New-York tribune., 1906-06-20
HOPES RISE IN RUSSIA
LEADERS DELAY CRISIS.
Partiament's Noderation-A Strike
at MoScozC Settled

81 petersburg, June 19-The election of the
agrarian commission OF ninety-nine to-day
IilarHs The second stage of agrarian legislation
I me lower house of parliament, but the size
- Tic commission and the reservation of eight
places Tor members who have not vet arrived
give slight prospect of a speedy presentation of
d oiiA Inc commission consists virtually Of the
inner circle OF the strongest men in parliament,
the Constitutional Democrats naming among the
members NJ Petrunkevtch. Professor Hertzen-
STEM Prince Dolgourokoff. Nj. Petrajivsky and
Nicholas Lvoff; the Group of Toll NJ Anitin and
M ALADDIN. and the Conservatives Count Hey
oen- M Stakovitch and Princes Georgf Lvof
VoIkonsky and Urusoff. The composition of the
commission is regarded as moderate. and the
lecuon OF NM Petrativsky and Lvoff is evidence
that the Constitutional Democrats are not tr-
revocably committed TO the plan Of the party
convention held on the eve Of the assembling of
parliament both the deputies named having Wig
orously attacked the provision for the rental
instead Of sale of appropriated lands as a step
toward national ownership. The Polish repre-
sentatives are unanimously opposed to this
proposition. and it probably will be eliminated
as 1t was inserted only In Difference to the radi-
cal group, which the Constitutional Democratic
leaders are no longer attempting to conciliate-
The woman suffrage debate assumed almost
the dimensions Of a riot when it trans
ieTTeQ TO the corridors where deputatiOn OF
woman sufragists assailed with such vehemence
peasant members who opposed the principle that
the deputies fed.
Though rumor is busy with the success of the
reactionists at Peterhof. reassuring information
has been received from the palace tonight that
Emperor Nicholas has decided to send Senate
commission 10 the Baltic provinces TO inVesti-
gate complaints.
The metropolitan Antonius. entertaining
members of the lower house tonight assured
them that the government did not intend to pro-
rogue parliament against the will of the ma
jority.
FEARS IN MOSCOW RELIEVED.
Advices from Moscow say that the printers
and their employers who for several weeks have
been on the verge Of a rupture, reached
agreement late tonight. This removes one of
the main grounds for the apprehension of gen.
eral industrial strike.
Dispatches from the interior to-day bring the
usual list of murders and robberies Fresh
strikes are reported at Kaluga, Krementchug
Zhitomir. Volsk and listing veliki. but the sue
cess of the attempt to precipitate q general
strike is by means assured. The ''Novoe
Vremya," however, reports that the engineers
OF the Moscow Railroad have decided not to
take out their locomotives Tomorrow The gov
ernment has made preparations to meet a strike
movement Military trains are held in readiness
at all the stations OF st. Petersburg and Moscow.
The masons and stonecutters Joined the bakers
in the strike to-day, and the butchers may fol-
low their example tomorrow. Prices of bread
and meat have been doubled.
The news from Cronstadt continues TO be dis
quieting. The troops sent TO the island are
camping outside the city. The Twentieth Cen
tury" says the situation is dangerous that
the breechbloCks have been removed from the
guns of the warships in the harbor.
Private letters received here from Kharkoff
predict that the entire South Of Russia win be
in a state of open revolution within month.
The troops at Agovsky, Province Of the Don
to-day openly applauded a revolutionary process
sion of eight thousand miners and worknen.
BIAIYSTOK AGAIN QUIET
No disorders at Bialystok have been reported
to-day The city council there has demanded
the abrogation OF martial law.
Eight st. Petersburg newspapers were con-
fscated to-day, two for their vigorous comment
on the attitude OF the authorities at BiaIystok
and the others for long descriptive stories Of the
outrages from correspondents
1t is reported here tonight that Admiral Dou-
bassoff, Governor General of Moscow, has re-
fused TO return to Moscow, and that he will re-
sumo the duties which he formerly performed
at the Admiralty.
Baron stakeberg, relative of the Man
churian commander and officer of the Sap
pers' Guard, has been tried by court of honor
for writing a letter to author imprisoned at
Moscow for participation in insurTection. The
baron has been required TO resign from his regi-
ment.