Show RUSSIAN PRESS AGAIN MUZZLED Victory Victr of the te Constitutional Demo Democrats Democrats crts Followed by Tightening of the te Screws CENSORSHIP IS RESTORED PRISONS YAWN FOR OFFENDING EDITORS E St St Petersburg April Apri 5 The vic vie victories victorIes tories of the Constitutional Democrats Democrats have beer been followed by a a proposed coa coalition co coalition a of the Constitutional C Democrats the moderates and nd the te under the leadership of Ivan who is a candidate for president of ot the ie lower house and M IShip f a prominent leader to insure a clear majority In the lower house of parliament parlament to resist any attempt on the part of the government to prorogue it immediately after its is assembling It appears that the are se seriously serIously seriously endeavoring to induce the te em emperor emperor to find an excuse to annul the new elections V Press Again Muzzled The Te first act of the government after the result of the St te Petersburg elec elections tons became known was to tighten the screws on the press V Some of the worst features of the old censorship have ha Ye been restored The papers must again submit copies of their ther editions before they are distributed and the te expedient of changing a papers name when suspended has been forbidden Likewise the device so practiced by socialistic organs as in Germany In hiring a series of prison editors Prison for False Reports The council counci of the empire today also als i hurriedly adopted a law by 11 1 to 2 1 votes punishing with wih a years Imprisonment the publication of false re reports reports reports ports which affect the te credit of the I country countr at large J In the country the large landown landowners ers era who control the provincial and i elections to the the council counci of the empire have thus far only chosen I I strong conservatives The province of St St Petersburg elected Baron head of the St Petersburg committee and the province of Cher Chernigoff Chernigoff elected M r both Oc The province of Tula elect elected elected elected ed M an |