The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
DOUMA'S ENDIS NEAR
Secret Circular May Mean
Dismissal of Body.
FEAR STRIKE ON RAILROADS
German auto Club Announces Course
for This Years Raee-Ninety-two
Entries Received-German Infiu-
ence in Asia Minor Greater Thar
Brifish-France Is Losing Ground.

ST. Petersburg, March Confidence In
the longevity Of the Dounla decreases. It's
most earnest friends know not which way
to turn TO save its apparently ebbing life.
/ It is evident that the policy of ostracizing
the Constitutional Democrats will not be
abandoned, and under these circumstances
it will be difficult. if not impossible. for
the Constitutional Democratic center to
fulfill its mission of moderation. Party
leaders think only a miracle can save the
/ Legislature.
At a meeting of the council of ministers
/ that was held in the winter palace to-day,
the decision wsx reached that the govern
ment cannot cooperate with the Douma
The military authorities expect that the
dissolution of the Douma will occur
within ten days
A new secret circular has been issued by
the Russian government to the police
throughout Russia. indicating the meas
ures TO be taken in view OF the possible
dismissal OF the Douma. and especially
for the prevention of the expected strike
on the railways" Two days before the
sudden dismissal of the first Douma a sim
liar circular was secretly issued.
A resuscitation Of the policy of provo
cation is generally noticed throughout
Russia. A well-knoWn barrister named
Zhdanof has been arrested BY the secret
police in Moscow. The house was ann
buscaded. and all its visitors were in
cluded in the capture. Zhdanoff is spe-
cially known as an advocate employ ed by
political prisoners during the past five
years.
The municipality OF Moscow has locked
out the tramway employees. and the mas
ter printers have taken a similar course
with their men. 1t is feared that news
paper compositors will make common
cause with the former. This would prove
extremely inconvenient at moment when
the whole country is athirst for news OF
the Doumas proceedings
Altogether about 20.O00 men are affected
by the two lockouts. The worbmen in
other trades are inclined TO sympathize
with their comrades. The governor has
issued a curious circular in order 10 pre-
vent workmen proceeding to the Amur
region in the hope OF finding work on the
much -taiked7of railway on the north Of
the river. Tile circular says there is not.
and never was, any work 10 be Found
there.
The Prussian government. in response
TO the petition of the German Imperial
Automobile Club, has sanctioned the fol-
lowing course for this years auto races
for the Kaisers cup: Kloster. Thron.
Homburg. Oberursei. Koenigstein. Gla-
shuetten. Esch. Niederems, Relchenbaeh,
Reidelbach. ROd-an-der-We Emmer-
shausen. Winden, Audenschmiede, Well
muenster LuetzendoTf, Ernsthausen, Es-
sershausen, Weilberg, Einhaus, Graeven-
wiesbRch, Usingen, Wehrheim, KlOster,
ThrOn. The course is about seventy seven
miles in length. and has TO be traversed
four times.
Ninety-two entries have been re-
ceived. all the great firms being fully
represented. Each OF the cars partici-
pating in the race VIII be painted with
a distinctive color for the country Of
Its origin. The Belgian color is yellow.
the German white. the English green.
the French blue, the italian red, the
Austrian black and yellow, and the
Swiss red and yellow.
Signor LambertO VannuteIu, who has
recently returned 20 Rome from a jour
ney ia Asia Minor, undertaken for the
purpose Of studying the commercial
prospects OF that country. has made
some interesting statements on the sub
ject OF German and British influences
there.
The German Emperor, he says, is the
protector Of the Ottoman empire: Ger
many, thanks TO him. has a preponder-
ating position in Asiatic Turkey. where
one Teutonic enterprise succeeds an
other; German consuls, archaeoIogists,
and men Of business have entered into
the promised land; German mission
aries and doctors have made Syria and
Palestine the scene Of their minfstra-