The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-10
PARLIAMENT
 IN DISREPUTE Peasants Turn Upon the
 Congress. GOVERNMENTS ADR0TT MOVE Promises Regarding the Ex-
 propriation of Lands. Representatives Placed In the Attitude Of Preventing the People From Obtaining the @Littie Fn-
 ther's" Gifts.

St. Petersburg. July s.--The initial steps toward the adoption of direct address to the country to counteract the impression that the governments communications with regard to the set clement of the agrarian questions is making among the peasantry were talk en In the lower house of parliament today when an interpolation was in- the dissemination of the governmental proclamation to the peasants July 3. This proclamation accompanied the publication in The Cfficial Messenger of tn governments agrarian bill and set forth the Emperors constant solic-, itude for the peasants welfare and de- nted that the government was oppos- Ing appropriation in the interest of the landlords. concluding with an ex- planation of the vital necessity of maintaining the rights of property as being the foundation of the state. The interpolation was referred to conn mission which is expected to recom- mend the issuance of a counter appeal setting forth the views and intentions of parliament.
 Professor Kuzmin- Karavaieff, the Ie- gal expert of parliament, has developed the theory that the action of the ad- ministration in spreading views direct " OppQS6u tO tn9 G4PEcHSbQ pQAACf VI the legislative branch was an illegal encroachment on the privileges of par liament.
 Count Mukhanoff, President of the House Agrarian Commission, dilated on how the law which the commission was now elnhoiating was handicapped by the circulation If the EmperoF's proc lamatiou. New tactics had been ne- cessitated by alarming news from va rious sections as to the effect produced by the proclamation. Tho slow pro- gress of Parliament was contracted with the Governments fair sounding promises of the distribution of all available state lands and other meas ures to relieve the land hunger of the peasants
 Holding Up the Gifts.
 Count Mukhanoff added that the re- port was being spread In many parts of the country that the Emperor had ordered the distribution of lands to tho peasants. but that Parliament, like the wicked fairies in old stories, was holding the Little Fathers" gift from his children.
 Deputy von Rutzen, from the pro- vince of Kursk. who has just returned from a visit to that section, told the Associated Press today that he had found many peasants harboring dis tinct feeling of distrust if not of ani- mostly towards Parliament, which pet ty officials, naturally are doing their utmost to encourage. The Govern ment's Agrarian prociama tiun,s he said, was distributed broadcast in tie form of handbills and posters throughout the country and agents of the administra- ton are actively attacking Parlia- ment's principle in the Agrarian ques- tion as being aimed ns much at the small holdings of peasants as at the vast estates of the nobility.
 The House made slight progress to- day with debate on the Bialystok rs- port. The principal new contribution was Deputy Vinnaver's assertion that anti-Semetic pamphlets are still beIng printed in the office of the presect of police at St. Petersburg, the deputy giving the title of the pamphlet and the nams of It's author The discussion will be continued tomorrow. There a"e still twenty-four speakers to be heeyd.
 During today's- debate Baron Ropp, a Catholic bishop, representing Wilma. said a general had informed hiin that the soldiers would never fire on Chtis- tians hut only on Jews He said ke was convinced that the chief admins trative officials always were capable of stopring excesses if they cared to do so The Governor General of Wilra, Baron Ropp, said once appealei to the
  programs. to which they replieJ: If you do not want us to do it. we VIII not do anything.
 Baron Ropp acknowledges that some dIscontent was felt by soldiers and po- lice against the Jews, the cause being the model organization of the Jews. which js the envy of the Christians. IL was necessary, he said. to give self novornIdent to the western provinces or else pogroms would soon occur.
 Acting With the Anarchists.
 The central government which al- ways was aiming at the classification ol these provinces, and even prohibited the creation of moderate constitu- tional. uarty at Wilma under the pres Idency of the bishop and hostile an- archists. In consequence the gov trnment was acting In conjunction with the anarchists
 Deputy Vinaver, in the coure of a ionr speech, endeaVored to prove by documentary evidence that the central government had participated in Jew ish massacres for the purpose of fore ing the Jews to betray these revolu- tionary brethren, but the deputy added thas Jewish revolationaries constitut- ed D source of greater canger to moderate Jews than to the govern ment The Jewish race. he said. was small but strong. and its strength was
 
 Russian race. which wa indignant against such acts of barbarity This sts temAnt was applauded by the ceu- ter and the left
 NJ Roditcheff. in an earnest speech. described the policy-c the government at being full of falsehoods which were leading the country into unheard Of ds ngers The ministers have refused 1 to resign oI to lisIen to the voice of the nation. and had turned deaf ear | to the murmurs of the coming storm. | Already. he said. there arc rumbllngs | which will unite In a terrible thunder clap and upheavsl of the country When the government, fearing the | explosion. decides to resign, 1t will be to late. As he concluded, theer was i applause.
 After several other speeches, and the of "arious interpellations, the House adjourned.
 Let on With Light Sentence.
 Tihis, Caucasia. July 9.-The mili. tary tribunal realizing the tremendous fermt atation in the garrison here, has let off with light punishments tho