cooperation between the two
factions is improbable.
Manifestos to Nation and Army.
Representatives of the two Polish social
istic organizations, the Lettish socialists
and the Jewish bund, or zionistic socialists,
arrived here today to participate in the rev.
, olutionary conferences. The manifestos TO
the nation, the army and navy and the Cos
sacks will be signed by these representa-
tives as we'll as by the regular Russian or
J ganization.
The printing establishment of the sup
pressed journal, the Echo, where thousands
of copies Of the viborg manifesto were be-
! ing surreptitiously printed. was closed to-
day by the police The socialists, who were
= preparing to issue revolutionary paper
: from the establishment, are now planning
to print II by force in one of the regular
printing plants.
The police today searched the house of
Prof Rorodin ,of sthe University OF St.
= 3Psfsrshlire wIieFe uaeRtin inzs af, .tfle par
liamentary group OF toll were being he'd
Z and seized all the papers Of the committee.
Negotiations relative to the enlargement
2 OF the cabinet have not yet been COM
n pleted. Former Premier Goremykln will
leave next week for France.
, OptimIstIc Financial Statement.
Finance Minister Kokovsoff has accom-
, panied the figures OF the revenues for the
first five months of the year $41s 0.OO0,
c compared with 1891 6OOO 900 the correspond
B, ing period last year. with an optimistic
! statement declaring that Russian finances
are more than satisfactory and that the
! assertions of the revolutionists that Rus
sia is on the verge of bankruptcy are in
y ventions, adding that ian organization
which has been building for centuries is
too strong for persons of even the maddest
| energy to overturn.'
i On account of the indignation which has
been caused by the announcement of serv-
ices of thanksgiving for the dissolution of
| Parliament in various cities, the holy
synod today issued an encyclical directing
3 that the reading of the emperors mani
y festo i'm the churches on Sunday shall not
st be accompanied by such services. The
=. brated a te deum over the dissolution.
a Gar In High Spirits.
N The emperor is convinced that he took
re the right course in suppressing Parliament
N A member OF the nobility enjoying personal
te relations with the sovereign and who saw
E. him yesterday, informed the Associated
l. Press today that the emperor displayed ex-
n ceptonally high spirits. Two weeks ago
Ia when he saw the emperor he seemed under
rs a great mental strain over the situation
l. But with Parliament on his hands and the
rs government again free TO pursue its owr
m policy, a great burden appeared to be lifted
" from his shoulders. The original plan OF
IN creating an advisory council, the emperor
r having broken down Premier Stolypin''
e purpose, is to form a reorganiEed cabinet
III containing nonbureaucratic elements which
will be able to introduce the policy o
IN 'strong-handed reform" proclaimed by th'
te government. He has secured tentative &C
Sc ceptances from NJ. Guchkoff the prominen
moderate member OF the Moscow zemstvo
he Prince Georgi Evgororovich Lvoft of Tula
to Prince Nikolai Nikolaievich Lvof of Sara
m tov and NJ. Stakovch Of Orel upon the con
n dition that no less than half the portfolios
l. are TO be given to nonbureaucrats and tina
d. a broad, conciliatory program OF reform
ce will be proclaimed in the hope of calming
" lue pOpuldlloIl. some OF llltHt Win WIOH
NJ Stolypin Is negotiating are insisting
that the program must include unequi
r vocal declaration in favor OF placing tn
y Jews and all other inhabitants on an equa
footing before the law.
Appeal TO MOderates.
The ofickal Rossia, in a rather patheti
leading article, today summons the peopl
who really desire to see Russia regenerate,
H. to abandon their Indifferent attitude towar
IN the revolution and strike hard for the gov
n ernment. which is opening the doors L
US an era OF reform" declaring that mo gov
ey ernment has the right TO try experiment
ce with the country"
e. Running parallel with these liberal prom
IL ises NJ. Stolypin has issued another circula
on to the governors instructing them TO kee
r. close watch on the population, 70 proven
r. meetings tending 10 lswless acts and givin
or them authority 10 expel dangerous char
d. acters and arrest persons belonging to rev
st olutionary parties. and when found in pos
us session OF incriminating documents [
er exile them 10 the uttermost limits OF tn
empire" Transcaucasis has been place
under a state OF exceptional security
Duma Member Arrested.