The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-03
Capitals Are Excepted.


The press of the two capitals is free
from this burden, but may be and is
called to q strict accounting by the
censorship for any matter that may
be found objectionable, but it is regu-
larly warned against handling such
subjects at all.
1t IS also a fact that owners of news
papers under preliminary censorship
can be and are severely dealt with
and the papers can be suppressed for
publishing matter that has been sane
toned by their particular censor.
In spite of this censorship, the st.
Petersburg Viedomosu always has
characterized by its interesting es-
cerpts from the provincial newspapers,
1t alone, of all the. st. Petersburg
newspapers. has attempted to keep its
readers informed about what was going
on in the interior OF Russia. IT now
appears that the department of We'd
omosti has become an eyesore to the
government.
Minister Won Plehve summoned
Prince Oukhtomsky to him July IL and
lectured him severely on his manage
ment of the journal which is leased
from the government. NJ. Won Plehye
told the Prince the Piedomosti had
become the organ Of the liberals and
revolutioniSts, particularly in its pro-
vfnciai departments.
He peremptorily demanded the i'm
mediate dismissal Of the editor of this
paper and warned him that after two
months his lease of the paper. which
had several years yet to run, would be
Cancelled. M. Won Plehve concluded by
saying he had seen the car on July o.
and had received his majesty's permits
sion to take these severe measures.
Stands Well With Czar
Prince Oukhtomsky has long enjoyed
a measure of imperial favor. After he
accompanied the car, when heir ap-
parent, on the Princes famous tour
around the world he was made presi-
dent of the Russo Chinese bank and
his unrivalled knowledge of China and
Chinese affairs has certainly been of
great advantage TO the government It
is generally understood that heretofore
when pressed or threatened by the late
Minister Sipiagun, Prince Oukhtomsky
has been able to save himself by a
personal appeal to the car.
NJ Stakhovich, who is marshal of the
nobility of Orel, was reelected to this
position almost Immediately after his
famous speech last year on religious
liberty and his election was confirmed
He has recently been active in move
ment to procure the participation of the
LenlSIVOS or provincial Sei1-gONernment
delegate assemblies in the great agri-
cultural inquiry.
He recently held a conference at
Moscow with a number of Zemstov
leaders from different provinces and for
this he was summoned before Minister
Won Plehve and reprimanded in the
presence of the head of the police de-
partment. The government is extreme
ly jealous of anything approaching
concerted action on the part of the
Zemstovs fearing that il might result
in some form of representative gov
eminent for the whole country.
NJ NJ. Stakhovich took the reprimand
in poor grace. He called the minister's
attention to the fact that he is an
elective representative of the nobility
of the province of Orel and responsible
legally TO nobody save to the emperor
personally.
He declared that he did not recog-
nize the minister's right to harangue
him about his conduct and that he did
not accept the reprimand. He then
stalked- out of The room.