The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-06-20
DOUMA committee
TO REPORT monday
BODY STILL CONSIDERING EVIL
pENcE RELATIVE TO ExPUL
SION OF DEMOCRATS.
GREAT OPPOSITION
TO
Hint That Conspiracy Against Throne
May Be Fulfilled at Any Moment
Troops Rushed to st. Petersburg
and Railroads Guarded.

st. Petersburg, June 1.-THE gov
eminent had planned to dissolve the
douma Saturday night, but the par
liamentary committee which has been
examining the indictment Of the 55
social democratic members charged
with conspiracy against the govern
ment decided that it is impossible to,
review all the evidence during the
day, and asked the house to give it
until Monday to report.
The recommendation vas accepted
by the house against the energetic
opposition of the right, and parliament
adjourned until Monday.
NJ. Tzereteli, social democrat, again
attempted to bring on a discussion of
the agrarian law and the law abolish
ing the death penalty, proposing an
evening session in order to discuss
"these important measures of state"
but this also was rejected. In urging
the evening session M. Tzereteli said:
"This is no time to discuss o
tine reforms. We stand face to face
with a coup d'etat. Perhaps in a
few hours the conspiracy against the
constitution may be fulfilled. In or
der that the people may know what
are the real grounds for the conflicts
prepared by these conspirators (point-
ing to the members of the right and
to the ministerial b%euches), we wish
to say our real say on the important
subjects which are the real points at
issue, namely, the agrarian law and
the law providing for the abolition of
the death penalty"
Premier's UItimatum Ignored.
After recess the house resumed the
discussion Of the law providing for
the reform Of the local courts as if
nothing unusual was pending. Prince
Dolgorukoff, constitutional democrat,
said the reform of the courts was
the most important measure before
the house, and it's discussion must
continue until the last moment of it's
existence.
This vas typical of the attitude of
the constitutional democrats, who re-
solved to ignore Premier Stolypin's
ultimatum, discuss the demand for the
suspension of the SIS social democrat
ic members strictly on the basis of
it's legality and continue the work of
the regular legislative program, there
by throwing all the responsibility for
the dissolution of parliament on the
government. In pursuance of this
nn1iou Droc1I0r& Co1o,
minor projects of laws submitted by
the ministry, the most important of
which was an appropriation of a few
thousand rubles for the establishment
of an elementary school in a village
in lula province.
1t vas announced that the bill pro-
viding for the i%nviolability of the per-
son would be ready for discussion
next week.
1t was reported in the corridors of
the house that M. Ozel, one of the ac-
cused deputies, had been arrested at
the Finnish frontier. He has not
peer seen in the house since June II.
Capital Is Armed Camp.
The city has again assumed the ap-
pearance of an armed camp. The
guard regiments Friday night left
their summer camp at Krasnoye-Selo
for st. Petersburg and throughout the
night detachments of infantry and
cavalry have been arriving here.
The garrison Of st. Petersburg is now
double its ordinary strength, the
guard regiments having been re-
placed by regiments of the line when
the former went into camp.
Long lines of transport wagons
with camp equipages trundled through
the main streets all morning, inter-
spersed with occasional detachments
of cavalry and infantry marching to
their quarters. Otherwise the center
OF the city bore its usual appearance,
but the industrial sections literally
bristled with troops.
Railroads Are Guarded.
Every railroad station was occupied
Saturday morning by two companies
In infantry and two squadrons of
cavalry and armored military trains
were held in readiness, in view of the
possibility OF the outbreak Of a rail-
road strike, and the reserves of all
the regiments were confined to bar
racks.
All the railroad stations were
watched by secret police in order to
prevent the escape of the social
democratic deputies and revolution
airy a%gitators, who are expected to
join a general exodus as soon as par
Lament is dissolved.
In spite of these alarming prepara
lions, however, there is slight ex.
p%ectation among the reasonable ele.
ments Of the population that serious
disorders will follow the dissolution
of parliament. Strikes in the fac.
tories and perhaps minor collisions in
streets are anticipated, but the nun
bers Of the troops are too great to
permit of an armed outbreak.
With the exception of the official
Rossia and Novoe Vremya the news.
papers unanimously criticise the gov.
ernment's action and see in the de.
mand for the suspension of the so.
cial democratic members only a pre-.