Arizona republican., 1907-05-21
Tht DOUMA REJOICES
 AT THE CARS ESCAPE
The Parliament Officially Informed of the
 Detected Plot
The Members Who Were Net: In Sympathy With the Existing Regime Absented Themselves During the Patriotic Demonstration.

St. Petersburg. May 20.-Previous to the opening of the session of the lower house today a resolution expressing the great joy of the house at Emperor Nicholas escape from death at the hands of those who plotted his assas- sination, and deepest indignation at recent criminal conspiracy, so fortun- ately frustrated, was unanimously adopted. The reading of the resolution called forth hearty applause. but the expected monarchist demonSEation did not take place. The social democrats. the social revolutionists. a part of the group of Foil and others. were absent from the house when the resolution was presented and adopted.
 Informally announcing the discovery of the plot, Premier Stolypin said not only was the emperor's life aimed at but the plotters intended to assassin ate Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholae- witch. president of the council of na- tional defense and himself. The grand duke Alexander Michaelovitch. broth er-in-law of the emperor and Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaevitch were among those present when the resolu- ton was adopted.
 After an introductory speech by Count Boneysky. the president of the constitutional conservative party. and marshal of the nobility. the premier opened his address by saying the ac- counts of the plot published in certain foreign newspapers were extremely exaggerated.
 Continuing Stolypin said: "In Feb ruary the department of public order and security in St. Petersburg obtain ed information that a crhninal society
 had been formed in this city with the direct object executing series of ter rorist outrages. A prolonged and diff cult investigation resulted in the dis- covery of number of members of the society and others intimately associat- ed with them. Reports were made of
 the residences of conspirators. which
 were constantly changed. the utmost secrecy being observed. But all move
 were discovered in the reports which they sent by post.
 ''On April IS. two members of the society were arrested and the depart ment of public order and security in- formed the procurator of the St. Pe- | tersburg police court of the discover ies
 Having established the fact that a | society was formed with the intent to | overthrow the existing regime in Rus
 sia by acts Of violence. the procurator ! on April r. instituted proceedings against persons who were arrested and who will be prosecuted without delay. IL has been established by pre- liminary inquiry that many of those
 arrested belonged to the social revolu- tionists. that their object was to or ganiZe an attempt on the life of the emperor and carry out terrorist at Jacks on Grand Duke Nicholas Nicho- laevitch. and the president of the | council Of ministers. Members Of the society sought measures to enter the i imperial palace where the emperor was. but the attempts failed"
 Stolypin addressed the house for the
 second time today in answer to a
 social democratic interpolation re- garding the action of the police on | Saturday in searching the lodgings of M. OZel. deputy from Riga. when a
 meeting of social democrats was brok- en up and a number of men and wo- | men were arrested. The premier. [ speaking as the head of the police de- partment. said that the government | had been informed that meetings of the central revolutionary organization
 were being held at the residence of M. OZel and the police, as they had
 a right to do. and in accordance with their duty. entered the building ar
 rested thirty-One persons and seized
 a number of compromising documents
 by which it was established that Ozel's | residence was being used as a center for meetings of the members of the military league. which was planning | an armed uprising.