Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-25
DUMA Is DISSOLVED.
czea NICHOLAS ENDS RusslA's
PARLIAMENT.
overrides Constitution and Braves
Armed Revolt in Effort to Hang SO
Deputies-Cannona and Bayonets to
Enforce Return to Absolutism.

faces a reign of terror. Parliament
postponed its final action on the de-
mand of Premier Stolyl-in that fifty
Eve 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
crnment by the people. Now it is but
q step to a 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 revoIutionaries were
strained TO the swapping point, the gov
eminent has worked with feverish en-
ergy to prepare for the expected upris-
ing
The proclamation by which Emperor
Nicholas disbands the parliament car
ries with it call for the election of a
successor Nov. H. 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 Gar, overriding the constitution,
announces that the deputies will be
elected under the new law, which pro-
vides against the submergence Of the
educated classes by the uneducated
masses
This is direct infraction 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 edlct dis
solving the duma, the government
brought its mailed fist down upon the
municipal press. shortly before the
ukase was issued an order appeared
from General Dracheffski, project of
st. Petersburg, proclaimirg that the
publication of any article of a tone nos
tile to the government Will be consid-
cred misdemeanor punishable by
fine of $1,000 and three months in JAIL
st. Petersburg looks like q 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
Car does not come as a surprise. The
manner in which the parliament has
clashed with the government the bit
terness displayed in its debates, the in
sistence 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-all 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-fve of its mem
bers-social democrats conspired
in London 10 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 parlia-
ment should be elected under a 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 duma that has
just finished its stormy career. This
step on the part of the Car, while
warmly concurred in by the conserva-
tive element in the lower house, natur-
ally has added fuel to the fires of re-
sentiment burning in the revolution
airy camp, and the outcome is 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
ernment will be able to quelI any out
bursts of violence and anarchy
The ukase is accompanied by a man.
ifesto setting forth the motives which
led the emperor to dissolve the duma.
He adverts to the dumas rejection of
temporary laws, it's refusal to condemn
terrorism, the delay in ratifying the
budget. the open revolutionary spirit of
a large portion Of its members. the
abuse of the right of Interpolation,
and, finally, the failure Of the duma
TO comply Immediately with the de-
nand for the exclusion of the fifty-fiye
social democratic members charged
with conspiring against the present
regime.
These various evils are ascribed to
defects in the electoral law, consequent
ly the emperor decided to change the
oasis of suffrage so that every part of |
the Russian population should be rep
resented in the lower house.
An attempt to assassinate Admiral |
Wren, commander Of the Russian |
squadron at Sevastopol. was made Mon
day. In some respects the attempt is
similar to the plot to assassinate the
Gar and royal family at the ceremony
of the blessing of the waters.
The admiral and several officers were
cruising about the harbor in a launch,
while atorpedo boat was practicing.
When the launch came in sight of the
torpedo boat, commanded by Lieuten-
ant Ruhzek, the warship suddenly
changed her position. A few moments
later blank torpedo was discharged
directly at the launch. While the mis-
siIe was not loaded with explosives. it
cut clear through the launch. Water
began pouring through the openings,
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