The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-20
UKASE SIGNED.
The Car Decides Upon DissOlu-
tiOn Of Parliament.
Action Hastened by Course OF
Lower House.
ADDRESS TO PEOPLE
Was Adopted By That Body at
> O'clock A. u.
Guard Regiments We're March
ing All Night Long.
ADDRESS TO PEOPLE

ST. Petersburg, July 2O.-Extreme
Nervousness and excitement pervade
all classes, owing to fear that the
sction of the lower house Of parha-
ment in adopting at o'clock TINS
morning an address to the people may
be the signal for a coup d'etat against
parliament. It Is rumored that the
step has been decided upon, and the
strana prints a report that an I'M
5lerial ukase ordering the dissolution
of parliament has already been signed
The feeling of general alarm IS IN
creased by the fact that all night loHs
guard regiments have been marchlhs 9
into the city from the guards cam y
at KraznOye- -Selo. Moreover II Is
known that the colonels of the Zem-
tnOvski regiment of the guard ana OF
the hussars of the guard ana the
colonies of the IsailOvsky, FavloVsky, ,
Preobrajensky and Yaegerskl sualu s-I
regiments and the colonel Of the morse
artillery of the guard were summoned
10 the headquarters of the commander
Of the St Petersburg garrison, where
they received instructions regaFdlng 9
the disposition of their troops IN the
case of certain eventualiues.
An attempt was made to reassure the
public when this fact leaked out, with
the explanation that these were precau-
tionary dispositions arranged IN view OF
the threatening situation among the
vOrkmen in the Industrial sections, put
the evidence seems conclusive that tHe
government has deliberately prepared
for the gravest emergency. So far as
can BE- ascertaiGed. however, no nnat
decision has been taken at Peterhof- The
ministry which believes it is again back
IN the saddle hopes to prolong the status
quo while the court Camariila insists
that the sooner parliament as the center
If the revolutionary propaganda is dis
rersed the better and both sides agree
upon the necessity for preparations to
meet the extra constitutional step Of the
lower house.
Address Was Toned Down.
once the final decision to dissolve par
lament is taken, it is believed the rep
Tesentatives OF foreign powers viii i'm
rnediately be notified and. no such noti-
GcatioE has vet been given. The ques-
tiou now is how the change in the form
Of the address as finally adopted early
this morning viii affeet the situation
Undoubtedly the constitutional Demo-
Gratis did what they could to amend the
address so as to avoid the appearance
of parliament entering upon a reNolu-
fionary role. During the debate they
dweit upon the point that the address
did not summon the people to support
parliament against the government and
instead of provoking the masses to an
uprising. it adjured them to remain
n
owing to dissensions in their own ranks
to eliminate a declaration in favor Of
the principle of payment for eXpropria-
ted land. thus in A measure confirming
the idea prevalent among the peasantry
that the confiscation of the land would
be for their benefit pure and simple
The evident desire Of the constitu-
fional Democrats to extract the teeth
from the address drove the members
of the Group of Toll out Of the house
with the avowed intention of issuing
their own proclamation. This IS no
mixed evil, as it might open the door
to a final opportunity for an agree
ment between the constitutional Dem
ocrats and the government. Unless
this happens Immediately the indiCa-
tions are that the cons titutional Dem
ocrats. as a party, viii go to pieces,
the radical wing going over to the
left and the conservative wing disap-
pearing among the scattered elements
of the right
Even IL the present crisis is passed
without a surrender to the govern
ment. things are almost sure to drift
from bad to worse and in the end the
government will be forced to disperse
parliament at the point of the bay
onet as its role as a buffer between
the government and q revolution Ia
rapidly disappearing