Evening star., 1905-11-05
CONFIDENCE IN W|TTE
Newspapers Express Appre-
citation Of His Task.
STARTING NEW REGIME
DOUBT HIS SUCCESS, BUT BELIEVE
HIM SINCERE.
Work So Far Commended as Showing
His Great Ability and Deter
mination for Reforms

p.m.-By way of Berlin.-Without exception
the newspapers express their appreciation
of the enormous task Count Witte has as
sumed. and, while some of them doubt his
success in view of the obstacles he will
encounter, both from below and above
there is attempt to question the sin
cerity of his purpose nor his great ability;
and the promptness with which he pro-
claimed the freedom of the press and
amnesty and the retirement of M Pobedo-
nostzff, chief procurator of the holy synod.
NJ. Glazoff minister of educa ton, and Gov
Gen. kliegels of the government of Kieff,
is applauded evidence of the kind of
stuff he is made Of
The Russ says
The first appointment, that of Prince
Alexis Obelensky as chief procurator of
the holy synod is splendid one. The days
of Pobedonostzff and Torquemada are
ended"
The Novosti, speaking of the passage of
PobedonostZff, says:
Twenty-Five years a champion of op-
preston, ignorance and poverty, he fa-
vored government founded violence
and intolerance and brought Russia 20
beggary and starvation and the disgrace of
the battle of the Sea of Japan and the
bloody horror of later days"
Cry for Trepoff's Removal.
The Russ heads the cry for Gen. Trepoff's
removal, declaring that "he was the incar-
nation of a regime of bayonets, bullets and
Cossacks whips which everywhere has failed
and the people never will be satisfied as
long as the control of the troops remains
in his hands.
Impossible to Remove Troops
To a deputation which waited on him to-
day Count Wttte said it was impossible to
remove the troops from the cities until
der was restored and asked the deputa-
ton to have confidence in the intentions
of himself and the government.
One of the newspapers. after a careful
investigation, gives the number of victims
in st. Petersburg during the disorders as
six killed and thirty-one wounded.
There is now a probability that Count
Witte will take the portfolio of minister of
finance.
NJ Bouligan's resignation has been ac-
cepted. and NJ. Witte has offered the
portfolio of minister of the interior to
Prince Urusoff. former governor of TVr. NJ.
Shipoff, former president of the Moscow
Zemstvo will succeed Charles Won Schwane-
bach as minister of agriculture. M. Rukh-
loft chief assistant in the department of
mercantile marine, will probably become
head of the new department of trade and
commerce into which Grand Duke Alexan-
der Michaelovitch's department will be
merged. Gen. Kossitch, commander-in-
chief in the government of Kazan, probably
will replace Lieut.. Gen. Rudiger as minister
of war.
Getting His Hands on the Helm.
Count Witte is getting his hands on the
helm and the Russian ship of state is be-
ginning to right itself. Gradually the dis
order that followed the PRONUNCIATION OF
the constitution giving the people liberty is
being put down. The premier has met the
immense difficulties confronting him and
the pressure of the demands of the diff
ferent classes of society with the energy
and sincerity that are more and more Civ
ing him the support of the moderate lib
erals who have been frightened by the car
niyal of disorder into which the country has
been plunged. and the inordinate demands
of the proletariat under the leadership of
the reds and social democrats.
Freedom OF the press and general am
nesty, except for crime, have followed each
other but Count Witte has steadily refused
to yield to the demand for the organiza ton
of a national guard on the ground that 1t
would be equivalent to arming the social
democrats to fight and destroy the whole
government between midnight and morn
Ing. Count Witte today solved the railroad
strike at a conference with the strike lead
ers at which he did not hesitate to make
practical surrender Of the governments
reasonable demands.
Bases Of Strike Settlement.
The bases of settlement are comprised In
the following telegram sent to the strike
committees throughout the empire:
First-The remuneration OF all railroad
employees Is increased and the budget of
1906 will be revised to provide therefor.
sscond--The creation Of commission. on