The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-21
LONG SESSIONS
OF ZEMSTV0lSTS
Two Apparently IrTeconcilable Par
ties at Moscow,
ONE WILL SUPPORT WHITE
THE OTHER WANTS THINGS
DONE RIGHT AWAY.

Moscow, Nov. 20.-The zemstvo congress
today devoted two long sessions 10 the
discussion Of the question of the attitude
II should ADOPT toward che new govern
ment, and late tonight adjourned with
out coming 10 a decision. The debate in
dicated clearly, however, the existence
Of two apparently irreconciliable parties.
as Well as the lines on which the di-
vision ultimately will be made. though
not shown.
\ score OF orators participated in the
debate aud they were about evenly d.
Nlded between the advocates of the inn
mediate conNocatlon of a constituent as
Sembly and those who are urging CO.
operation with the new government so
as To save the country from anarchy, if
not COMPLETE revolution.
NO set resolution was proposed, but the
discussion took the widest range Prom
inent among the speakers for the con-
Servative party We're NJ Krosoffsky of
Samara. Prince Eugene Troubetskov. NJ.
Nemiroveski, mayor OF Saratoff and
Sount Heyden, president of the congress.
ihese men with Dmitri shipoff, NJ, Ouch
koff NJ. Strive. NJ. Stakovich and NJ
ROdicheff. will form the nucleus around
which will rally the members of the
Farty OF Law aud Order" the peace
party and others who are in favor of
coming 10 the support Of Count Witte if
SUFFICIENT guarantees be given for the
fulfillment of the liberties promised. The
speakers who opposed the giving Of any
support to Count Whites government
We're less Well known. but they made up
tige
n. Roberti of Tvor who for years has
been prominent in the struggle against
the government. led a compromise party
declaring II would be needless haste to
throw themselves into the arms of Count
Nitte, which. he added were 'uone too
he ha xr-fl 80
operate with the government If Count
Nitte would consent TO a severe inVeSti-
s9uon OF the acts Of authorities accused
OF lnsugaung outrages by the BLACK
Hundred" By a commission composed
equally OF representatives OF the admins
lstration and the Zemstvosts.
Prince eugene 1roubetskoy spoke at
considerable length. He declared that
the present was no time for hair split
ting, but that all parties should place
confidence in. the ministry. which would
NOT il, dare 70 let go. unfulfilled the prom
iseS mace in the imperial manifesto on
which its existence was based Per-
maps the ministry was not altogether
satisfactory, he said. but he asked his
sltlon o. Count Witte in his endeavors
TO form a cabinet when the persons
whom he desired TO participate in Ii de-
St.ned 70 accept office except on con-
ditfohs with which the premier was I'M
able 10 agree, The prince proceeded to
warn the congress that It's non-support
OF the government would create the i'm
preston that all Russia was discontinued
with the emDeror's manifesto. He pro
posed that the government be asked TO
approve commission selected by the
i Eeehstvos, the municipalities and thu
higher educational establishments IA
elaborate regulations for the state douma.
N. krossoffsky of Samara insisted that
the ZemstVoists were unable 10 accent
the programme of the social revolution-
lists; that they must show confidence in
the government and cooperate with II in
the carrying out Of ideas with which thev
were IN accord. Without this, he warned
the congress, the future progress of the
country could only be in the direction of
reaction and revolution. and with tho
as with the former.
he congress today was attended by
more than 500 members, ard the hall I'm
which = was held was uncomfortable
crowded.