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DUMA Is DISs0LvED.
cxAR NICHOLAS ENDS RusalA's
PARLIAMENT.
overridss ooa.situtie" and Brave.
Armed Revoit ia Effort 20 Haag 30
Deputies--cannsn and Bayonets 10
Enforce Return 10 Absoiutism.

Enforce Return To Absoiuttsm.
BY imperial edict the Russian duma
has been dissolved and Russia again
faces reign of terror. parliament
postponed Its final action ON the de-
mand of Premier Stolypin that fifty
ave social democratic deputies be ex-
PEELED and surrendered to be tried for
high treason, whereupon the Car
brought down the mailed fist and ter
minated the second experiment In gov
eminent by the people. Now It Is but
a step to cataclysm.
The stroke of the pen that sends the
duma scattering was not taken without
preparation. Ever since the first indi-
cations that the relations between the
reactionaries and revolutionaries We're
strained to the swapping point, the gov
eminent has worked with feyerish en-
ergy tosprepare for the expected upris-
ing.
The proclamation by which Emperor
Nicholas disbands the parliament ear
ries with 1t call for the election of q
successor Nov. IL The next duma,
however, is not to contain the prepon-
derance of radicals that characterized
the body that had come to its end, for
the Car, overriding the constitution,
announces that the deputies will be
elected under the new law. which pro-
f,.u ,h.,.A naa nf ft1<s
educated classes by the uneducated
masses
This is direct infraetion of the con-
stitutional rights by which the Car
granted to the duma the privilege OF
determining the manner Of elections,
but the step Is considered necessary by
the Emperor to prevent further dis
plays of hostility, treason and anar-
chy."
As prelude to the imperial edict dis
solving the duma, the government
brought It's mailed fist down upon the
municipal press. Shortly before the
ukase was issued an order appeared
from General Dracheffski, project Of
st. Petersburg, proclaiming that the
publication of any article Of tone hos
tile to the government will be consid-
cred misdemeanor punishable by q
fine of $500 and three months in jail.
st. Petersburg looks like military
camp on the eve of an engagement.
Troops poured into the city In battal-
Ions. Regiments of the line have re-en-
forced the guard regiments, grenadiers
have been brought In. Cossacks are pa
trolling the streets, and in the indus
trial quarters, where violence has bro
ken out before, batteries of artillery
have been placed SO as to do the great
est execution. The city is practically
under military occupation. Meanwhile
scores OF arrests are being made.
The dissolution of the duma by the
Gar does not come as surprise. The
manner In which the parliament has
FLASHED with the government, the hit
terness displayed in its debates, the in
sistenee with which it sought radical
changes, the minor Importance of the
laws which it managed TO pass, the
general air of discomfort that charac-
terized it's legislative acts-alI this
wrought on the reactionary element I'M
til the elimination came in charges
that the duma itself was hotbed Of
treason and that fifty-fiye of its men-
bers-soclal democrats conspired
In London to slay the Car and over
throw the dynasty.
1t was this same revolutionary spirit
that led the Gar In his dissolution
ukase to direct that the next parla-
ment should be elected under law
that will give more representation to
the more highly educated classes, and
that will disbar from the rights Of suf-
frage many Of the elements that aided
In the election of the tiuma that has
just finished its stormy career. This
step on the part of the Car, while
warmly concurred In by the conserya-
tive element In the lower house, natur-
ally has added fuel to the fires OF re-
sentiment burning I'm the revolution
airy camp. and the outcome lis expected
to be general uprising on the part OF
the radicals whom the new election
law will disfranchise. The step. how
ever, has been planned long in adj
vance, and with the soldiery modified
the general expectation Is that the gov
eminent will be able TO quell any out
bursts of violence and anarchy.
The ukase Is accompanied by man
ifesto setting forth the motives which
led the emperor to dissolve the duma-
He adverts to the dumas rejection of
temporary laws, its refusal to condemn
terrorism, the delay In ratifying the
budget, the open revolutionary spirit Of
a large portion Of It's members. the
abuse Of the right OF Interpolation.
and. finally. the failure Of the duna
10 comply Immediately with the de
mand for the exclusion of the Atty five
social democratic members charged
with conspiring against the present
regime.