The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-26
OPTIMISTIC IN TONE
MEMBERS OF zEMsTv0 CONGRESS
 F0RESEE LIBERTY.
Leaders of Moderate Democrats Declare That if Wftfe Will Meet Then.
 Aalf Way All Will Be

sf. Petersburg, Nov. 25.--The interest ing views of number of leaders of the Zemstvo Congress regarding the pres- ent situation teiegraphed to the As sociated Press from Moscow are gem l orally optimistic In tone as to the fu- ture of Russia, provided Count witte soliowedstae policy outlined in the reso- lutions of thN Congress. Some of them contain suggestions for the formation of a coalition ministry.
 Prince Paul Dolgorovkoff, whose palace at Moscow was the meeting place of this and the previous Zefnstvo com gresses, and one of the most iminent Liberals in Russia, telegraphed: "yf Witte is sincere he will adopt our program, and If he does not hag- gle over the bargain. his position will be greatly strengthened, he will receive support throughout the country and will scatter the agrarian and labor dis orders and rowdyism and perhaps worse. which have been for some time, owing to belatedness of the reforms wrested by the low and not voluntarily given from above.
 An Emancipation Epoch. But in spite of revolution. with its terrors of bloodshed and the accom- panying economic and financial crisis we are passing through an emancipa- ton epoch from which Russia will emerge strengthened and regenerated. The Zemstvo workers. tempered in the long struggle against arbitrary power, must exercise steadying influence both against reaction and license
 Alexander Stakovich, of Orel, anoth- CT of Russia's coming men, takes even a more optimistic view. He wired
 owing to profoundly religious tenn perament of the Russian masses, their peculiar good nature and inborn Slavic gentleness, which naturally produce indifference upon the one hand. and the more peaceful. passive, revolutionary methods of the goth century on the other, believe Russia will astcnlsh the world by the strikingly small number of victims by which she will purchase her emancipation upon thoroughly Democratic lines and find new solutions for national questions. The measure of my optimism depends entirely upon how soon and fully Wttte accepts our program.
 Hair Splitting Out of Plnce.
 Tn the presence of the common dang CT, hair splitting on party doctrines and the war and the personal ambitions of individuals, are out of place in our con- gross. consisting of representatives of all the Moderate parties and men of every shade of opinion, hence my opin- ion that a coalition ministry should be formed with a preponderance Of Moderate Democrats.
 Tt is useless to try to convince Rus sian socialists who astonish the world by their intolerance. We provincials are not politicians. We speak and act straightforwardly and obey only the voice of conscience. intelligence and reason. Tn the congress all the Mod crates must arouse themselves to ac- tivity or else they will be swallowed up by. the extremists"
 Spent Years in Jail.
 M. Karauloff telegraphed as follows:
 ''I have spent twenty-four years in fortresses and prisons for fighting the autocracy.
 "I fear nothing, but know Russia and Russia's people. I implored the con- gress not to support the revolution and universal suffrage which means an- archy. The ignorant masses must be educated and prepared for self-govern- ment in Russia. It will lead to untold horrors and end in a dictatorship"
 M. Struve, editor of a new St. Peters burg paper, Osvobo-Jedhie (Emancipa- tion) telegraphed:
 '"rhe necessity of the hour is a un- ion of the Moderates to make head against the extreme revolutionary ele- ments. The spectre of reaction is not as much to be dreaded as the fear that the people may be carried away by the tide of revolution which can only end in the subjection of Russia by a new man on a white horse, and the advent of new autocracy, whose yoke may be worse than the old one"