The San Francisco call., 1906-04-04
RADICALS WIN
At THE POLLS
Constitutional Democrats
Sweep Everything Before
Them in st. Petersburg
MAY RULE PARLIAMENT
Place a Candidate in the
Field for the Presidency
of the Lower House

ST. PETERSBURG, April 4.-The Of
fetal canvass OF the votes cast at the
election on Monday, owing to the un-
expectedly heavy vote and the inexperi-
ence of the officials. had not been COM
pleted at midnight. but it is conceded
that the Radical tide has swept to vic
tory every one of the $50 Constitu-
tional Democratic electors. The Con-
stitutional Democrats naturally are ju-
bilant at the sweeping triumph which
they have won in the capital, the head
quarters of the bureaucracy. and which
is bound to have a strong effect on the
country at large, and are now looking
forward to a working majority in the
national parliament. They already
have nominated a candidate for the
presidency of the lower house in the
person of NJ. Petrunkevitch of Tver
who is regarded as one of the most
able and vigorous advocates of a con-
stitutional government for the empire.
The Russkoe Gosudarstvo, Premier
de Whites newspaper organ, which ad-
mits the victory of the Constitutional
Democrats, attributes it TO the vacilla-
tion of the Conservative faction and
the intemperanee of its organs. The
paper also declares that Count de Witte
will hold on to the Premiership until
the convocation of the Parliament and
that his designation then will depend
upon the attitude of Emperor Nicholas.
General Staroselsky, former Governor
of kutais. Transeaucasia, who was dis
missed from the service for sympathy
with the reyolutionists. has followed
up the appeal of Bolkevadze. a promi-
nent Georgian writer. to Russian wo-
men in behalf of the women of his
own race. who, he says. are being
ruthlessly outraged by the brutal sol
diers. with an open demand that the
authorities investigate and prosecute
General AIikhanoff. commander of the
Russian forces in Transcaucasia. whose
barbarous "pacification" of Kulais,
General Staroselsky says, means fire,
murder and violation. which, he de-
clares, are a blot on humanity.
BERLIN, April according to a
statement made to the Associated Press
today the police authorities are expell-
ing from fifty to- sixty Russian refu-
gees from Berlin weekly for breaches
of the laws. The official stated that
there are now in Berlin 1000 Russians
who are on the verge of poverty.
Nearly all of these are Jews. The po-
lice authorities are comforting with the
local Jewish auxiliary society TO try
TO induce the refugees TO quit Berlin
before they become objects of public
charity.
OREL Russia, April 3-There is q
NeElLaDlS panic dulOHS lHS jews HStc
on account of the free circulation of
proclamations which seemingly were
printed in Government printing Offices
and which incite TO anti-semlte out
RACES. The authorities. who have dis
avowed the proclamations, are taking
the strongest measures TO prevent dis
orders.
MOSCOW, April 3.--Abramoff. the Of
ficer accused of maltreating Mile. Spir-
idonovo. who shot Luzhenoffski. chief
of the secret police at Tamboff, is con-
fined in a hospital here under orders
from the military authorities that he
be examined as to his sanity.
CHITA, Siberia, April 3t-By order of
General Rennenkampff. Governor Gem
eral of Transbaikalia. General Kolchevni-
koff has been arrested and will be tried
by court martial for recognizing deputa-
tion of railroad operatives during the re-
cent railway strike. General kolchevni-
lSoff has been dismissed from the army
The specific charge on which he has now
been arrested is recognizing a revolution
ary government