Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-08


After reading this communication Pres
ident Mouromtseff announced that he had
officially written a letter to the premier,
insisting upon reply, maintaining that
the publications directly affected the dig
nifty Of the house as body. and upon
motion OF NJ Petrunkevitch the president 9
action was unanimously approved.
When the governments decision to insist
on months delay for the death penalty
bill. contained In the form of a communica-
ton from the ministers of war, the navy
and the interior, was communicated to the
house, M. Naboukoff, in behalf OF the con-
stitutional democrats offered a resolution
accepting the governments decision but In
the meantime demanding the suspension OF
all death sentences, contending that the
government must accept the notice of the
bill as q stay OF execution. This was the
signal for violent protests from the social
istic and peasant-workmen group. NM.
Annitin. Yakobson and Alladin successfully
mounted the rostrum, insisting that 1t was
useless to parley with the enemy, and that
acts and not words were necessary. The
bill abolishing the death penalty should i'm
mediately DE passed.
Denunciation Of Government.
Several times President Mouromtseff was
compelled to call NJ. AlladIn to order as the
latter continued his denunciation of the
government. During the course Of his re-
marks NJ. Alladin said:
LAS soon as the reign of liberty began the
government commenced to publish black
hundred dispatches"
President Mouromtsefr here called the
speaker to order, saying: THAT Is not
proved"
1T may not have been proved to the sat
isfaction of the ministry" replied NJ Al
ladfn, 'but 1t has been proved to the salts
faction of the whole Russian people"
Wild cheering from the left greeted this
statement of the peasant party leader.
M. Sipiaguine of Sevastopol. a nephew of
the late minister of the interior of that
name, offered a way out of the imbroglo
by proposing a resolution instructing Pres
ident Mouromtseff to go to Peterhoff in the
name of the house and request the en-
peror to suspend all death sentences.
In his speech in support of the motion NJ.
Sipiaguine called attention to the situation
at Sevastopol. where. he said he was sure
several innocent persons were about to be
executed for participation in the bomb out
rage of May n.
After an exciting debate the house reject
ed M. Sipiaguine's proposition, although 1t
was strongly supported by Prof. Maxim
kovalevsky. and passed the constitutional
democratic resolution offered by M. Nabou-
koff.
Ivan Loghinovich Goremykin, who sue
ceeded NJ. Witte as Russian premier few
weeks ago. and wants to quit this early, is
a typical Russian bureaucrat. He began
his career some forty years ago as a very
humble official. and step by step he gained
bigger posts. In 1898 he was appointed min
isterior Of the interior by Emperor Mich
olas II.
He was neither rough nor mild. Being an
expert in agrarian questions, he studied the
peasantry. helping them with government
money whenever this was possible. He used
to fulfill every wish of the car, never try
ing to express any of his own views
Personally NJ. Goremykin is q good-na-
tured man, very placid and very obedient
He will do anything which he is ordered by
the czar. -
Manifesto on Citizens Rights.
Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS, June S.-The Matin publishes the
draft of a manifesto on the rights Of Rus
sian citizens which It says was prepared by
NJ. Muramotzefr. The president of the
douma declares himself in favor of the
fullest liberty, including liberty of thought
and religious belief, with the right to dis
avow any particular form of religion; also
freedom of the press and OF public meet
ing. He urges the necessity of two popular
chambers, an upper and a lower house,
hot n elected hy fha peonla