The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-21
GREAT JOY OVER
ESCAPE OF CAR
Lower House of Russian Par
lament Adopts Resolution
With Much Enthusiasm.
OPPOSITION SEATS VACANT
PREMIER SToLYPIN EXPOSES
THE PLOT.

Nicholas escape from death at the hands
of those who plotted his assassination.
and the deepest Indignation at the recent
criminal conspiracy. so fortunately frus-
trated, was unanimously adopted. The
reading of the resolution called forth
hearty applause. but the expected mon
archist demonstration did not take place.
The Social Democrats. Social Revolution
lists. part of the Group of Toll and others
were absent from the house when the res
olution was presented and adopted
stoIypin Was Included.
In formally announcing the discovery of
the plot Premier Stolypin said that not
only was the emperor's life aimed at but
the plotters intended to assassinate Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, president
of the council of national defense. and
himself. Grand Duke Alexander Mich
aelovitch, brother-in-law of the emperor.
and Grand Duke Nicholas NicholaeVitch
were among those present when the res
olutiOn was adopted.
After an Introductory speech by Count
Bobrinsky. president Of the Constitutional
Conservative party. and a marshal of the
nobility, the premier opened his address
by saying that the accounts of the plot
as published in certain foreign newspa-
pers were extremely exaggerated
Address of Premier.
Continuing NJ. Stolypin said:
I'm February the department of public
order and security at St Petersburg OBJ
tanned Information that a criminal society
had been formed in this city with the di-
rect object of executing a series of ter
rOrist outrages. A prolonged and diff
cult Investigation resulted in the discov-
cry of a number Of members of the So
ciety and others intimately associated
with them. Reports were made of the
residences of the conspirators, which were
constantly changed. the utmost secrecy
hi oh Tlstf oil l,ni mn re
private codes and passwords were dis
covered in reports which they sent by
post.
ION April Is. two members of the So
ciety were arrested and the department
of public order and security Informed the
procurator of the st. Petersburg police
court of its discoveries.
Revolution Intended.
Having established the fact that the
society was formed with the intent to
overthrow the existing regime in Russia
by acts of violence, the rrocurator on
April II instituted proceedings against the
persons arrested, who will be prosecuted
without delay.
''It has been established by the pre-
liminary inquiry that many of those ar
rested belonged to the social revolution
lists and that their object was to organize
an attempt on the life of the emperor and
carry out terrorist attacks on Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch and the
president OF the council OF ministers.
Members Of the society were seeking
measures to enter the imperial palace
where the emperor is. but their attempts
failed"
Right of Search.
VI. Stolypin addressed the house for the
second time today in answer to a Social
Democratic Interpolation regarding the
action of the police on Saturday in search
ing the lodgings of VI. Ozel. deputy from
Riga, when q meeting Of Social Demo-
Gratis was broken uD and a number of
men and women were arrested. The pre-
mier speaking as head of the police de-
partment. said that the government had
been informed that the meetings of the
central revolutionary organization were
being held at the residence of NJ. Ozei
and the police. as they had the right TO
do and in accordance with their duty,
entered the building arrested thirty-one
persons and seized number OF comprom-
sing documents by which IL was estab-
lished that NJ ozers residence was be-
ing used as a center for meetings of men,
bers of the military Ieague which was
planning an armed uprising.
During the debate which ensued Count
Bobrinsky. president of the Constitutional
Conservative party. left the house in re-
taiatiOn FOR the absence of the radicals
ton of sympathy with the emperor at his
escape from assassination.
Some time after the resolution Of SYM
Dathy with the emperor had been adopted.
Deputy Shirsky. A lawyer of Kuban. in
behalf of the central committee of the
Social Democrats. announced that his
party had no connection with. the plot
and insinuated that if it really existed IT
was due to police provocation.