The Mena weekly star., 1906-07-12

Force Governments Hand.
 St. Petersburg, July G.-Emperor Nicholas has taken the almost unpre- cedented step of publicly directing Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaieyitch commander of the forces in the mill tary district of St Petersburg, to in vcstigate and take measures to stop the disorders" among the troops. Accompanying these instructions were orders relieving prince Vaszilchikoff commander of the guard corps, from duty and dismissing in disgrace Gen. Ozeroff, commander of the first guard division and Gen. Gadon, commander of the PreobrajenslSy regiment, the first battalion of which was recently disgraced for expressing sympathy with parliament and protesting against do ing police duty. Gadon is said to be descendent of an American named Cor don, the name having been Russianized by lapse of time.
 All attempts to purge the army of the spirit of disloyalty now that it has invaded the pampered regiments of the guard will, however, probably prove futile No isolation of the troops will any longer suffice to prevent the spread of the contagion. While the majority of the troops probably are still faithful the undermining of the military supports of the government is proceeding very rapidly. The reyo- lutionists are rejoicing at the success of what they regard as being the final phase of the work of preparing for the coming revolution.
 A further extension of the agrarion disorders, accompanied by the burning of manor house was reported Thurs day from the provinces of Penza Kamanetz-Podulsk and Poltava and the district of Bogoraditsk and at Karsk. The zemstvo of the province of Tula is bankrupt owing to the re- fusal of the peasants to pay their taxes. The members of the group of toll Iii parliament are secretly collaborating plan to force matters to head As the first step they propose that the tower house adopt resolution declar- ing the country is not bound to pay it's obligations to the government so long as the emperor refuses to yield to the demands of parliament. If the constitutional democrats decline to join them in the programme of repu- diation the group of toll propose to issue a manifesto to the country Their purpose plainly is to compel the government to attempt to dissolve par liament and thus force rupture.
 The issues of five newspapers of this city were confiscated Wednesday night Over 200 papers in the interior were seized during the last fortnight.
 There was a stormy scene at the opening of the lower house of parlia- ment Thursday which further em. phasized the split between the consti- tutional democrats and their radical allies and the group of toil
 NJ. Sidelnikoff, a radical Cossack member of the house was beaten while in the hands of the police Wednes- day night, after having been ar- rested for exhorting a crowd of people to resist the police who were breaking up one of the mass meetings which are becoming more frequent. When M Sidolnikoff was searched at police headquarters a revolver was found. He was released later in the evening When the house opened Thursday NJ. Sidelnikoff gave his version of the af- fair and proposed that the house inter Tsilate the minister of the interior. asking him what measures had been taken to punish the policemen who were guilty of assaulting member of parliament and to prevent a recur. renee of such incidents in the future.
 Tifis, Caucasus, July GA general strike has been declared by the pro- Ietariat organizations of this city in sympathy with the demand for the pardon of 27 soldiers who have beeu sentenced to be shot because they re- fused to fire on the populace during the disturbances here last March. The troops are greatly excited and if the condemned men are executed revolt of the garrison is feared.
 Bryan Spoke in London.
 London, July Civilian J. Bryan was the central fipure at the annua1