The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-23
RUSSIA NO1 YET
RIPE. FOR /. {; REFORM |f !. \
Nation Lacks Both Leaders and
Education, Procurator
Declares.
SITUATION or Jap ARMIES | {:
Education, Proct,rator
Along Coast Ovation Q a't:it3 for
Witte. /,
Try Associated Press.)l

ST, PETERSBURG, July 90, 1850 A. NJ.
Russia Is not yet ripe for parliamentary
institutions. The nation lacks bothglcnd-
ers and education In local self government.
THIS is the view of Constantine Petro-
Witch Pobedonostsc prpctra tor general
of the Holy Synod, who amid a flood or
Western Ideas, holds steadfnstly and hon
estly to his faith In autocracy and ortho-
doxy.
NJ. Pobcdonostscff, who received the
Associated Press representa- I've Il 7 his
homo In Tsnrskoc-Selo today, said:
''There Is no doubt that only such re-
forms and institutions will take root as
have foundations Of n national character
Only such can insure civil freedom. Only
a. nation capable OF loyal self government
can work out and preserve free institu-
tons and guarantee civil freedom Other
wise n new government would be bound
to produce as unsatisfactory bureaticrats
as those whom It seeks to replnce. The
present reform movement has on Its ban
.ner}the familiar falsehoods. universal SUI
frage and the will OF the people The
movement certainly indicates e. wenken-
Ing in authority. 1t may find encourage,
tr1ent in vacillation, but Of Itself shows
little intellectual power or flrr1ness. i, Z i
takes men to create institutions. The
arc mot yet In sight"
Position of Armies.
(BylAssociatcd Press.)
Z 8uRIDIAPUPDZE. MANCHURlA,4Ju july
22.-The Japanese armies at present toc-
5cupy the position OF an Immense sickle
with the handle reaching from few
miles south OF Liao Yang and passing
through Chanta Fu, the blade circling
northward toward Kirin. with the tn
on the krean coast. south of Posslet
Ray. tits estimated that General Nogi
has dignity battalions, General Oku sixty,
General Nodzu thirty-six. General kuro-
Xxi 100, General Kawamura ninety, and
General Hasegawa 100, the battalions
averaging a Thousand men. which makes
the numerical strength of the Japanese
$50 900 bayonets, with 1000 field ana
mountain guns and about 100 siege guns
The Japanese extreme left Is Euardof
by General Tamura's cavalry division,
The Chinese in the Japanese service are
In the confer, screened by cavalry, un-
der the command of General Okihara.
THE rains this year have been less
heavy than usual, and 1t Will be possible
to begin operations sooner than expected
Japanese cruisers are making demon
STATIONS along the coast In the rear OF
the Russian forces in Korea, evidently
Intent on facilitating the advance B. OF
General Hasegawa's force by menacing
the Russian line OF communications.
Ovations for Witte.
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, July 22-M. Witte continues 70
be the center az official and popular at
tention and homa &C, which are both a
tribute to his rugged personality and cyl
dcnce of the continued French devotion
10 the Russian alliance. The Russian
peace plcnipotentiary had two hours
talk with Premier Rouvier to-day ana
was received in audience by President
Loubet t the Elysee Palace. No author
itative statement was given out con-
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