The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-18
The Gar Takes the Bit
in His Teeth.
LAW OF NECESSITY
imperial Pledges and tonsu'uuohaa
Guarantees brushed Aside-f%
lament Charged With Being
a Hsrbo for Treason to
the Throne.
the Throne
CBy the Associated Pressl

81 Petersburg. June l6-Emperor
ichol afixed his signature this
morning to 10 an imperial
ukase abolishing the present douma
and order4..x that the elections OF
members 10 It's successor. which - -
meet November IA, be held under the
new election law which provides
against the "submergence OF the edu-
Gated classes by the uneducatec mass
es."
This act constitutes a virtual coup
d'etat, and overrIdes the SPECIFIC pro
visions of the fundamenraI laws or
the realm sOiemniy proclaimed ny ms
naI esty on TIE eve Of the c~onvocauo
81 the dounla. which declares that
the ele toral Law could n er be
Grams without the consent OF par
lament itself.
This preach of the constitution IS
justified by the great law OF necessity,
the advisers OF the Emperor holding
1t "a possible un4er present conditions
TO secure a parliament capable OF
cooperating tremendously with the
crown 10 rescue Russia from anarchy
and evolution.
The session OF the council OF min
listers It which the decision 70 dis
solve parliament was reached vas a
long one. 1t lasted from nine o'clock
last night until nearly four O'Clock
this morning. The ministers mad
agreed upon th1 terms Of the ukase
Of the ukase was taken Immediately
to Peterhof, where n Emperor af-
fixed his significance
The news of the dissolution was re
ceived shortly before two o'clock this
morning, but the meeting OF the cab
-. ,yn+;l tho q riyr |
Of the signed document. This docu-
rent was delivered by Premier Stoly-
pin into the hands Of the official
printers for publication in the otftcial
Messenger and in the Rossla this
morning.
Clashes With the Grown.
The dissolution of the Russian dou-
ma, arising directly out of the refusal
Of that body to consent to the de-
mand made upon it by Premier Stoly-
pin that it permit the arrest or a
lumber Of its members on the charge
IF ~conspiring against the state, does
OF come as a surprise. In fact it
mas been freely predicted ever since
5he lower house first met on March
tn, of this year that rs dissolution
vas only a question Of time. and the
many official denials that the douma
would not be dis olved never carried
onvicticn.
The history of this douma. like it's
predecessor, has been one of almost
constant clashes w tn the government,
n spite Of the fact that a cons stent
fort was ade' in one quarters to
make the douma a. effective legisia-
tive body ana that the government pto-
ram for | 81 iation contained a mum
Der Of real reforms. The bin
declared it would give parliament
very nance to Justify It's existence.
The deputies. however. were insiste1t
on radical changes, and their persist
nee in this course re",lted in WGat
To a charge by the govern
~ ent that the douma was a shelter for
Onspiracy and reason against the
stpte and the s~itration entered upon
ite foal rhacn -eo~ tho rev rtiOnarv
members OF the lower house went
over to London aud took nart in a
congress which bad for its avowed
purpose the ursetting Of the throne
of the empire.
From the v~rv ~beei1ning the SEES
sions Of the second o"~a have been
haracter. zed by b It rnoss, recrimina-
ton and discomfort. and there have
been countless evidences Of hostility
between the house and the adminis-
tHation. Whilo this doUma passed
more legislation than did its ~predeces-
sor. the measures that became laws
under its hand were of comparative
ly minoc Importance.