The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-21
CAR AND DUMAH NEAR CLASH
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On a,Nilsncs through the Ministry 81 the
Court ahar he rstumed yesterday from
Petsfhof. whers, during tho CSaFs birth
day ~celebratlon, ~ opportunity vas given
him a. converse with HE Majesty.
The attitude ~ the court u one 81 In.
dlenatlon ~ the Dumas disreapect NJ tho
Emperor. and n !. held that the address
mist only b. handed to PPmier GofemyhIh
for Tho consideration ~ tho Council OF
Ministers.
The relations between the Government
and the Duma arr now greatly strained
The pollce have been doubled In many
towns where thousands Of copies 81 the
Dumas address have been circulated
All tho evidence furnished by the weeks
session Of the Duma and events through
out the Empire point 90 the conclusion that
the revolutionary campaign will grow
rapidly In strength whatever the Govern
ment may do. The Duma has assumed
the attitude that under no circumstances
| will It cooperate with the existing regime.
information reached yHE Sun CORE
spondent tO-dny from Moscow and KEN
describing how the extra editions Of even
ing newspaper. giving full reports Of the
Dumas proceedings. were struggled Tor
and read by intensely Interested groups
on the streets. This Immediate access to
the people throughout THE country has
given the Duma enormous advantage in
it's war against the Government. Bven II
comprehensive amnesty Is granted IL Is
obvious that the Duma will maintain ag-
gressive> hostility toward the Government.
A great majority OF the members adopt
the attitude of the revolutionary lender,
Aladgin, who declared that the time limit
for the Car, his Ministers and his provincial
governors long ago expired. and that
promises from them have no value.
They treat Count Whites advances On
the same ground with silent contempt.
He was Minister Of Finance from 1892 to
1909, eleven years Of external peace. He
had full opportunity TO improve internal
conditions, and again during the last six
months he was the first Prime Minister OF
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the people vent from bad to worse. II is
the general opinion in the Duma that Count
Witte is morally a coward, who advocates
reforms only when other people have to
execute. them.
The danger OF revolution is so great that
the leading Liberal Deputy, Prince Del
%goronkof, spoke in che Duma strongly
in IA vor OF having the Council Of the Empire
withdraw altogether, at least temporarily.
He said the crisis had gone beyond the
possibility Of finding a solution in regular
| oonstitutionnlism The country demanded
immediate access to and q reply from the
supreme authority. Any council whose
existence delayed that would e~xasperate
tho n,tion beyond restraint. Prince Del
%goronkoff, himself a large property owner,
roresees incsndiar ism and anarchy unless
the CGar yields immediately.
Reliance on the loyalty Of the army is
recognized 10 be futile for any outbreak
outside the ga nrison cities, Thee Use Of
troops to compel order among The peasantry
Is foredoomed to failure.
Count Heyden, leader Of the Moderate
Conservatives in the Duma supports the
resolution for the purchase OF land and itH
distribution to the pea "a nts on the ground
that personal equity must DO set aside in
the presence Of the immediate danger
Of revolution.
1t is note worthy that thsre is n complete
absence of interest in the Cars personality.
1t is a ccepted by all arties that his signature
ia at the disposal Of whatever clique domi-
natos him for the time being. This utter
| disregard OF the existence of a personal
| ~autocrat and he determination to get at the
responsible Ministers have been increasingly
demonstrates since the ceremony in the
Winter Palace on May II, when the Duma
refused either to salute or applaud the
| Car, and produces acute depression in the
bureaucratic world.