Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-23
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Russian Governments Latest Move Has Put the DiscOntented Ones
 On Edge
WILL DEFY THE SOVEREIGN

St Petersburg, July 23.-The gov.
 ernment's midnight coup d etat is already having the effect of uniting all the discordant elements of the op-
 position, and 1t requires little per. spicacity to see that an era of re. pression and all which it entails will drive liberal and revolutionary alike to support the most desperate mea- | ures. It Is already clear that resist ance will be made. According to the latest adyices from Viborg the mem. bers of parliament who fled to Fin. land intend to defy their sovereign They are virtually refusing to recog. nize the decree of dissolution, three hours session in the dining room of the Hotel Belvedere being held last night under the presidency of M
 Mouromteseff, all the formalities of regular session being observed Prof Miluikoff and other members of the central committee of the consti- tutional democrats were carefully ex- cluded from participation. The lead CTS of all the groups semed to be momentarily trying to sink their political differences and were ami mated solely by determination to present solid front to the nation and government in the present crisis. Only about 200 members, however, were present, the Poles intsead of going in body sending delegates. General fear is expressed by the liberals here that the military to-day will surround and catpure the mem bers at Viborg, on tn aground that they constitute an illegal and revo- lutionary assembly, under the author ity given to Governor General Ger hard of Finland week ago to close and arrest revolutionary congresses. It is quite likely that this authority was conferred in anticipation of the present contingency.
 Although minor rioting continued in the outskirts throughout the night the city is superficially quiet this morning, but oimnous forebodings of a coming storm are apparent on every hand.
 A correspondent of the Associated Press made a taur of the city early E. countered reinforced patrols, saw ex- cited groups on corners and met half a dozen squads of gendarmes with drawn swords, escorting little bands of arrested persons to prison. Dur ing the night over a thousand arrests of workmen, agitators and revolu- tionafy suspects were made. The railroads leading out of the city have been placed under, martial law and the gendarmes search the passengers and baggage on all strains for arms and political documents.
 Systematic military organisations for political agitators and especially members of the proletariat organiza- tions are in full swing.
 Not only the Tauride palace but the gates of the park leading to 1t are closed and the surrouding streets are alive with gendarmes and secret police. In the courtyard of neigh boring barracks of one of the guard regiments the correspondent saw two companies drawn up in marching order and shortly afterwards he met travel-stained detachment of Gray Cuirassiers galloping in from Kraz- noye-Selo camp. With the regular garrison there are now more than 0.000 troops massed in the city, in- cluding forty battalions of infantry. practically the entire cavalry of the guard, a division of infantry of the guard, field battery. four other bat teries and four companies of machine guns.