Show 1 I m- m The Tsars Tsar's Coup D' D I lit HY I g l iU E EE E I U O I I I I IS IO I I leader of ute hI t kor Prince o of off IF on one peaceful Party o of f t or of n model mod the most Liberals I t ate member of th the nu Russian party Parly As a 0 enemy j an oai and und forte Reform Rc Peaceful ul o of ot f and of revolutionary Ip both Loth of ot of despotism show h ow the attitude altitude J excess 1 l Russians to to o thee Ow e dissolution lu- lu o of moderate duma dumo and ther the tto tion r n of the ll Second the tho electoral r law sweeping wt lin chan change In munie manifesto manifest t of tit announced In it the till t tsars tsar's nr icI ic Ii The June iune dl dissolution th the I tal take first fi claims that It r press exhausted Russian fHY of or hl his Withe with government O working in n Oil ices de for claim IH IS unit untruE uP At Atthe th the e damn duma Thor That on the hf con on contrary onan dissolution of or the hour haul harmonious for fot an the 1110 conditions extremely ha favor 01 work ode tu together welt u a P r pi-r- 1 r able uhle there hud had been en with h a M. M r m. m anent duma mude a ti w orl working to could have o HUed The h ol of cement If lie he the lilt n ngi h nucleus of tin tho Cadet party IH the thC thi- thi o l halos I 1 towards changed und and tt l Hi Is 1101 no t chat ha had radically V T I merely l out nut lIt ut f I fear al' al of dissolution ol but to III the iho t th tho party party's n lift It-ft had also Iso changed i I revolutionary y Thanks to tn th the nar v duma I Ipa end Cadets lg had I the bt pact v pa pari tv I abandoned the their r claim for fOl a 11 duma dunia mi ministry and once th the Cadets Cadets had broken with t the U 1 left fl the path tow aids agreement with Ih the eminent go o was I comparatively clear cle 1 But such an nn agreement required J mutual conce W. W The Th duma centerI center such uch concessions it wax was ready i I made nude abandon legislation which th tho gov- gov ov- ov to lo nl would not nOl consent to and that I IS iq shown hon ho n b by h the fact faN that the duma gate ga p precedence cc to the govern govern- mont mont's own 11 billy bills But Dut the dumas duma's anc only increased Ed the governments government's gov- gov desire to l. l return turn iu to despotism despot Stol refused to make a n pin ism m. m 11 M 1 single Ingle concession in exchange he Ig Ignored ig- ig nored ilu liu feeling 01 of of dignity of the peoples people's and don demanded I from um lh their m nb absolute unqualified subi sub sub- And nt at ln last t the second Rr-cond duma dumn I i I was wars dissolved 11 because It dI do- do I to 10 submit absolutely and anti Wil vital vita vita- lI l- l I J l I out nut qualification lo tit the government o I orders L tint under lInt er such conditions t i t K a Kato to to tt p t IC trill mildly ly l a mistake But Dut 1 the iho minis ministry y W way was 4 not content with It U pip pip- merely J leaking a mistake er 1 t to r make It Us its mi mistake li h r hIpp reparable able It accomplished a n coup rh Thus This coup COUI wn waR the tho no new electoral law wit was a direct breach of th thI thy tho of October 30 10 J 1905 and t fat I t Ithe I the hen fun fundamental mental It luw s la s i Issued b by th the rt al' al him alt H. H The OC October obet manifesto declared that no law In could fould have p force fOIce without the I aDI announced announced an an- lumas luma's consent an and further l' l that a new nO electoral law las ess- I universal suffrage d b bra be- submitted d to lO the duma The fundamental fundamental funda- funda funda m mental laws law d declare equally i. i call that no law can an be he passed wf out the d dumas duma's mas ma's consent Despite then theft pf positive iU aJl assurances assurance's the new nett nE W elector ol In law w of June JUlie 1 16 G was Issued b by UHf the tsars tsar's own authority and without CellI even ell being brought before the duma dumo I Despite this th the manifesto of or th the tho same duce declares that t th the October r manifesto and tl the fundamental laws which are flatly alY violated I remain intact On one and th the same ay the O manifesto and aOel the fundamental laws ate are declined to bo be Inviolate and at the th same unit to bo be not noL binding for the Hie thet t sty Q r. r I Thc rite j of or the 1 of J Juno June lIn I r- r rV V I 1 lh the decreeing or of a n new ue tH electoral UnU u. u I In ha violation of or lh the con constitution Ion Is Ls j Just Just- I fled by declaring the old electoral law to lo b be defective d lh The tl departure ture from the regular Ic legislative order Is ls explained ex cr by bv the statement that mt the now nov electoral law could not nol l he be t submitted i I lo to a n duma lumn the th membership of which I i is considered rl unsatisfactory un This comfortable un nr argument nent nt can cnn of cour course C be bc applied to nil all cases in hm the tho I I future Jf If If the new c electoral l law I Is In turn considered 1 d de e e and the I nw new duma slums unsatisfactory th the t tsar tsai I C I can enn Issue yet vet another electoral law btty lawI without g the dumb duma And maj enforced In the I an Lily any other l law lair w ma mw be 1 same u way and nd with the ante ame disic- disic di r-I r g ird of the con constitution Ut So o that l the I law laws R si I Inviolability h n of the fundamental I has hut nd become a u m myth th i 1 I I II l J hn have e a nl always s been a against tI C fI f I policy of Qi 1 adapting i tolu Ic evolutionary struggles tru l with I h I measures Its s I Ih the tho rc and J I t have ha equally d that the Russian opposition I I must mum adopt l legal u But nUl to preach lh legal Igal methods of opposition illon has Ims now J ome orv wory lIm lIlt But cult as aA 11 it t I is J I am ln o-aln o against t a 1 polIcy policy pol pot On tho the other hand hl icy ol of vi violent 0 i 1 muM lJ declare I thin thul no nothing king can enn Justify jU 1 th the action ol 01 till the gave government i I. I Russian Liberals must m now u H. t I two lo i 0 of path l' l between o lIt thy the I s I r i violence and blind suh t ubi mission to lO a despotic go government t. t j I I. I |