Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-05-24
FIRST GREAT WORK
Russian Parliament Adopted Ad-
dress IN Reply to Throne In
Early Morning Hours.
CONDITIONS ARE CHAOTIC.


6L. feLorbDurB, may 16.-SlLLlnB un'
til long after 2 o'clock Friday morn.
Ing the lower house of the national
parliament set its seal upon It's first
great work, the adoption of the 3D.
dress In reply to Emperor Nicholas
speech from the throne at the winter
palace, and setting forth the aims and
aspirations of Russia's millions.
Despite attacks both from the right
and from the left, the leaders of the
constitutional democratic party held
their followers together to the last
and the address was adopted substn-
TALLY in the form in which 1t WAS
proposed by the commission and as
already telegraphed by the Associated
Press.
The amendments adopted Wednes-
day and Thursday affect important
details, but do not change the gen
eral tenor of the document, which
extreme as 1t may be In the eyes of
the autocracy, falls far short of the
expectations of the radicals. Time
after time during the long three
days of debate the extremists, with
their undying hatred of the whole an
cient order, launched their fiery at
lacks against the "mildness" of the
various paragraphs, only to break
against the frmness of the restraint
of the chiefs of the party. When the
discussion had been finished the dep
uties, with the exhortations of the
country to speedy action ringing ip
their ears, ventured no further delay |
and, though they had been already |
in session IA hours, took a recess un-
til 2 o'clock Friday morning for the
reading and adoption of the final draft |
Of the address instead of postponing
this formality until the opening of
Fridays session.
The lower houses demand for am
nesty, the kernel and most pressing
point in Its address, was altered at the
last moment by the commission itself
which in response to criticisms Of in
deflniteness in the expression "full po-
litical amnesty" substituted amnesty
for all crimes committed from religious
or political motives as well as agrar-
Ian oflenses." The commission also
a new clause to meet the
wishes Of the disconnected in the army
and navy, asking the emperor to re-
rise the conditions of service on the
basis Of right and justice.
Greatest Anxiety Prevails.
st. Petersburg, May 18.-Public
opinion is greatly excited as to how
he emperor and the government will
meet the defiant attitude of the lower
ouse Of parliament. Many constitu-
Ional democrats are not yet convinced
hat the government will seek COM
romise. They see indications that the
bureaucracy is preparing for a desper-
to fight. The Rech, their organ, still
INSIDERS 1t possible that an attempt
lay be made to disperse parliament
nd also prints runhor that Count
7itte is trying to bring about coup
etat which would result in his being
ppointed a dictator, backed by the
,uncil of the empire.
The Novoe Vremya thinks the con-
itutional democrats are going mad
I'd are playing into the hands Of the
'cial democrats. 1.-THE constitutional
the paper says, "are Dig
ng their own graves in paving the
ay to a dictatorship of the proleta-
at"
AS a matter of fact. the constitu-
1nal democrats are unable any longer
hold the extreme radicals in parlia-
emit who are breaking away and form
6 about the social democratic work
en- group and establishing distinct
rty of the extreme left which wants
It parilamentarism but a revolution :
me of the Polish delegates are flirt-
g with this group on the basis Of
mplete autonomy for Poland. In
her words the situation in both par
.ment and the government is grow
3 more complicated and more chaotic
d the greatest anxiety prevails as to
lat the immediate future may bring
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