The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-16
Revolutionary Meeting.

The situation entered upon its final
phase when revolutionary members
went to London and took part in con-
gTess which had for its avowed pur-
pose the upsetting of the throne of the
car.
While the duma passed more legis-
lation than its predecessor. the meas
ures were of comparatively minor i'm
pOrtance.
The president of the duma was Eco
dor A. ColOyine.
The ukasc reads, in part, as follows:
According to paragraph 105 of the
fundamental laws Of 1906, we oTdain.
Firstly, that the imperial dunla be
dissolved; secondly that new elections
of members to another duma be held
beginning Sept. IA, and thirdly, that
the imperial duma be convoked Nov.
II of the present year.
The ruling senate will not fail to
take proper measures to place this in
effect.
(signed) NICHOLAS.
"Peterhof, June 16."
This ukase is countersigned by the
president of the council of ministers,
P. A. Sfolypin.
Russia's first experiment in parlia-
mentary government came 10 an end
July % 1906, with the PRONUNCIATION Of
two imperial ukases. the first dissOlv-
ing the parliament and providing for
the convocation of its successor March
). 1907, and the second proclaiming The
capital of Russia and the surrounding
province to be in a state of extraordi-
nary security.
The first parliament was opened May
10. 1906. by the emperor The lower
house showed its temper May 26 when
the premier read the emperor's reply to
it's demands. A few days before the
emperor had refused to receive an ad-
dress from the president of the duma.
and this marked the beginning of the
breach between the lower house and
the ministry, which eliminated June
% in a demand for the resignation of
the cabinet.
One Piece Of Legislation.
The only piece of legislation by the
first parliament appropriated 81, 800 900
for famine relief The crisis was pre-
cipitated by an attempt on the part of
the duma to counterfeit an appeal to
the peasants from the crown by an
appeal to stand by parliament on the
appropriation of all church and state
lands. The constitutional democrats
saw too late the peril of the step which
they had been led to take, and disso-
Then came repression, wholesale ar
rests and reliance on the military force
that obtained before the people had
their first brief taste of republican
government. After the dissolution 1876
members of the Outlawed parliament
| fled to Viborg, Finland, and continued
the sessions. These former deputies
issued an appeal to The Russian people
to refuse support to autocracy, urging
them to stand up for the trampIed
rights of popular representation, and
advising them to give neither money
nor soldiers during the period of sus-
pension.
A mutiny broke out at Sveaborg July
30. but was soon suppressed, as was a
premature rising at Kronstadt Aug. l.
The social democratic committee i'm St
Petersburg proclaimed a general strike
but ii soon collapsed.
The condition of the country, how
ever, became worse than ever, and an
attempt was made to murder the pre-
mier by a bomb explosion at his house
Aug. %. Terrorism increased and the
government started to meet violence By
violence. Drumhead conference.-the
were established and, the tel-rorists
were punished by expeditions execu-
ton. The Stolypin government, how
ever, gradually strengthened it's posi-
ton and the state of the country Inn
proved until the elections were held for
the second lower house, last january
and February.