Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24
THE CAR IN DILEMMA
Over Matter OF Granting Partial
Amnesty.
AN OFFICIAL Statement
Regarding Release of ALI Political
Prisoners.
HAND IN NEW SHIFT
Identical kilograms Of Protest Sent
Emperor From Widely Different
Places-Some Dispersal Talk.

ST. PETERSBURG, May 24.-The gov
ernment seems to be hesitating about
| executing the resolution taken a week
ago to grant partial amnesty. The official
statement issued last night. justifying
| the government in not granting plenary
amnesty seems designed to pave the way
! for a refusal on the ground that in the
present circumstances the release of the
political prisoners deserving freedom can
| be left to the local authorities.
| Nothing could be more; irritating to the
| liberals than for the emperor to delegate
the discretion of granting pardon to the
very men responsible for the wholesale
arrests which occurred during the winter,
and such decision is sure to arouse a
storm in the lower house and increase the
danger of conflict.
The hand of Gen. Trepoff, who engineer
ed the protests of the branches OF the
League of the Russian People CBiack
Hundred) in the interior, which are cited
in the official statement evidence that
the Russian masses are opposed to am
nesty, is seen in this new shift in the gov
ernment's position and again raises the
specter Of counter revolution.
kilograms to the Gear.
The Twentieth Century, formerly the
Russ, today prints in parallel columns the
text of identical kilograms sent to the en-
peror from widely different places, protest.
ing against the demand of the lower house
for amnesty, proving them to have been In
spired from a common source. The dlspatch
most used is as follows: IF parliament de-
sres to assist you. allow 1t to do so, but II
the members try to play the role OF rulers
dispense them and trust to the whole OF the
Russian people to support YOU
At Kieff yesterday the local branch of the
league of the Russian people decided to or
ganize for the coming war against parlia-
ment and pronounced itself in Iavor of the
creation of dictatorship to crush the revo-
luton
officers of the guard regiments in ST
Petersburg at meeting just held openly
advocated the dispersal of parliament
Such facts serve to strengthen the cam
paign which the social democrats and SO
cial revolutionists continue to wage against
the illusions of parliamentary regime.
Goremykin to Reply.
1t is announced that Premier Goremykin
will reply tomorrow afternoon to the ad-
dress of the lower house to the throne.
The impression is growing that If peace
full issue Is to be possible, the Goremykin
cabinet must give way to another ministry
without previous bureaucratic connections
NJ Shipoff of Moscow is considered the
most prominent candidate for premier
Michael Stakovich, Count Heyden ana
Prof. Kusmn -Karavieff, all members OF the
lower house, are also mentioned, but no
leaders of the constitutional democrats are
referred to in this connection.
The Rech today prints an intimation that
Count Rolsky's retirement from the presi-
dency of the upper house is intended TO
make way for Count Witte.
Former Interior Minister Durnovo has
gone abroad. The car In which he Travelled
to the frontier was guarded by gendarmes
and members 6f the secret police.