The Minneapolis journal., 1906-05-17
Firmer Premier Plans Coup d 'Etat
Giving Him Supreme Power,
Hints Rech.
CoNSTITUTIONALIsTs ARE
MAD, NoVoE vREMYA SAYS
Radicalism in Douma Out of Con-
troll and Situation Grows
Worse.

st: Petersburg, May 17.-Publie
opinion is greatly excited as to how
the emperor and the government viii
meet the defiant attitude Of the lower
house of parliament.
II Many constitutional democrats ara
not yet convinced that the government
will seek compromise. They see indi-
cations that the bureaucracy is prepar-
ING for a desperate fight.
The Rech, their organ, still considers
it possible that an attempt may be
made to disperse parliament and also
prints a rumor that Count Witte is
trying to bring about coup d'etat
which would result in his appointment
as dictator by the emperor.
"Diggtng Own Grave"
The Noyoe Vremya thinks the con-
stitutional democrats are going mad
and are playing into the hands of the
social democrats.
"The constitutional democrats, !" the
paper says, "are digging their own
grave in paving the way to a; dictator
ship Of the proletariat -
AS a matter of fact the constitutional
democrats are unable any longer to hold
the extreme radicals in parliament who
are breaking away and forming about
the social democrats workmen group
and establishing q distinct party Of the
extreme left, which wants not parlia-
mentarism but revolution.
~ Situation Grows Worse.
Some Of the Polish delegates are
flirting with this group on the basis of
complete autonomy for Poland. In
other words the situation in both par
hament and the government is growing
more complicated and more chaotic and
the greatest anxiety prevails as to what
the immediate future may bring forth.
AS soon as the reply to the speech
from the throne is adopted by the lower
house Of parliament the leaders of the
a bill providing for the establishment
Of civil liberties and demand it's i'm
mediate consideration.
Growing Impatient.
The debate on the reply to the speech
from the throne was resunl ed when par
lament met today. Some Of the menu
bers are showing signs OF impatienee,
as a result of the endless stream of talk.
martial and other exceptional laws,
and the abolition of the council Of the
empire were passed without amend
ment. "
Count Heyden, prominent member
of the right, took the first occasion to
day to declare that the right did not
oppose in principle the substance Of the
reply to the speech from the throne,
altho it regarded some Of the para
graphs as unnecessarily offensive to
to the emperor. -
Uni -Cameral Legislature.
Prince Peter Dologoroukoff, vice.
president Of the lower house, spoke
| warmly Of uni-cameral legislature.
At the same time he thought it entire
| ly proper that the council Of the em-
| pire as an advisory body to the emperor
and without legislative functions, could
| be continued.
/ Kizleff Of Penza, also,-declared him-
self in favor of uni-cameral legis-
lature. He said bi-cameral legislature
might be well enough in the United
States and Great Britain, but Russia
proposed to give the western world a
lesson in true democracy.
Professor Maxim Koualevsky of
Kharkoff thought it of vital Importance
that the council Of the empire should
| be shorn Of power to participate with
| the lower house Of parliament In con-
sideration of the budget.