The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-01-06
Liberal VICTORY
IN CzAR'S UKASE
Russia Believes That Prince
Mirsky and M, White Are
Again in Lead.
EEPENDs ON OFFICIALS
Belief is That Progressists Dictated tho
Manifesto. While the Note of
Warning Came From the
Bureaucracy.

st. Petersburg. Dec. 3o.-The genera.
opinion IS that the cars manifesto repre-
scnts a victory for Interior Minister Svia-
topolk-AlirSky and Che conservative libcr-
ais over NJ. pobricdonestcff and the re-
dictionaries. and practically places the
strong combination of II. Wittc and Svia-
topolk-Alirsky behind the governments
program. s
The general way in which the reforms
are outlined gives possibilities of cXpaIl-
sion or limitation according to their needs.
With NJ. Mites dominating position at
the head of the ministers the general be-
lief is that he will control in the end. These
allied with the zcmstvoists express the
intention of continuing the agitations. de-
spite the cars note Of warning. They
belize that the dissimilarity of the two
documents will enable them to continue
the fight on the ground that the manifesto
IS IN a conciiiatory spirit and represents
the views OF the emperor and that the
government note. with its covert threat
of repression, is the work OF the bureauc-
iacy. against which their campaign is
aimed. The response of the people sener-
ally and of the extreme liberalists and
revolutionists to The governments atti-
Jude is awaited with intense anxiety.
RIO Class Satisfied as Yet.
No one imagines that amy of these
classes will be satisfied, but on the course
'Ii'N INV tittltil To pursue VIII depend
the question OF q possible crisis in the near
future.
The increase IN the independence and,
scope of the doumas ANA III" zcmstvos, as.
Well us the creation of smaller zemstvo
units. the detinit protection of the Jews,
Armenians and other unorthodoS sects.
and the revision OF the press laws are all
on the line OF the Zemstvos' demands. The
extremists, of course. are not satisfied. and
many of the moderate liberals are disap-
pointed. The government note threatening
drastic measures in the event of Il con-,
tiuation of the violent agitation, which
the government considered necessary i'm
order TO put a stop to The existing fer
men'. is resented deeply by them, and it is,
feared VIII intlame rather than allay the,
present agitation. Harsh measures, it is
understood. will, however. be avoided. and
the government expects that the solid ma,
turc of the reforms offered will gradually
draw to Its support all except the extreme
radicals.
Witte Again in Saddle.
ruby as important as the governments
response to the zemstvoists is the position
in which NJ. Wittc is placed. The old
finance minister becomes the mar of the
hour, confirming the reports that he is
again in high imperial favor.
The committee of ministers. the duties of
which heretofore nave been purely per
functory. is raised to the highest dignity
and institutes for the first time Il species
of ministerial responsibility which is apt
to make the committee of ministers a real
cabinet. In addition to the ministers SIN
grand dukes are members of the commit
tee. AS the imperial manifesto directs the
committee to ascertain the best methods
of carrying the reforms into effect, some
papers, notably the Russ. find in these
words that the committee may call in
Zcinstvo representatives.