The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
IN CONFUSION.
Affairs Of Russia Are in 3 Des-
perate State.
Anything Is Liable to Happen
Without Warning.
EXTREME MEASURES
Are Again Being Urged by the
Cars Advisers.
Open Revolution Preached From
Parliamentary ROstrum.
XTREME MEASURES


st. Petersburg. July 1s.-The political
barometer is again falling The con-
fusion which seems to have taken pos
session Of the upper spheres since the
efforts to form a coalition ministry
failed, coupled with the alarming re-
ports from the interior and the attitude
of parliament make almost anything
possible. There has been a marked re-
newal of apprehension that the crisis
may. end in a coup etat against
parliament.
The assassinations Of Vice Admiral
Chouknin and General Kozlov, the dis
covery that beyond the murder OF the
general was big plot to Kill not only
General Trepoff, but Prince Putian and
other courtiers and the general cpl
demic of assassination which has ter
rorized not only the local authorities,
but even the police. together with the
wild destruction of property by the
peasantry in half a dozen provinces
during the last few days have again
strengthened the small part Of the court
which believes in resorting to extreme
measures The adoption by the lower
house of parliament of an address to
the country, viii it Is feared. place IN
the hands of the reactfonists the needed
lever to move the emperor.
NJ Petrajitski vainly warned the low
er house yesterday of the seriousness Of
the proposed step. The majority of the
constitutional Democrats, OF which par
/ ty he, Is a prominent member, seemed
| convinced that they must hold the
peasants at all hazards The members
| of the extreme left seemed to court a
fight, preaching open revolution from
the rostrun- The Novoe vryema, which
/ often reflects the views of the court,
says today that the adoption by the low
/ er house of an address to the country
would go beyond the jurisdiction Of
parliament and virtually constitute an
appeal from this government to the
people The paper adds:
With its adoption parliament would
! cross the rubicon, abandon It's policy
Of trying to restrain the country and
q Instead OF pacifying It deliberately
pour oil on the flames"
Dispatches from the interior con-
tinue TO tell without Interruption
stories of the burning of manor houses,
robberies. murders, collisions between
peaSa nts and rural guards and the hur-
ried dispatch of troops here and there
The center of the peasants uprising is
| Voronezh province, VIII ere the peasants
in their mania for the destruction OF
| property, do not discrinin between
friends and enemies, as evidenced by
the complete devastation of the estate
Of NJ. Kokoshkine, one of the most
| prominent constitutional Dem mocrsts in
| the lower house. Today's reports de-
scribe the situation in that province as
hopeless from the standpoint of the
landlords. The situation is almost
bad In Poltava and Smolensk prov
inces. In Tam bow province eighty
peasants are reported to have been
killed or wounded by dragons.
Plans of the Neighbors.
Paris. July 1S.@The Journal today
! says 1t is in a position to Ffhrm that IN
| the recent interview at Schoen5runa
| palace near Vienna between the en-
| peror of Austria-Hungary and the
| German emperor their maiesties de-
| liberated on the means to adopt in case
| Of the outbreak of a revolution in Rus
sia Emperor Nicholas being advised Of
the general nature of the deliberations.
1t was decided in principle. the paper
says, that Germany and Austria Will
intervene in Poland with armed forces
1 in case the Russian emperor findssit
/ i'm possible to maintain the control OF
1 Poland, the emperors thereafter acting
/ in concert for the maintenance of the
| status quo Of their respective Polish
/ possessions. The Journal further as
/ serts that this understanding amounts
! to a regular holy alliance between the
| three emperors-
Laid to Rest in the Kremlin.
Moscow, July 1S.@With the utmost
secrecy, in the presence Of Grand
| Dukes Constantine, Alexis. Boris and
Dimtri. the Grand Ouch ess Eliza beth
and a few faithful retainers, the body
! of Grand Duke Sergius, who was
sassinatedL here by the explosion Of a
| bomb February II, 1908. and which
has been resting in temporary vault.
! was last night inferred in the crypt CT
the Tchudoff monastery in the Krem-
lin.
Call on Baby Grand Duke
Peterhof, July ia deputation of
officers and men from the four Sibe-
rian corps and the First Manchurfan
corps. including the Twelfth Siberian
regiment, of which the baby Grand
Duke Alexis is honorary colonel, were
received here today by Emperor Mich
olas and the heir to the throne. who is
now about two years old. The depu-
tation presented their compliments to
the emperor and Grand Duke Alexis.
| accompanied by gifts of q cross and
ikons to the grand duke, which the
latter kissed. The emperor made a
speech IN which he returned thanks
for the devotion and bravery prom
ised in behalf OF his son. and said the
latter would always wear around his
neck the cross presented to him by
the deputation.
Cabinet Is Asked TO Stay.
st. Petersburg. July 1s.-As further
proof of the change of spirit at Peter
hof it was learned today that En-
members Of the Coremykin cabinet
to retain their posts
William Hubbard Seeks Divorce.
William E Hubbard wants q divorce
from, his wife Af9unfa A who he saws