The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-20
ZEMSTVOISTS DEFY POLICE.
MEETING IN MOSCOW IGNORES
ORDER TO DISPERSE.
Two Hundred and Eighty Delegates Attend
Representing the Russian Peoples
Demand for . share in the Govern
ment--BOulyguine's Plan Attacked

s,,etoI Cable Dispatches to THE SUN.
Moscow, July la.-1he congress Oh
zemst voists and dumaists, on which Vhe
hopes and interests Of all sympathizers
with reform are conferred was In session
TODAY at the mansion Of Prince Paul Dol
eoroukoff son Of the Grand Chamberlain
Of the imperial court. The meeting opened
without the least display, ceremony OF
popular demonstration.
Count HAYDEN presided. Two hundred
and eiehty-four elected delegates attended,
besides fifty prominent reformers and half
dozen reporters,
The preiminaries Of the proceedings Rad
bsea scarcely completed when 1t was an
n-unce that the police re belo" with
n order to dsperse the meet Is. Prince
Dol .orouko sug estet at they De IN
vite t, enter. rive iolice off1cers there-
upo a 5peared. Their chief deman, that
the assembly be closed in ccordance with
tne rejects order forbidding such meet
| "a on the ground tnat they we're CAL
culated to produc disorder. This was
greeted with laughter
Count Heyden pointed out that the meet
ing was acting with the Cars authority,
a. personally expressed by His Majesty
on June 10, and he therefore refused to obey
the order. Some Of the more hot-headcd
delegates shouted haunting remarks. Prince
Dolgoroukoff interposed, saying: "The
policemen are only doing their duty. Let
ia do ours and proceed to business without
wasting time -,
1t was arranged that the police should
draw up a protocol reporting the cfrcum-
Nf those a l.
tending.
While they withdrew to another room to
do this a discussion OF Nj. Boulyg,line's
scheme began, the criticism following the
lines already indicated. Some OF the
speeches were fiery. There was some dis
agreement on minor points, but the meeting
was clearly unanimous on the main issue.
Meanwhile tie police had finished their
report and returned and listened to the
debate. At the conclusion Of the session
the chief OF police read the protocol, which
caused amusement, owing to the officer g
evident perplexity regarding the legal
aspect OF his action. NJ. Golovin. presi-
dent of the Moscow provincial zemstvo
and chairman OF the organizing committee
of the congress, read a Counter-statement
justifying the meeting condemning the
prefect's action as illegal and adding that
the police by entering house where every
thing was orderly had committed breach
of the peace.
The meeting then adjourned to meet
again late in the evening.
LONDON, July 20.-The Moscow cor
respondent Of the STANDARD gives the details
of the constitution. which, he says. will be
| discussed by the congress. He states that
| 1t is based on the British constitution, with
occasional suggestions from the French. II
| leaves the Car in command Of the armed
| forces, tho right Of veto without any ex-
! pressed limitation and the prerogatives OF
a sovereign. \
1t proposes the formation Of Cabinet
on the British model the Gear sunnmoninG
a kanzler or prime minister and appointing
the other minister's according to the pre-
| mer's selection.
On the other hand the national finances
are placed under the control Of chambers
whose members will have the right to i'm
peach the ministers. 1t would also appear
that the Legisla ture Ia to fix the succession
to the thro me- Foreign treaties are also
to be controlled by the chambers.
1t declares that the right Of Legislation
rests with the chambers alone, and that
all men are equally subject to the law of thu
land.
Special paragraphs abolish the passpor
system, the scrutiny of correspondence
and the censorship, giving the Rrssian