Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-17
The Chance Of Proclamation of a
General Strike in Russia Grows
Steadily Less.
QUESTION UNDER DISCUSSION.
From All Parts of Empire Comes
News That There Were no
Demonstrations.
Newspapers Make Guarded Comments
Liberal Circles Feel Less Gloomy
over New Election Law.

st. Petersburg, June f7.--Tbe
chances Of the proclamation of a gen
eial strike IN answer 10 the govern
ulent's coup d'otat are steadily les
SEEMING. The question is now under
discussion at u secret conference Of
the central committee OF the Social
Democrats which Is being held In Fin
land. but Il strong current of opposi-
ton IS known to prevail, not only
upon the part of the moderate lead
ers. but also among the adharents
Of the radical members. A fraction
OF the moderatcs urge that the gov
eminent Is aow so strongly entrenGh-
Cd that a strike would be futile and
Only weaken The prestige of the party
and involve tho rank and file and the
Industrial proletartat generally In
series OF rcprisais and immense pc
Cuniary loss
The conference which is attended
by al the members Of the lower
house who have not been addressed
probably will coutont itself with i5su-
ing series of proelamations address,
ed 90 the poasantry, army and navy,
and the wcrkmen accusing the gov
ermrcnt of violating faith ~ith the
country by altering the election law
in defiance Of the imperial and APP
peaitng to The masses 70 continue the
fight 10 overthrow tho esisting re-
gime
AGAINST STRIKE.
The social revolu.ionists at a CON
ference held last night declared
against the proposed strike and APP
pointed a committee to draft an adj
dress 10 the peasaptry the army and
navy and the worlJmen.
kilograms from practically every
city in the empire announce that the
news OF the dissolution OF parliament
was received quietly aud with almost
al entire absence of demonstration.
Even at Odessa and Kiey no disturb
ances occurred.
The project of kiev. issued orders
that no demonstrations on the part
of reactionists n revolutioulsts be all
lowed ana that no action on the dis
solution Of parliament be permitted.
Thr-rv NlIse of Gen. Draphcffski, pre-
feet - dice OF st. Petersburg in pro-
hibiting hostile criticism of the gov
eminent was followed most universally
by the governors general throughout
Russia completely nuzzling the liberal
press.
GUARDED COMMENTS.
rho feature of the nespapers appear
ing here today make extremely guarded
comments upon the situation. the rsdi-
cal paper contenttng itself with ex-
pressing the hope that TWO election
campaigns in one year win widen the
political horizan of the people and make
them firm sdherents of the idea of par
liamentarlsn.
The Novoe Vrenya, which has al
ligned itself with the reactIonists, at
tacks the liew election law as half
way measure Gffording The possibility
thar the evolutionary elements win
40 in no rih n
NEW ELECTION LAW.
The close study Of the new election
law, which Is a bulky book of so pages
complicated phraseoloGy, has somewhat
dlspelled the feeling of gloom In LIB
eral circles. The idea is gaining ground
that the government has failed ia lss
intention and that there IS a possibility
there will be an opp0sitional majority IN
the third parliament Is IN tile case OF
its predecessor even Lader the law
il IL thought that the CONSTITUTIONS
Democrats Will retain control Of tho
city, or perhaps they win be snapped
by the Social Democrats proletariat in
the elections of the social and poorer
catogories or Urban voters.
The constitutional Democrats also
hope TO return 4 considerable number OF
the so and-owning deputies whom tha
government believed would be eSclu-
slNely conservative.
roo MUCH OR TOO LITTLE
According to The opinion of for
elyn diplomatic who Is in close touch
with the court, the government has
done either too much or too little. ~
has violated the fundamental laws, on
constitution, and laid itselt open q the
charge OF accomplishing a coup detaG
without altering the election lax sutii-
GENTLY 10 produce tho desired results.
The feeling IN court circles against
Premier StOlypin. who has undertaken
full responsibility before his majesty
for speedy conVOcatlon OF parliament
upon the present basis OK suiiirase =
said 10 be bitter, ana he is alleged To
be the object OF a strong rcactionary
intrigue.
representative "a tho Arme,lRns ana
Tartars was decided upon az the last
moment The original plan was To
dlsfrauchisu the Caucasus entirely hut
This was abandoned owing % the rep-
RESERVATIONS Of Count Won Norontseofr
DashkoR, vice roy Of the Caucasus.
who IS now here iighting 10 save his
political head, The holy synod has
ordered the imperial manifesto 70 DO
read hl all the churches next sunday.
EVIDENCE VERY WEAK.
The committee OF the lower house ~
parliament consisting of ~ members
appointed 10 investigate the charges
against The Social Democratic dele
gates, decided 60 mako It's posthumus.
II came 10 the conclusion that me
evidence was too weak 10 Justify mo
suspension or any OF the accused dcp-
utics E,vtn the delegates Like PROF,
IS uamiu lSar1vicn, the Democrats re-
former, who favored the surrender OK
any oil the culprits against whom there
was definite grounds for suspicion, ar-
.oulesird 20 MS finding.