New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-15
DOUMA NEAR ITS END.
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committees
various places in the empire with the view OF
preparing the popular uprising. II had further
sent to these secret committees circulars COM
missioning agtators to stir up the people
against the government. the nobility. offlcials
and land owners and II had instructed the
secret committees to organize the peasants
workmen and soldiers won over by them INTO
secret societies. with branches and groups de-
voted to taking advantage of the dlsconteht anu
excitement among the poorer classes Tor the
purpose Of bringing about combined uprising
of soldiers. peasants and workmen
MOVEMENT FOR A REPUBLIC.
manifesto was issued In accordance Win
these aims urging the people TO hoio thelh-
selves in readiness to begin a struggle with the
constituted authorities for the purpose OF SELF
ing the administration and handing II over ~
the representatives of the people.
Tho society entered into direct relations Win
the secret criminal organization whose principal
object was TO pave the way for military upriS-
ing and which called itself the Mhi'aiS i
sanitation of the Russian Social Democratic
Labor Party in the person of one OF It's MEM
bers Deputy Gerus.
The organization held a secret meeting IN d.
Petersburg on June ID and received instructions
from the Wilma and ST. Petersburg garrisons-
deputation from the ST. Petersburg garrison also
promised cooperation
The society became the centre TO which was
forwarded all secret committee reports. thus en-
abling 1t to keep itself acquainted WIN lho
strength and resources of the revolutionarles- IL
summoned representatives of the secret commit
! tees TO S. Petersburg 10 receive Instructions
and it detailed members to attend illegal 1nee'-
ings ~ the workmen and deliver infammatory
| speeches.
| furthermore the society possessed false passes
| tn furnish persons seeking to escape prosecution
The Prosecutor then read specific charges
! against NM Alexinsky. Prince Tzereteh. Dzhap-
| ardidze. Gerus. Ozel. Annikin. Byelousoh' An
| nisimoff. Kirienko. Lomtaschidze, LopatAin'
| Mitror, Komar. Syeroff. Salmikon and VINO
| gradoff The charges against the Deputies
| named included almost every crime In the
revolutionary calendar. They were all accused
| Of being In possession of false passports ana
| of making revolutionary speeches. NJ Gerus.
| In particular. was charged with presiding al d
secret congress of the Military Revolutionary
! League.
/ The Minister OF Justice. Chtchegovitoh who
! followed NJ Kamenshansky. explained the legal
/ bases for the governments demand.
| THE DEPUTIES TAKEN BY SURPRISE
| The action Of the Cabinet fell like a thunder
! holt on parliament. as it had been popularity
supposed that the houses action in shelving
| the amnesty resolution and refusing to instruct
| the Agrarian Committee in favor of the forcible
| expropriation Of land had averted the fmpend-
| ing danger Of dissolution.
| AS soon as NJ Chtcheglovitof had finished his
statement motion that a recess OF an hour he
declared was carried and the various parties
went to the committee rooms The decision
of the Social Democrats, Social Revolutfonists
and the Group of Toll was quickly taken. II
WAS a unanimous refusal TO give UP the mem
bers. The Poles also decided to reject the gov
ernnent's ultirnatum
The Monarchsts and Octobrtsts naturally
took the opposite side. but the, Constitutional
democrats decision hung long IN fthe balance.
Ultimately it was decided TO refer the govern
n,ent's demand to a committee with instruc-
tions to pass on the validity OF the governments
evidence If the prosecutor was able to estab-
ush before the committee a suf1cient case
against the sixteen deputies they would be sur
rendered for trial, but under no circumstances
was the committee to recognize that the gov
ernment's demand was based merely on their
being members OF the Social Democratic party
The Poles members of the Group OF Toll and
other Left parties accepted this view and tho
session was resumed.
NJ Roditchefr the first speaker. Inter
rupted frequently by applause from the Centre
and Left he said that death was preferable 10
such shameful surrender 10 reactloh' ana ne
| proposed that the house, in view of the govern
ment's evident determination TO provoke a dis
solution of parliament Immediately get together
on the agrarian question. adopt resolution In
favor of the fOrcible appropriation of land and
go down with coOrs flying
! H. Teslinko one of the ablest lawyers I'm the
] house. exposed the legal flaws in the govern
| ment's demand for the immediate surrender of
| the accused persons.
| The Minister of Justice NJ Chtcheglovitoff
! in a brief speech. assured the house that the
| proofs against all the accused deputies We're so
! convincing that the house had no alternative
! except to meet the governments demand.
The Douma finally voted TO appoint COM
! mittee of twenty-five members TO examine the
| documents presented by the government against
| the Social Democratic party.
The Social Democrats and the members OF
! the Right party voted against the house BY a
! second vote the house ordered the committee 10
| report it's findings at the expiration Of twenty
| four hours
| POLICE READY FOR ACTION.
simultaneously with the delivery of the gov
! ernment's ultimatun squads of police took pos
session of the lodgings of all Socialist Democrat
Deputies and seized their papers. evidently be-
| ing prepared to make arrests soon as the
( decision of the house became known.
! Preparations for preserving order had care
! fully been made in advance. Patrols of mount
! ed police rode round and round the square in
/ at distance and permitting only privileged
| correspondents to approach the building
In order TO locate suspicious characters III,
police this morning ordered a revision of all the
transient guests al the hotels and lodging house:
and required the house porters to make specia
| returns OF all the permanent residents.
| The OF the crucial event IN parliament
| spread slowly through the city. the Taurid'
| Palace being In the extreme eastern end of ST
| Petersburg.