Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-20
USE SCARED BY STORY FROM ABROAD
RumOr that Germany and Austria viii
Come to Aid Of Car
ANNOUNCEMENT CAUSES A SENSATION
No Confirmation of Report Can Be Obtained
at the Embassies
PARLIAMENT MAY Be DISSOLVED TODAY
Several Members Predict that Troops
VIII Take Possession of
Tauride Palace This
Morning.

Morning.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 20.-3 a. m.-AL
address TO the country setting forth the
attitude of Parliament on the agrarian ques-
ton and the reasons for delay in the adop-
tion Of a solution of the problem was
adopted by the lower house at o'clock
this morning, but in an emasculated form,
with changes designed TO minimize the
revolutionary features Of the document as
an appeal to the people against the gov
ernment and to shift the emphasis to a
note of paciicauon, In which the peasantry
are exhorted to refrain from excesses and
violence and to await Parliament's decision
in the matter.
The vote was taken at the close of a
sitting that lasted continuously for twelve
hours, in which Il seemed probable that
the address would be rejected entirely by
the combined votes of the right and left
wings of the house against the irresolute
center party. The address was only saved
from this fate by the abstention from
voting of 1Ol members of the group of toll
and sympathizers with that faction who
favored a more radical measure. There
were only 124 votes, all constitutional
democrats, for the address and So votes
against 1t. The minority comprised Count
Hey den and Michael Stakovitch, a marsha,
Of the nobility and other members OF the
right. with a few extremists from the
socialist camp.
Session n stormy One.
The session, which was a stormy one, was
marked at one time by the withdrawal of
the entire group of toll as a protest against
the reactionary attitude OF the majority
Afterwards the caucus OF the group de-
termined to return to the chamber, but
not to vote either for or against the ad-
dress on the ground that they would be
playing into the governments hands, which,
ever way they voted, and instead TO draft
an independent address to the people.
The rejection of the address probably
would have been a source of qualification
TO the constitutional democratic leaders.
who at the last moment awoke to the fact
that an appeal, which at first they had
| hailed as death blow to the bureaucracy,
would be apt 20 be equally fatal to the
/ party. as not only has the court camariiia
long sought for a Justification for the dis
solution of Parliament, but also to evoke
an elemental rising of the people, in which
| the constitutional democratic party would
be swallowed and its power obliterated in
| the ascendancy OF reaction or of revolu-
ton. The day was devoted to desperate
efforts to retrieve a dangerous strategic
blunder. Finding from a caucus of their
own followers that II was too late TO side
track the address entirely, the leadc,
turned their endeavors to modifying It
enough so that the government would not
he forced TO regard It as a casus belli,
perhaps with the secret hope that this
would lead to the defeat Of the address in
the house.
Speakers Counsel Moderation.
| The speeches OF Ivan Petrunkevitch, who
introduced the substitute draft Deputy Kit
liarevski and other moderates, emphasized
the necessity for the paciication of the tu-
multuous peasantry. NJ. Kltliarevski
roundly declaring that the all important
question at the present crisis OF AFFAIRS
was not useless polemics regarding the min
istry, but the cessation of the elemental
movement of class against class which
would solve Russias problem, not in the
way OF peaceful legislation, but by methods
of desperation and horror. NJ. Petrunke-
witch, an, implacable enemy of the govern
ment, shifted his ground TO combat revolu-
ton. declaring that Parliament must not
yield to revolution nor join in inhaminR
unarmed peasantry to oppose themselves
to bayonents and machine guns, but fight
TO the last for legality and loyalty His
draft contained a sop to the land owners,
emphasizing the point regarding the pay
ment for appropriated lands, but this was
eliminated in the discussion. The con-
servatives endeavored also to have stricken
out reference in the draft to lack OF
confidence in the ministry, but they were
defeated by the bare mention OF the Ros-
sis's report of the Austro-German plan
| intervention Dafr ft.E
wildly applauded when he declared that Il
was impossible to show consideration TO a
ministry which was negotiating to intro
duce foreign troops on the sacred soil OF
Russia.
ReactiOnarieE Become BOIder
At the council held at Peterhof last night
the camarilia came out strongly in favor
OF dissolving Parliament but according Ia
the best information the emperor hesltated
and at the moment Of adjournment refused
to agree to a dissolution, though his final
decision was postponed. Nevertheless, the
moderate faction OF the constitutional dem
ocrats comprehending that the government
can hardly avoid the issue, shrink from
making the appeal 10 the country which
may involve climb down, They seriously
believe that the advocates OF a dissolutIo or
OF Parliament. realizing that making this
appeal would be equivalent 10 a declATa.
tion OF civil war. count upon the active in
tervention OF Austria and Germany, which
according 20 the official Rossia have agreed
in principle on sending troops across tn,
border to aid in the suppression OF an
agrarian uprising. should the Russian gov
ernment formally request t.
The Rossias announcement created
tremendous sensation II stated that tn,
decision of the two neighborlng powers wal
based on fear that the execution OF th,
principle Of the confscation Of property "a
= Russia would constitute a danger 10 them
In diplomatic circles the report OF tn,
virtual revival Of the holy alliance for tn,
: maintenance Of the principle OF the In
volatility Of property also produced stir
but inquiry at the Austrian and German
embassies failed 20 elicit any confirmation
Al the Foreign once the statement wa'
unequivoeally made that Russia knew moth.
ing Of any such arrangement between Aus
, tria and Germany.
These oficial denials seem 20 exclude tht
J existence of a formal arrangement betweef
the three governments. but with the meanI