The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-29
AN EQUALITY BILL
M. Shipoff Confers With Gear
as to New Cabinet.
ARMY TO SUPPORT THE DOUNA.
Parliament Proposes = Measure of
General Reform, Making All
citizens Equal la the Eyes
of the Law.

al the Law.
ST. PETERSBURG. May 29.-At Il
stirring session OF the douma the presi-
lent read bill, supported by Ill
members, for the general reform OF the
exceptional laws Oh the basis that all
tizens of both sexes, without dlstinc.
lion as TO nationality or religion, are
Equal in the eyes of the law. The depu-
lies loudly cheered the reading OF the
Dill.
1t was determined to interpellate the
minister VI the interior regarding the
famine. asking If the government In
tended to continue to combat the dis
tresS and il II was aware that local adj
mnlstrations were thwarting the ac-
tvity of private persons DESTROYS Of
ielping the stricken population.
The a-rdriau question then came up.
Several members protested against
motion to suspend debate, urging thu
Importance of the matter. After yari-
Gus proposals, including one that Il
committee of eighty eight members OF
the house be appointed to consider the
subject. the house adjourned
There was much excitement in the
corridors before the house met An
officer identified as colonel on the
general STAFF created stir by openly
declaring in the presence of score Of
peasant members that the time had
come when the army should support
parliament, which represented the will
of the people. and not the emperor.
Reports of n shift In the ministry are
everywhere current 1t Is said here
and at Moscow that former Finance
Minister Shipoff has received an ur-
gent summons to PeterhOf TO confer
with Emperor Nicholas with regard TO
the formation of a new cabinet. al
though he has frequently expressed
his unwilingnesS TO take over the pre-
miership NJ. Shipoff has left Moscow
for ST. Petersburg. and 1t is possible
that NJ. Shipoff's only errand is 10 at
tend the session of the council of the
empire today. but the present situation
is 50 plainly impossible that ii shift Is
not at all improbable. 1t is also ru-
mored that Prince Urusoff has been
summoned To an audience of the EN-
IerCr.
The land programme Of the dOuma.
it is said. in addition TO the colonial
lion of Siberia aud central Asia. con
templates the Improvement of the agri-
cultural methods Of the peasantry,
which are primitive and unprDductive
in The extreme. aud for bringing the
peasants whose gregariousness leads
to their gathering in villages aud even
towns of a population AS high as 30,
100. nearer 10 their lands
The Viborg infantry regiment has
suddenly been summoned to St Pc
tershurg The officers say the regl-
ment will he quartered in barracks
near the Tauride palace aud add that
they expect to be used against the dou-
ma
Severn! official notes have been is
sued denying that the government In
tends to resort to force. but at the
same time there is no evidence that the
emperor is ready to yield To the de
nand for the supersession of the pres
rnt ministry with one from the major
ity ia the lower house of parliament.
The result * a virtual deadlock. the
prolongation of which can only serve
to diminish the chances Of peaceful
settlement
Count White aud his wife have gone
abroad After visit TO their daughter
al Brussels they intend 10 take the
baths ia Germany. The count spoke
in an exceedingly pessimistic vein Il
friends before he left 81. Petersburg.