Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-17
CHAOS IN RUSSIA.
Czar Dissolves the Douma
 Because of Plots.
COUNCIL OF EMPIRE pROROGUEp.
Emperor Issues Imperial ukase Civ. ing Reasons For Step Which May Cause Open Revolt Through
 out His Vast Domain.


 out His Vast Domain.
 ST. PETERSBURG. June .17.-Em- peror Nicholas affixed his signature to an imperial ukase abolishing the pres. ent douma and ordering that the cleo. tions of members to its successor, which is to meet on Nov, 14, be held under the new election law. which pro vides against the "submergence of the educated classes by the uneducated masses"
 Following is the text of the emper- OTIS manifesto:
 "We, Nicholas IT., by the grace of God, emperor of all the Russias, czar of Poland, grand duke of Finland, etc. declare to all our faithful subjects that, in conformity with our order and in- structions since the dissolution of the first douma, our government has adopt ed series of successive measures to pacify the country and establish the affairs of state in regular course.
 "The second douma convoked by us was summoned to contribute, accord ing to our sovereign will to the pacifi- cation of Russia principally by the work of legislation, without which the life of a state and the perfection of. its administration is impossible: next by an examination of the budget Of revenue and expenditure, which insures regularity in national finance, and finally by adopting the national use of the right of addressing interpellations to the government with view to es- tabllshing everywhere truth and jus tice throughout Russia.
 But an act was committed unheard of in the annals of history. The ju- dicial authorities discovered plot by . section of the douma against the state and power of the czar, but when our government demanded the exclu- sion until judgment had been passed of f1fty.fve members of the douma im- plicated in the crime and the arrest of those among them most compromis- ed the douma failed to carry out inn mediately the lawful demand of. the authorities which admitted of no delay.
 "All this compelled us by ukase to the senate to dissolve the second dou- ma, fixing Sept. IA as the date of the convolution of the new douma.
 Believing in the patriotism and ra- tional spirit of our people, we have de- cided to modify the procedure in choos- ing elective representatives of the peo- pie to the douma in order that each section of the people may have its own representatives"
 This act constitutes a virtual coup d'etat and overrides the specific pro- visions of the fundamental laws. sol emnly proclaimed by his majesty on the eve of the eonvocation of the first douma, which announced that the cleo toral law could never be changed with out the consent of parliament itself.
 This breach of the so called constitu- ton Is beld to be justified by the great law of necessity, the advisers of the emperor believing 1t impossible under present conditions to obtain a parlia- ment capable of cooperating har- moniously with the crown to rescue Russia from anarchy and revolution. Though General Dracheffsky, prefect of police. is nominally in charge. the vast army in the city Is now vir- tually in the hands of General Hagen kampf, the aid to Grand Duke Nich- olas Nicholaievitch.
 The officer in command of the troops said he had orders to disperse any crowds without barley and not to spare bullets in case of necessity.
 In the course of the night nine of the sixteen accused Social Democratic lead CTS named in the government indict- ment Including Prince Tzertzereteli and M. Dzhaparide. were taken into custody. The other seven eluded cap ture. escaping across the frontier.
 A. Y. Bobritcheff -Pushkin. the head and front of the Black Hundreds. Is looked upon by Russian revolutionists as the real destroyer of the douma.
 Nobody. not even the douma officials. Is allowed to enter the precincts of the palace. A laconic notice Is post ed on the gates announcing that for mer deputies" would receive their sal aries upon application to the chancei- lory of the empire.
 An imperial ukase has also been 'is- sued proroguing the council of the em- pire until Nov. l3.
 Colonel Guessekoffsky. assistant har. Dor commandant of Sevastopol. was killed by a revolver shot in the vicinity of the docks. The assassin was ar. rested.