The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-16
RUSSIAN CAR
is WATERING
Land Parliament May Not Be Called
After All.
ARGUMENT OF THE MOBILES
CIVIL WAR AMONG THE Evils
PROPH ESIED.

CT PETERSBURG. Feb. 15.-d1.<0 D.
y MIN spite of Emperor Nicholas
personal inclination in favor of the
zemsky zaDor as minated to Count
Leo Deonovich Tolstci the imperial de-
cision TO summon this parliament has
not yet been taken. The emperor is
carefully Weighing arguments for and
against the plan before committinE
himself 20 this course This statement
Is made upon the authority of perhaps
the most liberal cf the emperOy's min
listers who tonight informs the Asso-
ciated Press that the question remains
under consideration at Tsarskoe- SeIo-
Cannot he Put OFF.
Il myself have frankly urged upon
his majesty" the minister said. THE
view that the time mas come when the
people should no longer be denied a
voice IN the government; and the same
counsel has been given by many others.
VINO. Ike me- believe that the moderate
liberal element which is drifting away
can thus be rallied to the support of
the government. His majesty received
our views sympatheticaIly. and / be-
licNe Is personally inclined 10 adopt the
course we suggest He now is carefully
dc iFetatiUC upon the subject II is no
secret. EcWcVe". hat powerful irltiu-
cnceS about his ma ieSty are pressing
the contrary view and advancing
strong arguments which cannot lightly
! be thrust aside. even if the decision Is
/ finally favorable. Precipitation is i'm
possible. although the people who are
{ Ia2urinE uu:icr the stress of excitement
seem 90 forget that for such a sweeping
: iHncv2tion time is necessary to formu-
iate and elaborate the scheme for the
! electorate. composition and functions Of
the body.
After the War
Reasons of state exist which might
make It inadvisabIe TO summon such a
1 body during the continuation Ct the
! war since the government is unitedIy
; of the opinion that peace is impossi bic
now But if the zemsky tabor is TO be
| convened at the conclusion of the war
/ a proclamation should be issued now.
/ let. no matter what the emperor's de
/ cision may be. the manifesto on re-
! forms on which the committee of min
/ listers is working VIII be productive OF
/ great good The misfortune is that all
/ the disc ntented classes are for the
I moment skeptical. They are using
! every weapon to embarrass the gov
! eminent while ii is engrossed with the
war. The situation is depiora BILE. but
! not critical. There may be trouble and
! disorders even on a comparatively
| ?
/ crisis unless the discomfort extends %
/ the rural districts In my opinion thar
( IS possible only in the event of some
| great catastrophe such as a general
I failure of the crops or an epidemic OF
( cholera Then. with famine TO frighteU
/ the country. coupled with political agi-
! tation in the cities, no one can predict
what may happen.
Argument of the Court.
| It is understood that one of the ar
! sUments used by the court against the
revival cf the zemsky tabor is the fact
that the body in the OLD days welded
! immense power. being itself response
I Die Tor the elevation of the ROmanOf
/ dynasty TO the throne. and therefore II
/ might even undertake, If again called
/ TO elect a new ruler. Generally SPEAK
, ms, the position of the opposition &c
| the ZemSky tabor is well voiced edi-
/ torialiy IN today's Moscow Gazette. thu
/ leading exponent of the absolute au-
! tocracy of Russia, in which il is pro
pheSled that any system Of natl nal as
sembly viii lead to a struggle betweel
I il and the emperor which inevitably
/ viii end in the overthrow Of the au-
! tOcracy- The article draws a parable
/ between the present political situation
CCd the Eihilist terrorism which is al
/ most Wrung a constitution from Alex
: ander II. ana after his assassination
1 confronted Alexander III with chOict
# alternatives The article continues
Civil War Would Result.
Then. as now. the public press loud
! ~ proclaimed that without a parl.a-
/ ment or zemsky "a Dor Russia mus
| fan. Even government circles were So
/ inundated by an Insignificant srour
! of terrotists that it came 10 believ'
/ that Russia could be saved only by N,
zemstvOists instead of the sensible
power of the autccratic sovereign. Bu
/ Alexander understood that the frs
! consideration for the welfare OF Rus
| STA was the restoration of order. Th'
government and not the people; TIT
/ emperor, and not the zemSky FAB
then rescued Russia from revolution
/ What was true then is true now. th'
/ emperor must again save Russia. sup
pose the governments We're turned Owe
to such men as composed the 1eulStN'
congress, who met without the CO0scn
of the ruler. adopted resolutions ant
otherwise instigated the pc pie to ope:
revolt: If real power were lodged il
their hands the result would be
prompt defiance of the ruler and a.
open quarrel, resulting either in a ter
ribe civil war or the dethrOnemeHt O
the autocracy by revolution. Those wis
imagine that such dangers can ia
avoided by restricting representation
/ to privileged classes need only Temem
Der France and 1883. when the thir,
estate engulfed the two other estates
executing the king So i'm Russia
{ ZemsSy tabor of the privileged ZeInstF'
class would only be a stepping stone q
universal represen tatiOn which w0uF
! be bound to destroy the ruler OF IN
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