The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-15
PTemief's Ultima un Falls like
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REJECTED BY LOWER HOUSE
Government Demands Suspension of 55 eputies-Specific Charges Read. Police Seize Lodgings of
 Social Democrats.

the lower house of the Russian par lament appears today to be ordy a ques- tion of a few hours or at most d day Or two.
 With only 1S0 opposing votes the lower house rejected Premier Stolypin's ulti-. matum for the immediate suspension of fifty-ive delegates for membership in the social democratic party. and referred the subjec; to committee. Although the com mttee has been instructed to report to- morrow evening, 1t is known in advance that the decision on the main question will be adverse and that the douma will accept the recommendation.
 In order to keep strictly within legal limits, the committee may recommend the suspension of sixteen leaders, on eondi tion that the government disclose the evidence against them, but there is not the slightest expectation on either side that this will save he situation.
 An extraordinary session of the coun- cil of ministers Is being held tonight to e.scuss the situation. Up to a late hour no report has been received of the find ings of the council and no decree of dis solution had been issued. The general impression is that no edct would be promulgated pending final action by the lower house.
 Submits Ultimatum.
 give minutes before the lower house of parliament opened today President Golivir received a letter from Premier Stoiypin demanding that tne house go into executive session. As soon as the house was called to order, the premier suomitted an ultimatum saying that un- of r1sa1tf MA granted and granted immediately, the government would find itself unable to cooperate with the parliament
 He then yielded the tribute to Nj. kanie- shauskit. the preseesstof of the St. Peters- burg court rSho reae long iao4ss y1f of the social democrats, based prlp T. pally on the documents found Tn the search of the lodgings of Deputy Ozel The protocol described at length the in- criminating evidence, and then charged that fifty-hve social democrats as menl- bers of the lower house had organized d criminal secret organization, known as '"rhe central Committee of the Demo- cratic Party" which was acting In con- cert with other criminal organizations, particularly the military revolutionary so- cieties to produce armed uprisngsamong the peasantry, soldiers and workmen and overthrow the monarchy and the govern
 
 mediate suspension of the members in or der to try them for high treason.
 Every Crime Charged.
 The prosecutor then read specific charges against M. Alexinsky, Prince Tsereti. M. Dispapardize, Gerus, ozel, An niki, Byelochof. Annisimof, Kirienko, Lomtaschldze, Lopatkin. Mitroff. Komar, Syeroff, Salmikoff and Vinogradoff
 The charges included almost every crime in the criminal calendar. They were ac- cused of holding various passports of making revolutionary speeches. M. Gerus in particular was charged with presiding at a secret congress of the military rev. olutionary league. Minister of Justice Chteheglovit0n, who followed. explained the legal basis for the governments de- mand for exclusion of the deputies.
 The action of the cabinet fell like a thunderbolt as 1t had been popularly sup posed that the houses action in shelving the amnesty resolution and refusing to instruct the agrarian committee in favor of forcible appropriation of lands had aver>ed dissolution.
 So soon as tile minister of justice had finished, motion that a recess of an hour be declared was carried. and the various parties repaired to the commit tee room. The decision of the social democrats, social revolutionists and the remnant of the group of toll. was quick ly taken. It was a unanimous refusal to deliver the members Into the hands of the law the Poles also decided to re- ject the ultimatun1.
 The monarchlsts and octoberists only took the opposite side. but the consti- tutionai democrats decision hung in the balance The conservative wing deter mined to preserve parliament at all haz- ards boldly advocated severlng all con- nection with the social democrats. Others insisted that 1t would be shameful treachery and cowardice to submit to such nsolent coercion