The Red Cloud chief., 1907-03-08
RUSSIAN l0yA!A MEETS
TUMULTUous ecENEs ON OPEN.
ING DAY OF PARLIAMENT.
DISORDER IN ST. PETERSBURG
Several Encounters Between Police
and PopuIace-Premier stoiypin
Takes Refuge In Palace to Avoid
Assassination.

Assassination.
st. Petersburg, March 6.-The open.
ing of the douma, or lower house of
the Russian parliament, although, in
Itself, devoid of incident, was made
the occasion of a great revolutionary
demonstration by the st. Petersburg
proletariat and students, which re-
suited in several encounters between
the police and the populace and more
or less serious injury TO a number of
the latter. The situation was such
that the authorities finally were forced
to fill the streets with military patrols,
as in the ominous days Of the Trepof
regime.
Alter the adjournment of the house
a tumultuous crowd, estimated to
number close to 10000 persons, with
red banners flying and accompanied
by the music of revolutionary chants,
started toward the central quarter of
the city, where the winter palace of
the emperor Is located. Few elements
of the prelude OF Red Sunday" were
lacking and the command Fire"
would have precipitated a similar mas
sacre. But the present project of st.
Petersburg, General Dracheffski, fol
low ed another curse and dispersed
the procession by charges of mounted
gcndarmes, armed with whips. BY an
imposing display of force he prevent
ed the demonstrators from reforming.
The police guarding the Tauride
.,,g.I -,Dot cnrIpa
giving the spectators free vent in sing
ing and cheering, and only interfer-
ing to prevent the people from fore.
ing their way into the palace.
When the deputies emerged after
the adjournment of the session The
temper of the crowd was fired by
speeches from social Tevolutiorb ry,
members, a dozen of whom mounted
upon the shoulders of their followers
and harangued those present upon
the necessity of organizing to support
parliament against the government.
The social revolutionary motto,
Through fight u right" was adopt
ed as a general slogan, and simultane-
ously red handkerchiefs began to
futter above the heads OF the crowd
and then the crimson banners ap'
reared like magic. The crowd, sing
ing the Marseillaise, and battle songs
of the Russian revolution, moved
slowly down the avenue. stopping al
intervals to listen to speeches and tc
sing.
Meanwhile, the authorities had
N OF m q fnrnn M
h. gendarmes, which charged the head
: of the procession when it reached the
, Litoiny prospect, one OF the mair
t business avenues. The gendarmes
=, piled their whips vigorously, and II
!, one case used the flats of their saDers
:. The crowd made two unsuccessful at
tempts to reasonable.
The gendarmes by this time ha'
: been reinforced by detachments OF TIT
r cheyalier guards, who cleared th'
I roadway amid curses OF derision iron
l. the sidewalks. Finally a large fore
of Cossacks. armed with lances, al
G rived. The spiteful, red-pennone'
d which before had bee
t brought out in street demonstrations
TOOK all the near OuI VI 'hS
# Another monster demonstration wa
s held at the university to celebrate tn
n victory of revolutionary democracy
It The quay along the Neva and tn
streets in the neighborhood of the un
y versity were densely packed, but ther
u was no interference by troops or p
ID lice, who arrived On the scene
strong force only after the demonstr
ton had come to an end.
It was learned that Premier Sto"
y. min, in order to diminish his chance
of possible assassination, would r
side in the Tauride palace as long
IL parliament is in session.
10 The voting for a president OF u
'e- lower house showed that the streng
ne of the conservative contingent nj
us been somewhat over-estimated, u
m monarchists and octoberists bell
IN able to muster on a joint ballot on
or 1912 out of the 1876 votes with viii
IL they were credited.
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