Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-17
PEASANTS SHOW
CONTEMPT FOR
CARS ORDERS
Express Disgust at
Manifesto
Council Of the Empire Dismissed, to
Meet Again November 13-Disso-
luton of Douma Causes
Little Trouble
Bv Associated Press.

Bv Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 16.-An i'm
perial ukase was issued today pro-
roguing the council of the empire until
November 13.
The dissolution of the douma was
received throughout st. Petersburg
| with perfect tranquility, thanks to the
precautionary measures, and in no
place in Russia, so far as is known,
were there any serious disturbances.
| Demonstrations among st. Peters
burg workmen are anticipated tomor-
row, but the authorities are not
alarmed. They profess to be chief1y
apprehensive over the possibility OF
| rioting and racial excesses in Odessa
| and in Kiev and other cities where
party feeling runs high. An outbreak
| of agrarian disorders in several re-
gions of the empire is anticipated later,
when the peasantry learn of the dis
solution, but spirit Of quiet conf
dence in the ability of the government
| to handle the situation prevails In ad-
ministrative circles.
| News of the dissolution reached the
| ST. Petersburg papers too late for their
last editions, but the public was quick
| ly informed through extras and great
posters set out by the police at all
street corners, containing the ukase
announcing the dissolution and the inn
perial manifesto.
Little knots OF readers clustered
around these the whole day, attentively
perusing the manifesto, the phrasing
! of which was calculated to appeal TO
the patriotism of the lower classes
Little enthusiasm or excitement, how
ever, was evoked and many of the
readers as they turned away spat ST.
! lently on the ground as sign of their
deep contempt.
City Well Guarded
Though Gen. Dracheffsky, prefect OF
police, was nominally in charge, tho
provisions for public safety were vir-
| tualiy in the hands of Gen. Hazen-
| kampf, aide to Grand Duke Nicholas
lNicholaievitetch, who returned from
i l.Krasnoye-Sele to assume command OF
i the combined garrison, including the
i guard corps, the Thirty-seventh In
| fantry division, large force OF
cavalry and Cossacks and several ma
chine gun detachments. The military
| was chiefly disposed in the industrial
section, but a strong force occupied the
Tauride palace vicinity. A portion OF
the Tzarkuzyk regiment garrisoned the
palace, while squads of cuirassiers were
stationed In the court yards of adjoin-
| ing buildings. Nobody, not even douma
officials, was allowed to enter the pre-
cincts of the palace Reports were In
circulation during the day that the
workmen were planning great demon
stration, but they did not appear. The
officer in command Of troops informed
| the Associated Press that the orders
were to dispense crowds without pariey
and not to spare bullets in case OF
necessity.
| During the night nine of the sixteen
| Social Democratic leaders specifically
named in the government Indictment,
| including Prince Tzertzereteh and M.
Dzshaparidge, were taken into custody.
The other seven succeeded In eluding
| the elaborate provisions made for their
arrest. Two secret service officers with
| signed warrants had been assigned to
follow the deputies and to serve them.
| They were instructed to follow their
men to the frontier IL necessary, but
| the deputies succeeded in making their
escape. Among these who have not
yet been arrested are M. Ozel, the re-
port of whose capture was unfounded,
and M. Alexinsky, who has not re-
| turned to Russia.
Emperor's Manifesto
Following is the full text Of the en-
perors manifesto:
1--WE, Nicholas II, by the grace of
God emperor of all Russians, czar OF
| Poland, grand duke of Finland, etc.,
declare to all our faithful subjects that,
| in conformity with our order and In
struetions, since the dissolution OF the
| first douma, our government has
| adopted a series of successive measures
| to pacify the country and establish the
affairs of state in regular course.
"The second douma convoked by US
| was summoned to contribute, according
to our sovereign will, to the pacification
of Russia, principally by the work Of
legislation, without which the life of
state and the perfection of it's admins
tration is impossible; next by an exam
| ination of the budget of revenue and
| expediture to ensure regularity in ma
tional finance and finally by the ma
tional use of the right of addressing in
| terpellations to the government with a
view to establishing everywhere truth
| and justice.
"Entrusting these tasks to the elected
representatives, the nation placed upon
by that very trust heavy responsible
ity and it was their sacred duty to use
their rights in wise labor for the wei
fare and the strengthening of the Rus
sian state. Such were our ideas and
desires when we gave to the nation new
principles or the life of the state
"To our sorrow considerable Sec
tions of the second douma failed to
Justify our expectation. 1t was not
with the will or desire to strengthen
Russia and perfect her new administra-
ton that many of the delegates of the
nation set to work but with the mani
fest tendency to augment her troubles
and assist in the disruption of the
state.
'.As a consequence of this activity
during these periods of the douma
which constituted an insurmountable
obstacle to fruitful labor, hostile
spirit was introduced into the douma
itself which prevented the union of a
sufficient number of it's members to
desirous working for the interests of
the country.
BIames Douma
''For this reason the douma either
failed to discuss important matters that
were drawn up by her government, or
delayed their discussions, or else re-
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