New-York tribune., 1905-11-23
WILL WORK WITH WITTE.
9FNSTVO NE4R DECISION.
Pseolations Indorssng GoUernment
Cheered an Congress.

MOSCOW. Nov. pa resolution outlining the
.-onosed programme of the zemstvoists, favor
- the support of the government in its efforts
:, establish the liberties promised by the inpe-
-, manifesto Of October 80. but asking for the
...,storrnation of the first douma into con-
..r-,ent assembly, to be elected the basis Of
.,,act and universal suffrage, which was intro
- nv the executive committee in the zemstvo
congress to-day. was the subject of prolonged
sac The resolution referred back to
-. committee for the incorporation Of any
.s;scations made necessary by the criticisms
:, u and it will be voted on tomorrow
The leaders Of the "Octobrists." the party
ling q stand on the manifesto is called and
80 Noderates concentrated their attack on
- section Of the resolution calling for a Con-
..,,ysnt Assembly, for which NJ. Guchkoff, Count
zJovdeD. Prince Eugene Troubetskoy, Professor
yovaIevsly and others declared that Russia was
,ot ready; but It is believed that any modifca-
.,on If made will be in the direction of strength
sning the conditions which have been laid down
sor governmental acceptance.
The section calling for thorough and severe
,,vestigation Of and the placing of the response
bu,tv for the recent disorders met with general
.,,royal. though II. Guchkoff demanded in
vsstgation not only of the police. but also Of the
.Reds" The resolutions which were greeted
with loud cheers, follow:
Considering that the imperial manifesto salts
sae all the demands voiced since the Zemstvo
congress Of a year ago, and that the liberties
eceor6ed in the manifesto Indispensable to
the tranquillization of the country, the congress
declares itself in complete -'Ildarlty with this
constitutional basis. The responsibility for the
realization Of the programme rests upon the
cabinet The congress is convinced that the
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rnsiority Of the ZeTlStVos and municipalities. SO
ione as il follows the path for the accomplish
rnent OF the liberties promised by the manifesto.
but every deviation will encounter decisive
The congress believes that the sole means of
guaranteeing the authority of the government,
fhe pacifcation of the country and the support
Of the peoples representatives are the immediate
pronulgation Of universal suffrage in elections
10 the Douma. the transformation of the first
DOums into constituent assembly for the elab-
Grafton with the appreciation of the Emperor OF
a constitution for the Russian Empire and the
organization OF territorial reform.
But measures for the realization of the liber-
ties granted by the manifesto are regarded as
Immediately imperative. It must, moreover, de-
volve on the Douma to establish a fundamental
basis for land reformation and to decide any
momentous question in the domain of labor leg
islation
The resolution ends by enumerating various
measures which II says must be carried out be-
fore the Douma meets. These include investiga-
tons into the recent occurrences in various parts
Of the country, the trial of local officials and po-
lice who became cuipably involved inthe disord-
ers the maintenance of public security the proc
lamaton Of full amnesty for political and reli-
gious offences uD to the date of the imperial
manifesto, and the abolition of capital punish
ment
II. GuchkoT and Count Hayden opposed not
only the demand for Constituent Assembly. but
also that for direct elections, for which they
said Russia was not sufficiently developed cult
urally
Il Guchkof. who is regarded Count Whites
spokesman defended martial law. saying that
extraordinary measures were necessary in ex-
trene cases He was continually interrupted by
cries OF Enough from the Socialists in the
audience and the extremist delegates.
Prince Troubetskoy rebuked the disturbers
he said he was opposed to martial law. especially
in Poland but the delegates ought to give a
respectful hearing to all opinions especially If
they were unpopular.
The decision. practically, OF the congress is
to cooperate with the government of Count
Witte and II is extremely dstasteful to the
Social Democrats. the party organization OF
which sent letter TO the congress saying the
delegates had sold themselves TO the govern
ment but that the Socialists would show them
to the people as traitors and would continue to
prosecute their campaign for a democratic re-
public
The Socialists also created scene in the con-
gress Of peasants. which opened here to-day. and
TO which they demanded admittance with the
right 10 vote. The congress refused to grant the
right to vote. whereupon the Socialists left the
room after declaring that the peasants did not
know who were their best friends
The central cororni-fe0 of tho
cratic party has called a convention, to be held
in St Petersburg, December %.
In the Zeustvo congress the legal committee
introduced a project for the making of the neces-
sary legal changes to bring about the right Of
habeas corpus