The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-03
CENSORSHIP IN RUSSIA.
Conservative Editor Has Been Given Notice Thai
Publication Must Cease.

FupllCation MUST cease.
Correspondence of The Associated Press
ST. Petersburg, July 18.-The progressive ter
rorizaton of the Russian press which characterized
the regime of M Sipiaguine the minister OF interior
who was assassinated last April. appears to have
been adopted as settled policy by his successor
M. Won Plehve.
M. Sipagune closed the Northern Courier and
the Rossya. After their extinction the only news
paper in St. Petersburg which maintained an nde-
pendent attitude toward the government was the St
Petersburg Viedomosti old journal which, since
it passed into the control Of Prince ouksomsky has
been characterized by the honorable and sralghtfoI
ward manner in which it conducted, That 1t
was not liberal newspaper according to Western
notion needs scarcely to be emphasized. A liberal
newspaper is absolutely impossible where the CEN
sorship is vigilant and exacting 1t Is In Rus
STA Owing to the impossbility Of expressing It's
own views either domestic foreign affairs
consistently and regularly the Vedomosti abstaned
except on rare occasions from any comment what
ever Its original news articles were also couched
the most guadred and matter of fact language and
were based scrupulously on official data 1t must
be explained that outside of St Petersburg and Mos
cow the daily press Is subjected TO preliminary CEN
sorship; that Is, article may be published which
has not been sanctioned by governmental official
assigned especially to review its matter. The press
of capitals is free from this burden, but may
and is called TO strict accounting by the CEN
sorship FOR any matter that may be found objection
able but 1t is regularly warned against handling
such subjects at all 1t also Is fact that the own
ers of newspapers under preliminary censorship
be and severely dealt with and the papers
be suppressed for publishing matter that has been
sanctioned by their particular censor In spite or
this censorship. the st. Petersburg Viedomosu al
ways has characterized by its interesting excerpts
from the provincial newspapers, 1t alone of all st.
Petersburg newspapers, has attempted to keep Its
readers informed about whSs was going on in the
interior of Russia 1t appears that the deport-
ment of the Viedomost mas become an eyesore 10
the government,
Minister Won Plehve summoned Prince oukstom-
sky to him July ~ and lectured him severely on his
management of the journal which is leased from the
government. NJ Won Plehve told the prince the
Vedomosti had become the organ OF the liberals and
revoutionists particularly In its provincial depart
ments He peremptorily demanded the immediate
dismissal of the editor of this paper and warned him
that after months his lease of the paper, which
had several years yet to rum would De cancelled
M Won Plehve concluded by saying he had seen the
car on July and had received his majestys per-
mission to take these severe measures.
Prince oukstomsky has long enjoyed measure
NJ imnerial favor After he accompanied the car
when heir apparent the princes Famous tour
around the world, he was made president OF the
Russo Chinese bank and his unriyaed knowledge OF
China and Chinese affairs has certainly been or great
advantage 10 the government. 1t is generally un-
derstood that heretofore when pressed or threatened
by the late minister, Sipiaguine Prince ouKstonsky
has been able to save himseii Ny Peie0'ai sppeal
to the car, :, A., ,,,,.
orel was reelected TO this position almost imme-
d,atey after his speech last year on religious
liberty and his election was confirmed He has
recently been active in movement TO procure the
participation Of the zemstyos or provinoiM ast,
INQUIRY He recently held conference ut Moscow
with a number OF zomstvoa leaders from different
provinces and for this he was summoned before NJ
Won Plehye and roprmanded In the presence OF the
head OF tho police department The government ia
extremely jealous OF anything npproaehing concerted
action on tho part OF tho zamntvos Fearing that II
might result In some form OF representative govern
mont for tho whole country
NJ etahhovieh took the reprimand Ia poor grsco
He called the ministsrs attsntoa to tina fact that he