The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
! sergius Is Supreme.

fsible for. the elimination from the i'm:
sperial manifesto Of Minister Sviatopolk.
:MirskYsS plan for an elected zeI1istvoist
council of the empire.
/ Against Sergius' influence tho minis
ters at present are apparently power;
less. .Sergius reigns in the little pal.
ace inside the strong ramparts of the
Kremlin fortress in Moscow, from
whence he dispatches daily courier
to Tsarskoe-Selo.
=, Leading Editors Views.
M. Suvorin, editor and proprietor Of
the Novoe Vremya, the most induen-
tial semi-offcial journal in Russia,
is the most surprising and significant
feature Of the Russian revolt, and who
still retains the conf dence of the czar g
ministers, has given out the following
signed statement, containing the first
definite outlines of the scheme of pacif-
cation which the czar intends to grant:
There are In the country all the elements
of revolution, and yet, probably, none
will break out. I assure you, with the
full consciousness Of the gravity Of the
statement, that all classes-prince, bank
er, street cleaner and peasant-are seeth-
ing with discomfort. even have -infor-
nation from high Russian officials, whom
I cannot name, that it is their absolute
conviction that Russian interests demand
immediate reform. AS yet we are q peo-
pie radically split in races and languages,
and more especially in intelligence.
No Parallel in France.
Regarding affairs in different sections
Of the empire I do not know much about
the Russian government; there is in fact,
no government; we have seen the army
and have seen peoples blood shed, but
have seen no government. There appears
to be merely brute power against the peo-
pie, who believe are unlike the people OF
France and have, no idea what revolution
means. The masses are mere babies, in
capable Of consecutive thought or con-
centrated action, and fundamentally: re-
coiling from violence. ... .&
Then we have the superior classes, ter
rihed at the idea of stirring up, by some
overt act or demand, an explosion among
the maddened millions, who are capable
of shattering the empire to it's very foun.
dations, leaving the political condition
even worse than at present. Perhaps the
classes are right, and wrong.
Gear Must Give In.
Yesterday told Prince Mirsky in this
very room that the czar must acquiesce
perhaps not at once In a constitution, but
in clean sweep of the bureaucracy
which is overriding the laws, regulating
the freedom Of the press and religion and
preventing a close rapprochement between
the car and his people. proposed that
what society needs and demands most IL
direct representation Of every class in q
consultative body composed Of say 100, tt
be elected from among the mobiles, clergy
merchants and peasants, which would be
privileged to give free expression con-
corning every detail Of the government II
peace and war, the car retaining the
power Of absolute veto. Thus we would
create the germ Of a future constitution
by the organization Of this states gen.
eral zemsky, which may be established
next autumn, when the war will probably
be over, with honorable peace. But the
car cannot be expected just now to pro-
claim such a plan, or even initiate the
preliminaries. Prince Mirsky's; reply tt
this plan must for the present remain {
secret. but, personally speaking, be.
lieve the car will accede to Prince Mir
sky's demand
Much naturally depends on the car
and the car is an unknown quantity; moi
even his encourage fathoms him.
Gear an Absolute Mystery.
NosoutsIder nor even his prime minis
ter knows the composition Of his entour,
age or the quality Of the springs actu
ating him. Grand Duke Sergius is re
ported to be mighty, but nobody knows; 7.
believe the car meant his kindly ayowet
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