New-York tribune., 1906-06-15
GLOOM PERVADES DOUMA
PEACE PROSPECT POOR.
Breach Bet1Ceen Russian Government
and Parliament Widens.

St Petersburg, June 14.-The feeling of gloom
pervading the leaders of the Moderate wing of
the Constitutional Democratic party over the
prospect for a peaceful outcome of the struggle
between the government and parliament has
been deepened by the events of to-days session
of the lower house. Tonight such leaders as
Joseph Hessen, Editor of the "Rech": Leov j.
Pitrojivsky. the Polish member for St. Peters
burg: Professor Grodeskul. vice-presdent of the
lower house. and Professor Paul NJ. Milukoff, ex-
press the profoundest pessimism regarding the
outlook
Professor Grodesku who, though elected TO
parliament while in Punishment administra
lively, has steadfastly expressed himself as hope
full that the government and parliament would
be able to reconcile their differences to-day
held out only the slightest vestiges Of hope. He
called attention to the addresses of General Paw
loft the Military Procurator and the deputies
showing that both sides realized that strug
gle could not long be postponed. He also re-
marked that Professor Mouromtseff the Presi-
dent of the lower house, who hitherto had
checked the excursions of the radicals into un-
parliamentary abuse. to-day abandoned the at
tempt and did not interfere except when they
altogether violated decorum. He took this as
evidence that the President also looked upon the
situation lost
L
sole hope lies in an appeal to the better feelings
of the monarch He delivered a speech, be-
seeching the Emperor TO discard his evil ad-
Visers and listen TO the voice of the people
before ii is too late.
The anarchy in the government was illus
trated by the response of General Rudger to
one of the later interpretations with regard to
the executions at Riga. Though Premier Go
remykin had transmitted the first Interpolation
on the subject to the Minister of War, and Gen
eral Pavloff to-day responded behalf of the
ministry to similar interpretations. General
Rudiger replied that the matter was not within
his jurisdiction and referred 1t to the Minister
of the Interior.
The draft of a law for the invioabity of the
person was introduced to-day. The proposers
asked that the commission be instructed to re-
port within a week, but attention was called to
the fact that the attempt TO push through the
matter of the adjustment of the death penalty
had been met with demand on the part of the
ministry for months delay. The request for
urgency therefore, abandoned.
The determination of the government to per-
severe in the imposition of the death sentence
shown by another condemnation to-day al
Riga which is the sixteenth in that city since
the lower house of parliament first interpret
lated the government on the subject. mon
ster peIluoll' drafted Dy FrolesSor hoValeNsAy
imploring the stOppage of executions pre-
sented TO Emperor Nicholas to-day.
The revolutionary propaganda has been con-
Quoted so actively among the soldiers of the
Preobratensky Guard Regiment, which has beer
considered one of the most faithful in the SER
vice, that the commander Of the regiment haf
ordered the reading of all correspondence ad-
dressed 10 enlisted
Quantities of letters TO soldiers from theil
| home villages have been seized. in which the
| writer's impored the soldiers not to act agains
| parliament, II they should be ordered to do so
! but rather 10 defend the Deputies. The propa
| ganda also is affecting officers at the capital
J a number of whom have been relieved from duty
with regiments in sympathy with the reYolu
| tiODiSts