The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
OLD REGIME FOREVER DEAD No Chance For Reviy of
 Autecracy/
 -1s TREATMENT 2 .c.HE JEWS Witte Fear >s Take Up Their
 Cause. The Ignorant Populace Would Massacre All the Semitic Race In Russia If They Are shown Any
 Favors.

St. Petersburg, Nov. 21.--4:55 p. m.)
 The present iull Is giving the gov- ernment a slight breathing spell. The strike fiasco and the passing of the Polish crisis have, certainly temporari- ly strengthened the hands of the gov ernment.
 Practically all danger for the ne- cessity for dealing with an armed up- rising in Poland is regarded as over and martial law will probably be abolished by the end of the week.
 The immediate question confronting the cabinet Is the electoral laws. Premier witte and his colleagues have almost reached the conclusion to base the election practically on universal suffrage. t54
 "A member of the cabinet who may be said to reflect the views, of the premier said today:
 ''The extreme wing of the intelligent liberals still insist on fighting wind mill when they express fears of a re- turn to the old regime. That has passed forever. The Emperor's step Is irrivocabie. The reports that his res oIution has been shaken are absolutely without foundation.
 Nevertheless the country must be saved from anarchy and strong meas ures like those instituted at Cherni- golf and Penza must be taken where the occasion arises. Neither in Russia nor abroad need there be the slight est fears that the government desires to retrace it's steps. . An Unfortunate Feature. An unfortunate feature of the site uatfon in Russia Is the continued mis- trust of the governments intention which are deliberately misunderstood by some of the influential Liberal lead CTS, perhaps not without the suspicious of thereby advancing their own pres ent aims. Nevertheless we must dis count future developments. and, where we believe it wise, so slow. We may be forced to take q radical step sucn as the choice between evils"
 Speaking of the Jewish question, the member of the cabinet said; ae; For the cabinet there exists no Jew : ish question It is not what should be done, but how to do it. We are ah- solutely of one snflnd that all the re- stfictions on the Jews, should be aDol- ished, but for the government to de- cree eauaiity without action on the part of the Douma would be full of danger.
 Preiudice Against Jews.
 "The prejudice against the Jews among the ignorant classes of Russia is not fancied. It Is deplorable but true that people under the old regime were saturated with the idea that the Jews were their oppressors. lf the Jews were granted equal rights with Russians the latter would accept, it as A confirmation of the suspicious they already harbor on account of recent developments that the Emperor has been betrayed and nothing the central government could do would prevent the most frightful massacres.
 -.rhis vital subject should be dis- cussed in the Douma in order that the people at large may understand and appreciate the reasons why all citizens under the regime of freedom enjoy equal rights. Resides, in this and oth- CT questions the parties in interest would feel themselves compelled t" abide by the decision of the nations representatives.
 The Agrarian Agitation.
 "The Agrarian agitation in my opin- ion is the gravest phase of the situa' tion. The peasants throughout the country are possessed of only one idea more land-and the uprising which Is occurring in the famine stricken prov inccs Is capable of indGslnitc extension by the revolutionary agitators who Will shrink at nothing. They are quito ca- pable of sending emissaries wearing uniforms and impersonatlng aides de camp of the Emperor, to tell the peas ants that the Emperor has decreed a division of the land which the land lords are resisting and calling on the peasants to rise in his majesty's name against their oppressor'
 Count Witte i extremely anxious to secure a vote of confidence from the Moscow congress for It's general effect in rallying the moderate sentiment to his support.