Evening star., 1902-08-12
DEMAND FOR REFORM FINANCE AND TRADE
Made by Russian Liberal Government Crop Report
Newspaper Bull Factor.
PRINTED IN STUTTGART WILL HELP CHANGERS
PLEA THAT BE 1T ALSO OFFSETS
Also louisville Selling
Summary a the Close Of
Made by a Russian Liberal
Newspaper
PRINTED IN STUTTGART
PLEA THAT ALL BE EQUAL AT
LAW.
Also That Arbitrary Arrests, Inquisi-
tions and Summary Trials
Be Abolished
Correspondence o, the Associated Press.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 24-Oswobozh-
| denia. the liberal newspaper established in
Stuttgart by the exile Peter Won Struvo TO
| bring about political emancipation of Rus
sia. has appeared in print. The periodical
does not pretend to be a complete news
organ. 1t prints no matter which is satis-
factorily handled in the legal Russian
press. The contents of the first two num-
bers are sufficiently varied to stimulate
curiosity.
BY far the most important article IS
From the Russian Constitutionalists. !"
This is a carefully elaborated program OF
peaceful revolution. and is apparently the
joint product Of many pens. 1t cites aad
adopts Minister Won Plehve's speech on as
Stunning office, In which he said the situa-
tion demands deeds, not words and in
quires if he will continue the ruinous policy
of the last thirty years. All thinking Rus
s!a. these writers proclaim, demands ser
ious political reforms. They then proceed
TO map out program.
List Of the Demands.
This program provides that the first de-
mands must be for:
First-Personal freedom, guaranteed by
independent courts, and consequently aban-
donment of arbitrary arrests and inquis1-
tioiiS OF dNiEiHfStf3tiSe B3nlShment, extra
ordinary courts and summary trials.
Second-Equalty of all before the laws,
and consequently abandonment of all class
racial or religious discrimination. These
elementary rights, the program continues,
require as guarantees the freedom of the
press, including abolition of the censorship
and the responsibility of the press to the
courts alone: the freedom of assembage
and association, and the right of petition.
The first step in the practical program
must be constituent assembly represent
ing ali classes of the people to work out an
electoral scheme. Legal reforms would re-
by representative elective assembly
chosen In accordance with the expressed
determination of the constituent assembly
Borrowed From the French.
All of this seems borrowed directly from
the revolutionists In France over 10 years
ago. The writers presuppose that the czar
will concede the right of the people to par
tictpate in legislation, and in calling the
constituent assembly will with a single
stroke of the pen do away once and for
always with ali administrative abuses and
abolish all spurious forms Of law which
masquerade under the name of Temporary
regulations, ministerial circulars and ad-
ministrative decisions" and which suspend
revive or alter laws at the will of the ad-
ministration.
Along with this publication of the body
polite there is presupposed the grant of
the most thoroughgoing amnesty to all who
have suffered or are suffering under the
yoke of exceptional laws and arbitrary ad-
minstrative acts. 1t only remains to add
that thousands Of earnest Russians regard
thlS program as anything else than chimer-
ical. They confidently expect a declara-
ton of bankruptcy from the autocracy
within measurable time; some say five.
some ten, some twenty-f five years
The OSwoboZhdenia also contains a letter
from group of Zemsvo leaders declaring
their adhesion to this program.