The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20
Gear Said to Have Heard
Fiery Speeches of Week
Thru Telephone.
Halfway Measures Will
Not Placate Thoroly :.
Aroused Delegates.


astounded by the skill with which
the newly created Russian legis-
lators have addressed themselves to the
most stupendous task that has ever
confronted parliament. 80 far from
proving to be a mob fsignorant and
disorderly interlopers, the representa-,
tives Of the peasants turn out to be
men capable Of holding their own in
debate and in the constructive work
of the douma with the intellectuals.
| Several have impressed Northwestern
| on-lookers as men of exceptional tai
| ents. ;.--.. IT,. IL. ? .-. -..-. --s-ss-s s
| Nazarenko is fiery orator, with
wide command of language, ringing
voice and the gesticulation of trained
speaker. Kisaleff of Panza, who made
the strongest plea for a unicameral
legislature, is "a debater of great
force, Kabilotmy of Podelsk province,
| who voiced the demand for the aboli-
ton Of the death. penalty for political
agitation, is a lawyer of large prae-
4 tiee and absolutely committed to the
| peasant progr ram. s:5s:
I - Will Strike Heavy Blows.
t Maxim Kovalevsky, the free lance
Of the douma, will bear watching. Many
of his kinsmen have persisted as polit-
ieal exiles In the Siberian mines, and
he lis the stuff Of which Free revo-
tlutionists were made. es..--z 80 -''zs
/ When it is borne in mind that "ssueh
/ ;~% 1o31
of Odessa and Professor Kusmin -Kera-
4 vteH, an authority on military law, ara
more than half inclined to cast their
lot with the social democrats in; form
ing party of the extreme left. COM
mitted to the most drastic enforcement
Of the wishes Of the overwhelming ma.
jority, it is impossible to doubt that
the bills to be introduced will strike
heavy blows at the structure Of autoc-
cracy. "
Gear Heard by Phone.
II Stchepkin's memorable utterance,
t"not all of us are now in sympathy
with the tactics Of the revolutionists,
but events alone can decide our
, course made as profound an impress
sion at Kusmin- Karavieff's pointed
: a1lusion to the fate Of Louis XVI.
# It is said that the car has listened
4 to the discussions over g. telephone
wire. The report that Nicholas was
taking this method of learning the will
Of the people not only fahed to deter
the peasant representatives from speak
: ing their full minds, but, as st. Pc
tersburg correspondent suggests, seemed
to provoke them to more specific dec
clarations. It would take bold min
lister to repeat to the emperor the fierce
warnings Of Kusmin- Karavieff, which
not even Danton could have made moro
impressive. fs.s.r :,
Bureaucracy Aghast.
Bureaucracy is aghast at the defiant
tone Of the douma g. controlling groups.
i Even, Witte is perplexed. He told his
friends on the eve Of the assembling
that they never can survive the sight
of the Little Father in his robes Of
state
He meant, of course, that the peas
ants inherited submissiveness to the
czar would make for legislative trac-
liability. There could not have been a
more serious misunderstanding of the
spirit of the leaders.
Die Has Been Cast.
Whatever the early future of parlia-
ment, the. die has been cast No re-
preston could stamp out the moral eff
4 feet of this week s deliberations at the
Tauride palace. Nicholas is anxious
to compromise, but the douma, rapidly
discovering its virtual solidarity, is moi
to be placated with halfway measures
Witte looks on gloomily, perhaps ex
pectantly. The stories about his fail
ing health are contradicted by his APP
peaTance and his energy in the council
of the empire, where he has gravitated
to the most influential position. s.4a
Coremykin 8 tactics have accom-.
i plished nothing save to widen the dis
lance between the crown and paT1ia.
ment. Witte may yet be the buttress
of the autocracy.
Il tReas' See Conflict. SIS,
s BY Publishers Press.
Paris, May 20.-Great activity among
the Russian revolutionists, who havi
consi.a.d On Cd PNes, cd ooiuna.