Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-07
SCANDAL IN RUSSIAN FINANCE
Minister Admits Padding Of Estimates TO
LiquidAts War Expenses
OBJECT BEING TO SECURE LARGER LOAN
Statement Causes n Sensation in the
Lower House-Another Move
Toward a Responsible
Ministry.

ST. PETERSBURG, July 6.-While the
action Of the lower house Of Parliament
today In appropristing S5OO,OOo 10 be dis
| pensed by the administration for famine
| relief was epochal. az the first recognition
Of tie cabinet by Parliament and the hrst
step In joint work, its Importance was Tar
overshadowed by the revelation OF alleged
admissions made by Minister OF Finance
| Kokovsoff in the budget commission about
! the padding OF estimates for the liquid
alton Of war expenses, in order 10 be able
/ to extract larger loan from the foreign
markets. These developments made an i'm
/ mense sensation and were eagerly dis
cussed in the corridors of the chamber,
/ where 1t was declared that If the state
! ntent Of the commission members were true
! It placed Russian financial methods on 4
par with those Of mushroom South Amer
ican republics and would undermine the con-
hdence Of foreign fnanciers in the old
guard now mana ging Russian finances and
immensely complicate future credit oper-
ations.
/ All this naturally is Ash for the net Of the
constitutional democrats, who see In the
revelations the brightest prospect for for
cling the transfer of administrative power to
a responsible cabinet.
! All OF today's moves Of the constitutional
democrats point TO realization Of their
! expectation that they may soon be en-
trusted with the full responsibility Of gov
ernment. unhampered bureaucratic min
| istry. The speeches Of floor leader Nabouk-
off and others on Thursday during the de-
bate on the Sidelnikoff incident show that
the decision TO break with the extremists
! and socialists, as foreshadowed In the re-
cent interview Of the Associated Press with
Ivan Petrunkevitch, has been definitely
taken and that the party leaders are now
looking forward TO constructive work in
place Of merely destructive criticism OF
everything governmental.
warming from the Rech.
The Rech today. discussing the efforts
made in the British House of Commons "a
induce the British government not to send g
feet to Cronstadt, says:
whether the feet comes or does NOT
come, the sympathy OF the English with
the struggle of the Russian democracy fol
constitutional institutions is already proved
The same is true of France. As regards
Germany, II is the sole supporter of the
old regime in Russia. Emperor William
prefers to maintain the sources OF weak
ness OF the Russian state in order 10 proi'
thereby, but Emperor Nicholas should re
TneIlD6T tne udnkeT Oh OulSlus inlttltENl''
It was the duke of Brunswick's threat 'c
destroy Paris IL King Louis was harmed
which forfeited the kings head
During the debate in the lower house Of
Parliament today on the Bialystok repor
an orthodox priest. Father Aranasief,
radical member from the Don province
fercely denounced the policy OF the gov
ernment. which, he declared, instead o.
being direteed to pacifying the country
seemed to be deliberately provoking anti
Jewish riots and every manner Of class anC
race strife by the spread of proclamation!
against the Jews and revolutNonists.
: Disorder in Interior cities.
BAToUM, Transcaucasia, July 7-Th
mutiny of troops here is ended. The ring
leaders escaped, whereupon their follower
yielded and are confined In the fortress.
WARSAW, Russian Poland, July 6.-Th
reign of crime and terrorism is so grea
here that the police have decided to resign
A few days ago. as a measure of protec
; tion against assassination by the revoIu
tionists, the system of police beats wa
abandoned and the police were formed int
! patrols for mutual self-protection agains
bomb throwing. etc. But this only mad
IL easier for the terrorists to shoot them
The governor general, when apprised o
the decision OF the ponce 10 tessh' threat
ened TO arrest and punish those who faile
J to appear for duty.
BERLIN, July "A dispatch to the LoRa
Anzeiger from KattoWitz Prussian Silesls
says that twenty-five Cossacks today sur
rounded a lime kiln at Miechow, In tn
province OF Kielce, Russian Poland o.
= information that it was being used for tn
4 manufacture of bombs. As the Cossack
= were forcing their way in a terrific explo
sion blew the kiln to pieces. Eight Cos
: sacks were killed and fve were wounded
1t is not established whether the explosion
!. was caused by the bomb makers inside o
: whether the kiln was exploded from dis