Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
/, Very TeroriziOg and Strictly
Enforced
IA FREEDOM OF OPINION
-,,6ina Passed Upon Before PUB
,,,adon 49, Liberal Newspaper
n. an ImpossibiiiIy

/ g, petersburg, July lS.-(Corespon-
" ~ the Associated Press.) Pro
...ye terrorlzing Of the Russian
n ~. which characterized the regime
4 rI, siplagun, the minister Of the IN
,,J1, who was assassinated last April
aas,,s to have been adopted as set
a.g policy by his successor NJ Won
Pehye a., Nort,orr
.a.., and the Rosslya after their eN-
,,c,,oo. the only newspaper which
i.,,lrad an independent attitude to-
' us the government was the ST, Pc
amy yiedomosti, an old journal
",i,n ,,oce It passed into the control Of
n.,oco Oukbtomsky, has been charac-
,,rt,ed by the honorable and straight
,orvard manner in which 1t was CON
That II was not a liberal
,.sc,osr according to western notion
"a, s,arcely to be emphasized. A
a 80 newspaper is absolutely lmpos-
81 'n,l, where the censorship is as yigilant
and s,acting as it is In Russia. owing
:, ,he lmposslbility OF expressing It's
orr views on either domestic or for
4 o,gr affairs, consistently and regularly,
AZ. yadomosu abstained except on
r,r. occasions from any comment
,b,tsyer Its original news articles
,.s,s also couched In the most guarded
sr5 matter of fact language and was
10 ssd scrupulously on official data,
n must be explained that outside OF
A c, pstersburg and Moscow, the daily
rress Is subjected to preliminary CEN
sor,blo. that is, no article may be
,ubisbpd which has not been sane
4 ,orad bv a governmental official as
sIered especially to review its matter.
Tbs press Of the two capitals Is free
from this burden but may be and is,
called to a strict accounting by the
censorship for any matter that may be
for1d Objectionable but IL Is regularly
warned against handling such subjects
aal u is also fact that owners Of
newspapers under preliminary censor
sbp can be and are severely dealt with
AMI the papers can be suppressed for
puBlkhng matter that has not been
sanctioned by their particular censorln
spte OF his censorship the ST. Peter
bug YiedOmosti always was character
I'D BIZ its interesting excerpts from
thsproyincal newspapers.
It alone. OF all the st Pctersbur~
newspapers has attempted to keep It's
readers Informed about what was go
ing on in the interior Of Russia. II now
appears that the department Of Viedo-
n1st has become an eyesore to the
government
Minister Won Plehye summoned
Prime 0ukhtomsky TO him July Il and
letuied him severely on his manage
men! Of the journal which is leased
from the government. NJ. Won Plehve
tod the prince the NiedOmosti had be-
cone the organ Of the Liberals and
Rwoutionlsts particularly in its pro-
ylcal departments. He peremptori-
4 y demanded the immediate dismissal
Of the editor Of this paper and warned
bin that after two months his lease
Of the paper which had several years
~ W 7 ulAf NUulA w AhliNfllfhs W.
yM plehve concluded by saying he had
sen the car on July 8, and had re-
eayed hts maiesty's permission 70 take
htse severe measures,
Prince Oukhtomsky has long enjoyed
8 measure OF imperial favor. After
accompanied the czar, when heir an-
prent, on the princes famous ton
around the world, he was made pres-
On, OF the Russo Chinese bank and his
uriyaed knowledge Of China and |
Chinese AFFAIRS has certainly been Of |
great advantage TO the government. II |
hgtnerally understood that heretofore |
when pressed or threatened by the |
late Minister Sipiagun, Prince Oukh-
tmsky has been able to save himself |
p a personal appeal 10 the car.
u SiakhoWch, who is marshal Of the |
ho.liy Of Orel was reelected 10 his |
Esluon almost Immediately after his |
hmous speech last year on religious |
.Deiiy. ana his election was confirmed. |
he mas recently been active In move |
s-N TO procure the participation OF the |
glhst0Vs or provincial selfgOvernment |
Nesale assemblies In the great agri- |
uI'lIal inquiry. He recently held "A |
glleIence at Moscow with number |
lemSoy leaders from different PROV
I.es and for this he was summoned |
F'oie Minister Won Plehve and repn-
.a0oed IN the presence Of the head Of |
As police department. The govern
menl is extremely Jealous OF anything |
,pEOdcnlng concerted action on the |
~ VI NE Iemstovs, fearing that II
" a,.. result in some form Of represent /
HNHH
Try. ''' wv ""''' uOO"
q, ~ slkoylch took the reprimand
- - pVor Grace He called the minis
auenilon to the fact that he is
W. =, giecuye representative Of the nobill-
4 W ue province Of Orel and response
, ~ ,eglIly 10 nobody save to the EN-
Ssso. personally. He declared that he
IA uol recognize the minister's right
Sa .,a,ahgue him about his conduct and
H. ue dI1 not accept the reprimand.
"' 'Neh staiked out OF the room.