The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-08

NAL union of the provincials, the work
ing out Of a uniform Systematically
planned programme of action in view
of the work to be done in the agricul-
tursl committees, authorized by the
government. Here was first made
clear the prime necessity Of reform in
the existing system, and here was first
worked out d programme
About the same time the foreign pa
per OsvobOzhdeuie liberty. edited by
Struve. made its appearance. its task
being to unite and cement the provin-
ciaI constitutional party The work of
the district agricultural committees, IN
which the zemstVo was able to express
itself sufficiently fully and clearly. bore
witness to the unanimity of views upon
the existing order of things The
work of the committees possessed a
great agitatory significance in provin-
cial circles and was d stimulant TO the
further consolidation and organization
Of the progressive pTOvinCials in the
liberal political party. In the commits
sion on the impOverishment OF the
center in the autumn of 1904. to which
were invited the ZennStVO representa-
tiveS was again shown the unanimity
of the provincials in their collective
declaration to the government of the
necessity of radical reform.
The close of 1903 and the beginning
Z
of public workers in St. Petersburg.
that of the workers I'm technical edU-
cation and the PlTOg8SSk meeting Of
physicians. The sessions were a sort of
public meeting at which the advanced
workers from the whole country unani-
mpuSly agreed that there was no pos
Sibility of peaceful progressive activity
with the existing governmental organ
izatioH and were one in the demand
for immediate radical reform These
meetings were q significant sign of the
complete political maturity of the lib
eraI classes Of society and represented
a further step forward in the open po-
/ litiCal agitation and prOpa ganda of
constitutional ideas in the broad cir
cles of the educated classes.
Government Opposition is Vain.
The movement for freedom grew IT.
Tesistibly in extent and broke through
the surface. But the government was
| not asleep Led by Plehve, it indefa-
/ tigabiy carried on an energetic and one
might say heroic fight with the inter
nal enemies Prisons, deportation. the
galley. logging. bullets and gallOws
all were brought into play against the
revolutionary movement. Thousands
/ Of wOrkmen. peasants. educated TevO-
lutiOnaTies, filled the prisons or were
/ deported Administrative order and
/ bureaucratic tribunals could hardly
] keep pace. over the COrpses Of its own
/ faithful servants the government
] marched UuGeXibly to the gIOOmiCSt re-
/ action The radical prOvinCials. lead
/ erS of the liberal movement. IKE the
| TevOiUtiOnaTieS. were subjected To pun
! ishmeut The government deprived
{ them of a share in public work and
! even depOrted some In January, 1904.
! the TVeT ZemstvO was disbanded. In
! IL n ~,
/ underwent a revision In the summer
! of 1904 the Vyatka and kursk zem-
! stvOs. The object Of the revisiOns was
/ the search for anti-gOveTnmental &C
/ tivity on the part of the zemstvOs- But
] all was in vain: in spite of all the ter
| Tible TepTesSiOnS the diSCOntent rapidly
/ spread, broader and deeper. the Oppo-
/ SitiOn Of the ZemStVOS and the liberal
/ classes became stronger, the hydra of
/ revolution was not to be killed
War Without Support.
I'm the fall of 1903 the clouds Of war
/ lowered over the far east. The posi-
/ bility of war with Japan approached
/ BY means of wise concessions Russia
/ could have avoided it. But over the
! volcano Of widespread public disCOu-
! tent the government allowed itself In
/ he Seduced by extraVa giant plans of an
/ ultra aggressive foreign policy, cher
! ishiuE the hope in this way of guard
/ ing and even strengthening its pres
/ tigo I'm the international concert and
! its credit on the European bourSeS. In
I addition there Is reason to suppose that
/ Piahye. who exercised a tremendous in
/ GueUce on the entire governmental pol
{ icy was for war. He had, perhaps,
{ his definite object. namely. by means
/ of war to crush the internal liberal and
/ revolutionary troubles He probably
/ thought to drown and extinguish in the
/ streams Of the peoples blood and In
/ the fame Of chauvinism the mrestraiu-
able thirst for freedom among the PEG
I pie The war was decided upon but
/ the StupeUdoUS task of war fatally dis
/ closed all the Internal helpleSsuesS of
{ of bureaucracy. which had laid claim
( to oTuuiuotence War demanded popu-
! Lar support, aud this the soulless. dead
/ departmental mechanism could not
give The result was terrible defeat
I after defeat un land and the complete
! destruction of the fleet on the sea, in
/ dustriaI paralysis At home. three eX-
/ ternaI loans thSr fail of the prestige in
4 Europe and the still stronger growth
] of the movement for freedom in the
; Interior
Nc Vote of Confidence
The war increas= the interest among
/ the people i'm questions of government
| aud awoke among all classes a desire
1 for citizenship. The continuous mill
/ tarv reverses prepared the way for a
/ thorough criticism Of the existing or
J der The discomfort spread. and went
, deeper And then the explosion Of the
/ bomb on July H. 1894 which destroyed
/ a strong energetic leader of the re-
/ action Plehve broke the thickening
/ clouds of public discomfort The iron
/ determination of the government h ISL
! tated. The word Confidence pro-
! uounced by the new minister, was a
I spark which kindi=d magnificent
/ widespread fire of open political agita-
/ ton The public clearly saw heard,
( understood that the government had
/ weakened in the intense struggle on
: two fronts. with the inteTnal and eN-
+ ternaI enemy. that il realized il need
2 ed public support and desired 10 make
. d truce with the people and had there
. fore turn=d 10 them with AN appeal
. for confidence. The public also under
stood perfectly how inSiUccTc and false
was the governments move. There
. fore ii at once voted its lack of con-
/ fd nee The district provincial couU-
. ellis municipalities and other pUbli,
. organizations sent greetings to the min
I lister. coupled with expressions in the
direction Of demands for liberal re-
. forms Others raised the question point
/ blank of radical reformation of the
/ state The press. taking advantage oi
/ new. found liberty categOrically set
uD the cry for political freedom and
! constitutional organization With the
assent of the government, there took
; place in ST = tersburg- Noyembe
+ 1904. meeting Of zemstVo representa-
/ tiEes in the celebrated eleven points