New-York tribune., 1906-05-27

Goremykin, and with only seven members DIS
senting. voted a lack of confidence in the Min
istry, practically throwing down the gauntlet to
the bureaucracy with demand for the retire
ment Of the present Cabinet and its superses-
sion by ministry approved by the majority in
the house.
The spirit of revolution is in the air and
conflict between the Crown and the nation no"
appears TO be inevitable While the house avoid
ed the appearance of delivering an ultinatuIn'
the government seems to have no alternative
except surrender or war The gloomiest rore-
bodings are everywhere expressed tonight ana
the general impression is that the country Is OH
the verge of a titanic struggle. which may Oe
DELAYED. but not averted- Dispatches receiNeu
from the interior indicate that the struggle pos
sibIv NAV begin on Monday with a general strlNe
7,ban the neople learn that amnesty has been
refused them
While the Premier's statement promised CO.
operation with the lower house lin so Iar as 'ie
latter does not transgress the limits OF 'ne
t,,ndarental laws" it recognized the agrarian
Question as narannount, proposing TO remedy the
deficiency in land through the operation Oh an
agrarian bank and migration to Siberia II pro-
posed the introduction Of general compulsory
education the reform Of the administrator anu
+ba -sa1ization of the four liberties. Premier
csorenvl1n,s statement however, returned a re-
fnsa, n the burning question raised by the
house in its reply TO the speech from the
throne The Premier said that the governments
fat and exceptional laws could not be with
drawn until murder and terrorism cease. the
axpropriation of appanages OF the crown and
Church and private lands was held 10 De mad
missible The right of investigation OF admin
tstrative acts, the statement added. belonged
n the crown the house having only the power
=, ,ntarpolation Amnesty. Premier Gorernykin
safs was solely the prerogative of the Emperor
s,cb briefly. was the governments reply 10
the address of the house. The Prenier's words
seemed 10 arouse all the latent resentment IN the
hearts of the members The Constitutional Dem
ocratic leaders for the first time gave free range
n their passions with biting words speaker
artAr sneaker declared the governments pro-
must give way to a cabinet IN which the people
had confidence. NJ Roditchetf announced that
the governments reply had dashed to the ground
all his hope Of working in harmony with the
administration NJ. Kovalesky enacted the role
of Mirabeau, practically paraphrasing the
Frenchnnan's words I'VE are here by the will
Of the people. and nothing but bayonets can dis
perse US" while half dozen peasant members
hurled defiance at the ministry
Even Count Heyden. the leader of the Right.
deserted the governments side. saying that in
asrnuch as the government had refused to re-
deem its promise to repeal the exceptional law
his vote also was for censure
The resolution Of censure as adopted provides
that the house shall proceed with the order OF
the day on Monday thus adroitly placing upon
the government the responsibility for making
the next move
For the moment. as indicated by communi-
cation issued by the Official agency at midnight.
the ministry is in dilemma, being ready neither
to resign itself nor TO dismiss parliament The
communication says:
the rurnors Of dissolution OF parliament are
unfounded. The parliament will sit until the
middle Of June. when II will take vacation
The dismissal OF the ministers Is matter ex-
cIusively for the unfettered decision OF the SOW
ereign The speech of the Minister OF justice ar
to-day's sitting OF the House was an expression
OF his personal views given 0'- '-A'
tive.
TIE text of the resolution OF lack OF conf
dance in the government adopted was that draft
ed by the Labor group 1t is as follows;
The declaration Of the Premier heard to-day
nv narIaulent contains the decisive declaration
1baf rbe government in now1se wishes 70 meet
tha demands Of the people ana the expectation
of land OF liberty and OF clvlI FisiIcs. 81
ated in the address OF the house IN repiy 70 nc
speech from the throne, without fuinlment OF
which pacihcation Of the country anu successLui ~
work by the house is impossible BY lS refusal
~ Sstjsfv the popular demands the govern
nent clearly shows it's disregard OF the read m
terests OF the people ana US plsii1 u- as
asrers country which is harassed oy poverty
Iawlessness and the continued, unpunisheo ar
hitrariness Of the authorizes .. - 9.
The lower house OF parliament cohSldeIr tndI
il is its plain duty 70 proclaim 20 lne ToultIS
its cornplete distrust OF an irrespohSlole ELl4-
istry II regards most necessary conontlon
20 The racifcatfon of the country and fruitful
work by parliament the immediate resignation
~ the present Cabinet and it's replacement by a
D1inis1rv possessing its confidence Parliament
thereupon votes TO proceed WIFE the regular
order or the Gay
BEFORE a house more crowded than on the
opening day. Premier Goremykin this afternoon
read to the lower house Of parliament the ex-
nected declaration OF the governments policy.
placing the imperial negative IN the most cher
,sbed hopes and plans Of the peoples repre-
sentatives In the imperial box sat Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaievitch. following the proceed
ings with the keenest interest There was
scarcely standing room in the section assigned
10 members OF the upper house. and the Premier