New-York tribune., 1906-06-29
NEH, CABINET RUMORED.
Disafection of HIS Regiment Moues
Gar Mere than Parliament Has.

ST Petersburg June 2S.-The Constitutional
Democrats hurriedly summoned a eau
Gus this afternoon. and it again rumored
in the corridors of the lower house of parlia-
ment that negotiations were proceeding with
them for the formation of a ministry headed by
NJ Mouromtseff president of the lower house.
The campaign which the opposition in parlia-
ment is waging TO compel Emperor Nicholas to
dismiss the Goremykin Cabinet and accept the
principle of a responsible ministry promises soon
to be crowned with success The Emperor and
the court however. are being frightened into
surrender less by the violent attacks made
the government in the lower house than by the
alarming spread of revolutionary disafection
among the troops. When the Preobrajensky
Regiment His Majesty's Own announced its
solidarity with parliament and the latter's agra
rfan programme in the big camp of the Guard
regiments at Krasnoye-Seo. less than a dozen
miles from Peterhof. the Emperors eyes were
opened and the court began TO realize that there
was only step from that to declaring allegiance
to parliament as against the government
Emperor Nicholas is quoted saying yester-
day that he had been so affected by the dlsloy-
atty of the regiment which he had so often
honored by wearing its uniform that he had been
unable TO sleep for two nights
WHOLE REGIMENT AFFECTED.
1t was learned to-day that all three battanonN
of the Preobraiensky Regiment joined IN thb
resolutions but when they were surrounded by
grenadiers Iancers. sharpshooters and a brigade
of artillery two of the battalions weakened The
other however. stood firm. was disarmed and
last night with six officers. was sent under es-
cort to Medvid. Province OF Novgorod. where
the Japanese prisoners were confined. 20 under
go trial by court martial II was said tonight
that all the officers of the regiment would be
court martialled.
Even the former Procurator General OF the
Holy Synod, NJ. PobedOnostseff. who celebrated
the sixtieth jubilee OF his entrance into the
vice Of the state to-day. and who has been much
at Peterhof recently. is said 10 have recognized
the inevitable. 1t is reported that he has re-
versed the attitude of lifetime. and advised the
Emperor 10 yield to the demand for a response
BILE ministry. as the only means OF preserving
the throne. at the same time suggesting that
the summoning OF such ministry be coupled
with the propagation Of parliament
The governments sudden fear OF affrontins
public opinion after finding the army infected
with the revolutionary propaganda is shown IN
the hurried grant Of trial TO seven
condemned to death at Riga, the acquittal OF
six who were trial and the communication OF
death sentences. imposed on the three murderers
OF the foreman of the Putiloff Iron Works.
six districts including Berdchev the Rus
sian Jerusalem" and Gomel where anu-Semitic
attacks are feared. have been declared in state
OF exceptional security.
The news from the provinces shows that an
archy is spreading. The efforts of the agitatOrs
20 induce the peasants working for landlords 10
strike are meeting with success In Altarak and
Tauride provinces the peasants are abandoning
the fields. and in Tula Province bands aro
marching through the country, dragging in their
wake not only the workers from the fields. but
the domestic servants OF the gentry In the
Baltic provinces the Governor General has again
given the landowners permission 10 organizes
armed patrols.
CONSERVATIVES GIVE IN.
The only Conservative group IN the lowe,
house OF parliament headed by Count Heyden
has al last bowed before the storm of radical
ism and has declared in favor OF practically ths
whole of the Constitutional Democrats agrarian
programme. Including the appropriation OF state
church. crown and private lands II insists only