Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-30
END AuT0CRACY
RUSSIA CANNOT ENFORCE HER
SEVERE LAWS.
MAY FOLLOW UNITED STATES
Gear Took a Foolish Revenge on Uni
versity Students, and Precipi-
tated the Revolution.

New York March 3o.-Prince Peter A.
Eroptkin, the famous Russian. was in
this city at the Girard hotel last night.
THE first effective blow has been dealt
to autocracy in Russia" said Prince
Kroptkin, in discussing the affairs of
his country. 1T has been struck within
the past fortnight. The ministers of
state have notified the car that the laws
promulgated could not be enforced. This
is the first time it has ever been done.
1t marks the first step in the progress
which will eventually make of Russia a
federal government like that of the
United States. This law was the cause
OF the recent student uprisings in St.
Petersburg. The trouble all arose out
of an incident at the University of kieff
A student had become unpleasantly in
volved in some scandal there and the
other students held meetings to decide
what should be done to protect their fell
low student from notoriety. The dean
OF the university arrested a number OF
students and the matter was reported to
the minister of public instruction. who
told it all to the car. The car is an
irresponsible, not very clever young man.
and he promptly issued an order accord
ing to which all students who participate
III meetings of any kind will be at once
sent to the army for service of two Or
three years. The students of the empire
are exempt from army duty. Under this
new law 1S3 students from Kieff were
impressed into the army. The new law
IS unconstitutional, for while the car
may cause a law to be made in one of
two ways, the old law must be repealed
before a new law is made. The old law
exempted students from army service
1t has not been repealed and the minis
ters Of state We're not consulted in the
formation of the present obnoxious de-
cree.
Il have letter from a woman of high
rank in Russia. in which she says that
the public prosecutor at Kieff the gen.
eral of the gendarmes and a military
general who belongs to the command ap-
pointed to draft the students have joined
in memorial to the car, in which they
say that it is impossible to condemn
young men in this ruthless fashion.
THE ministers of state have also taken
up the subject. They have informed the
car. that his law cannot be enforced.
His decree will not be repealed but the
execution of it will not be attempted and
the Kieff students will be quietly re-
leased. It is the first time in the history
Of Russia that the car has ever been
overridden."
Prince Krnptkin said he did not think
the GEAR should be killed.
II believe the greatest foe to autocracy
to Russia today is Nicholas H." he said.
HE is so stupid that he will make many
mistakes. Every one Of the mistakes
will weaken his power and the power
of the throne. If thought he should be
killed. I would do my best to kill him.
] do not believe in asking someone else
to do what Won would not do yourself"
Prince Kroptkin said he did not believe
the car was responsible for the calling
of The Ha ene roace conference. He said
the whole movement.
'''he none had a great friend at thu
Russian corrt." said the prince Gin the
person Of Tohie6""ostzw. one of the
o7a"'s mini~+ers. The pope did not think
Em~aror William a suitable person to
call the conference. so through his friend
he nrevailed U-on the czar to call it,"
Prirco ErortLir cavs letters that have
cor,a 10 HIN from Russia are to the effect
that the general sentiment thore il
aea'rst TIE acquisition of Manchuria.
The c-a" will he ae'-ed from time to time
t. ,'oa'-a oo~+ain concessions in the djrec-
ton Of liberty TEe will not have the
good sarsa to mako all the concessions
that are demanded and trouble will re-
suit.