Chapter XVIII: The First Parliament

Baleful prophecies--Provocations--Meeting of Constitutional
Democrats broken up by police--Ministerial
figureheads--Birthday of freedom--Trepoff’s
precautions--Ceremony in Winter Palace--The Old Order
confronted by the New--The Church intervenes--The Tsar’s
address--“Unwavering firmness,” and the “Necessity of
Order”--No promise of amnesty--Officials applaud--The people
silent--The cry of the prisoners--The Duma assembles in the
Taurida Palace--President elected by 426 to 3--Petrunkevitch
speaks first--The demand for amnesty--A languid afternoon in
the “Nobleman’s Assembly”--Golitzin greeted with holy
kisses--Witte and Durnovo side by side--Prayers and
compliments--The Duma at work--Taurida Palace closely
guarded--Difficulties about procedure--Drafting the reply to
the Tsar’s speech--An honourable impatience--Congratulations
from many lands--Telegrams from imprisoned
“politicals”--Russia’s representatives unanimous for
amnesty--Freedom and Justice versus Tradition and the Sword 317

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“PACIFICATION.” THE KREMLIN OF MOSCOW, CHRISTMAS,
1905 _Frontispiece_
From _Sulphur_ (_Jupel_)

TO FACE PAGE

A DEMONSTRATION BY THE KAZAN CHURCH, ST. PETERSBURG 2
From _The Marseillaise_

“HOMUNCULUS” AND THE S.D. (SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC) RATS 12
From _Burelom_ (_The Storm_)

“AN AUTUMN IDYLL” 40
From _Sulphur_ (_Jupel_)

WITTE AND THE CONSTITUTION 72
From _Sprut_

PEASANT SLEDGES 80

A PRIVATE SLEDGE 80

TOLSTOY’S HOME 90

PEASANTS 90

TOLSTOY IN MIDDLE AGE 96

FIEDLER’S HOUSE 140

EFFECT OF SHELLS 140

A MINOR BARRICADE 146

A MILITARY POST AT MOSCOW 146

“GOD WITH US!” 152
From _Sprut_

BARRICADES ON THE SADOVAYA 162

“THE NEW ERA” 176
From _Sulphur_ (_Jupel_)

“INTERCOURSE IS RESUMED” 182
From _Streli_ (_Arrows_)

DUBASOFF’S ROLL CALL 194
From _Burelom_ (_The Storm_)

A LITTLE RUSSIAN 206

A TRAMP 206

A PEASANT’S HOME 212

THE LAVRA AT KIEFF 212

THE JEWS’ GRAVE AT ODESSA 216

AFTER THE MASSACRE 216

“I THINK SHE’S QUIET AT LAST” 232
From the _Vampyre_

1905–1906 300
From _Sulphur_ (_Jupel_)

PLAN OF MOSCOW 350

The design on the cover is from a cartoon in the Russian
revolutionary paper _Pulemet_ (_The Machine Gun_).

The illustrations are from Russian cartoons and from photographs,
most of which were taken by the author.

THE DAWN IN RUSSIA

OR

SCENES IN THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION