The Washington herald., 1907-02-24
Russian Premier Cordially
Disliked by People.
ELECTION RETURNS JUGGLED
Writer in yfedOmOSti Declares Eng
lands Attitude i'm AngiO-Russian
Entente Is Dictated by Desire to
Prevent Further Growth of Ger
uaay-Peasan3s Display Interest.

continuance of n StOlypln in the Office Of
premier seems very improbable. The rev.
Citations Of the Constitutional Democratic
organ Nov as 70 the fettered activity Of
N. Stolypin have been fully confirmed by
the official Moscow Viedomostl which ex-
plains how the party got possession of the
reports and minutes and other records Of
the secret council of the Pan-Russian
Mobiles Union. Prince Paul Dolgorukoff.
the titular head of the Constitutional
Democrats, is accused by the Viedomosti
Of breach of faith in publishing the
report from the union to the Emperor
This report shows that every move to-
ward reform on the part of the premier
has been Immediately checked by the
representatives of this secret council"
An important article. signed with we'll
known initial appears in the Russky
Viedomosti. It deals with the interna-
tiCnal relations of Russia. Japan and
Great Britain Referring to tho Anglo
Russian entente the writer declares that
Englands attitude is dictated by de-
/ sire to prevent the further growth and
| Importance Of Germany.
The more detailed reports are received
regarding the recent first stage of the
| Douma election. the more it becomes evil
dent that the accurate figures may never
become known. This is due 10 the un-
concealed manipulation Of the election re-
turns 10y the official agency. Peasants,
factory employers, and small landowners
voting separately have selected ll.31S del
ogates 10 the second stage of the electoral
/ colleges. OF these. 3.23- are described as
Moaarchists and $3.50 as Conservatives
/ K Is the rule Of the official agency not
to mention Opposition candidates, but by
"A process Of subtraction it follows that
/ 2T5 Constitutional Democrats and Radi-
calls have been elected. Among tie 3,S35
delegates elected by the small landowners
arc Isl priests, who appear In their full
strength, although only Is per cent Of the
small holders entitled to vote exercised
/ the franchise.
The peasants have displayed greater
! interest in the election than was the case
/ last year. 66 per cent going to the polls.
/ An Austrian technical expert, Herr Jo-
SET LAUDER, has invented new rife,
which. il it fulhlls all that he claims for
I it. should speedily suppiant existing
weapons. To begin with. it mas the enor-
nous advantage Of weighing "a pounds
/ less than the Mauulicher. and carries
/ from ten 10 twenty-five cartridges. not
under The barrel, but in the stock. This
allows Of a sight being taken and the
/ whole contents Of the magazine being
/ fired without sensible alteration OF the
sight owing 60 the recoil. or gradual
+ tightening OF the weight Of the barrels,
as is the case with rifles carrying the
cartridges forward.
[ The action is automatic. both for rejec-
/ ton Of empty shells and FOR rccockng.
and q further Improvement is that the
empues are elected 70 the Jeff. thus
avoiding any danger Of wouading the
right hand by heated or Jagged cases. In
I the case OF s. caliber being chosen. fif-
/ teen cartridges are in the magazine. and
! IN meeting, for Instance a cavalry attack
/ the whole fifteen can be fired at four
seconds interval. iu one minute The
/ firing does not IN any appreciate degree
change the original sight taken and the
( fighting capacity Is enormously increased
compared with the actual salvO firing.
/ where, owing 90 the necessity for fresh
aiming after each shot. the result is alb
surdly dispropOrtiOnate 20 the number of
rounds
The mechanism IS Of tho simplest kind,
and has four pieces less than the Mann
1 lichcr The cleaning IS easy. and the
transformation of the present weapon 10
( the new LAUDER model will be very cheap.
Il is years since weather Of such Sc
verify has been experienced IN Spain as
| prevailed during the past week. Madrid
/ is bound in the Strip of an intense frost,
while reports from numerous provincial
/ towns speak of still more arctic c0ndi-
1 tions. Snow has fallen at Murcia. a
( thing never known before in living mem
( DRY. The orange groves in the province
! Of Valencia have been destroyed By frost.
while at Bilbao and Oviedi. the snow
1 drifts are 50 high that railway traffic
/ has been stopped. 4 number of villages
! ia various districts are buried in the
snow, and the inhabitants. cut or from
! sources OF supply. are suffering intensely.
Intense cold prevails I'm Budapest. and
owing to tine Danube being iceb0uud, the
/ city has been curtailed Of its usual sup
( plies OF coal. one coal merchants stock
the other day amounted to but fifteen
tons and a free fight cusUed among buy
I fIS ANXIOUS 10 OBTAIN small shares or
this quantity. So strong was the feeling
/ displayed that police Intervention was
necessary. The discontinuance Of the
/ train service is threatened. owing to the
| low stock of coal possessed by the state
railway administration
/ In December last NJ Redde. a mer-
chant, of Paris. who is a creditor to the
extent Of S15GO OF Princess Louise of
/ SaXe-COburg, was authorized by an order
OF the president Of the civil tribunal TO
distrain upon all articles belonging TO
the princess at the Hotel Westminster.
The distrain was duly carried out. a
dozen trunks being nominally seized
which contained large assortment OF
feminine attire, jewels, furs. SC Now
NJ Redde through his counsel NJ Jacob
son, asked that the property seized
should be sequestered, j. e. that the owner
of the hotel should be made responsible
for them as well as the princess The
motion was opposed on behalf Of the
| princess. whose advocate cOntended that
the creditors action was merely vexa-
tiOus. as the princess had lived at the
hotel for three years. and the property,
therefore. ran no risk. The Judge how
ever. decided against her and made the
landlord of the hotel responsible guardian
of the property under distraint
Much suffering has been occasioned in
IaDzarote one of the Canary Islands by