The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-26
THEY MUST CLASH
Conflict in Russia Now Consider
ed Inevitable.
Firmness Of Government Causes
Universal Surprise.
LIMIT OF AMNESTY.
LIMIT OF AMNESTY.
Points Out That General Action
Is Impossible.
Proposed solution of Agrarian
Problem Out Of Question.

St Petersburg. May 26.-Premier
Goremykin's speech which was unex-
peetedly firm in tone produced such
vivid impression that conflict is now
considered inevitable.
To the demands made in the address
Of the lower house in reply to the speech
from the throne it was almost com
plete non possimus. 1t reiterated that
general amnesty was impossible but
promised the release as rapidly as pos
sible Of those who had been arrested
by administrative order There couiA
be no question 1T was pointed out of
the abolition of. the council of the en-
pire or upper house. as that is an in
stitutiOn covered by the fundamental
law. and is beyond the competence of
parliament.
Most important of all the premier
declared that the basis for a solution
OF the agrarian problem proposed by
the lower house was completely i'm
possible. There could be no forced
appropriation OF land. He promised,
however. the distribution of some OF
the appanages Of the state domains
and outlined a broad programme for
popular education, the revision of the
tax laws. and the institution of po-
litical liberty.
Looks Bed in Provinces.
Grave news comes from the pro-
the assembling of parliament has been
marked by an alarming increase in
revolutionary agitation and terroristlc
activity on the one hand and of black
hundred activity on the other. The ex-
tfemists Of both sides a re thus divided
into two hostile camps and both are
arming as if preparing for an newt
able civil war Sanguinary conflicts
continue to be reported. A sequel Of
the clash on Archangel square here
.G7af n
revolver shots, killing one man and
seriously wounding three, came last
night when a black hundred member
who participated in the affair was
waylaid and murdered by social revo-
utionists
The Social Democrats are working
with might and main to cast discredit
on parliament and produce an upriS-
ing Of the elemental forces. They
have already precipitated an incipienr
strike in the Industrial quarters of
Moscow and at Odessa the longsh orr
men have struck. Not a single vessel
left that harbor yesterday. The gov
ernments refusal to grant general
amnesty to the political prisoners fur
nishes the prOletariat organiza tons a
powerful weapon and they threaten
that unless tomorrow, the anniversary
Of the emperOr's coronation, sees am
nesty proclaimed, to call a general
strike as preliminary to an armed
AR4t SAAAH LIAE GQlStdAL IulnOfS OF .
reacuonary coup d'etat. the dispersal
Of parliament and the esta bIishment of
dictatorship under General Trepoff
add to the general excitement and the
Reich today appeals to the govern
ment to put an end tO-this disquieting
report by an official denial
The fear of another explosion in the
country and its attendant crisis is be-
ginning to oyershadow the fight be
tween the crown and the lower house
OF parliament
Governor General -Skalon of War
saw, has telegraphed to Interior Min
lister Stolypin that he has proof thai
the Polish separatist organization and
advises their prosecution for treason.
The emperor today decorated Gov
ernor General Orloff of Livinia and 90
officers who participated in the "paci~
hcation of the Baltic provinces
Fresh agrarian disorders are report
ed from Orel, Kazan and Simbirsk pro
vinces. The Figner estate in Kazan
province where Vera Figner has been
living under the surveillance of the
police since her release from Sch1us-
selburg fortress, where she was con
fined for 20 years as the result of par
ucipation in the plot against the life
OF Alexander II. has been completely
destroyed and cossacks with difficulty
saved the estate of Prince Galitzin.