Show RUSSIA SUCH H AN RON IRON GRIP ON PEOPLE POPL s 's E IS S DELAYED ST ST. PETERSBURG June 17 The The chance of the proclamation of a general gen eral strike in answer to th the Governments Government's Governments Government's Govern Govern- ments ment's coup are steadily lessen ing The question is now under discussion discussion discussion discus discus- I sion at a secret conference of the central cen committee of the Social Democrats which is being held Iii in Finland but a strong current of opposition is known to prevail not only upon the part of the moderate leaders but also among the adherents of the radical members A f faction of the mode moderates ates urge I that th the Government is n now w so po strongly strong strong- ly iy entrenched th that t a strike would be futi futile and only weaken th the prestige o othe of the party a and d involve the the r rank and ald file and the industrial proletariat generally in a series of reprisals and immense pecuniary pecuniary pe pe- loss The conference which is is' attended byall byall by by- all th the members embers the of-the lower house who hav have not been addressed probably will probably will content itself with issuing a series senes of proclamations addressed to the peasantry peasantry peasantry peas peas- antry arm army army- and navy and the workmen workmen workmen work work- men men accusing the Government of violating violating vio vip lating faith with the country by altering altering altering alter alter- ing the election law in defiance of the imperial pl pledges and appealing to the masses masses to continue the fight to overthrow overthrow over over- throw the existing regime Opposed to Strike The soci social socil l revolutionists at a conference confer confer- ence enco held last night declared against the proposed strike and appointed a committee to draft an address to the peasantry the army and navy and the workmen g Telegrams Telegram from p practically every city in the empire anno announce nce that the news news of of the dissolution d of of Parliament was Wag r ce v q i l nd W with almost an entire absent absence of Jv Even n at at at Odessa and Kiev no Disturb Disturbances d tur ances occurred The prefect of Kiev issued orders that no demonstrations on the p part rt of or r revolutionists be allowed al al- al- al lowed lowd and nd that no action on on- n the dissolution dis solution of Parliament be pern permitted Th The course course of of G Gen n. n Pre Prey feet of Police of St. St Petersburg in prohibiting pro pro- hostile criticism of the Government Government Gov Gov- w was s followed by the Govern Govern- ors-General ors throughout u hout Russia completely completely com corn puzzling the liberal l' l press The feature of the newspapers rs appearing appearing ap ap- ap- ap here today make e extremely guarded comments upon the situation the radical paper contenting itself with expressing the hope that two ele election ti n campaigns in one year will will widen widen the political horizon of the people and ad d dm m make ke them firm adherents rents of the id idea a of parliament Attacks New Law The he Novo which h has 8 aligned itself with the attacks attacks at at- tacks th the new new election law as aa a haf way measure affording the possibility that the revolutionary elements wi will I again be able to enter Parliament ment Th The close study of the th new new election law which is A bulky book of f eighty pages page of complicated phraseology y has somewhat dispelled the feeling of gloom in liberal cIrclet circles Th The idea is gaining gainin ground round thi that the Government has failed in its int intention and that th there re is a possibility there will be bean an oppositional majority in iri the third Parliament Par Par- as in the calle case of its is sor sot Even under the Jaw w it i il i. thought that the Constitutional Democrats will retain control of the city Or r perhaps they will be swamped by bythe the Social Democratic proletariat in the elections of the social and poorer cate categories ories of urban voters The Constitutional Democrats also hope to r return turn a a. considerable considerable- number of the sixty owning land deputies whom the Government believed W u be exclusively con conservative A According to the opinion of f a foreign diplomat t who is in in close touch with the court ourt the Government has done dona either too much or too little It has violated the fundamental la law a or constitution n and laid itself open to the char charge e of accomplishing ac ac- ac- ac a coup d eLt without altering al aI- al- al the the elec election ion law sufficiently to produce the desired r results Co Condemn de n 1 The feeling in court circles Against Premi Premier r who has undertaken full responsibility before his Maj Majesty sty for a speedy co convocation vocation of Parliament upon the present basis of suffrage is s said to be bitter and he is alleged to tobe tobe tobe be the object of a strong reactionary intrigue The gra grant graat t of e sev seven v n p parliamentary ry representatives s to the Ar Armenians ne ans and Tartars w was s decided upon at the last mom moment nt The original plan W was ws 8 to disfranchise dis dis- dis franchise the Caucasus entirely but this was abandoned owing to the representations rep re of Count Von Dashkoff Vic Viceroy rov of the Caucasus Who is now here fighting to save his political political cal head The Holy Synod has or ordered ered the imperial manifesto to be read in al althe all the churches churche next Sunday The committee of the lower house of Parliament consisting of two twenty members appointed to investigate the char charges against the Social Democratic del delegates decided to make its moos mons I It came to the conclusion that the evidence was too weak to justify the suspension of any of the accused deputies Even the delegates ates like Prof Kuzmin the Democratic Democrat Democrat- ic reformer who favored the surrender of any of f the culprits against whom there was definite grounds for sus- sus acquiesced to this finding |