The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-22
"A MUTING
AT GOMEZ
Consressof zsmstvos at Nos.
COW to Support witte
TAKE EIGHT HOUR DAY
Prince DolsorukoIl Declared That
Regime Of Auioaaey and
Bureaucracy Was at End
TAKE EIGHT HOUR DAY

~ fttEilrht Hn, Nov, - - "A
vices rc-iVusi fron Uanri. la the soy
efnincni ~ that name sai that = hat
TALON u r~srFvisIs . Thousand sirohs
has muiinied following = demand fo'
better foed.
Admiral niFllef has eiosrd the al
miraiiy works on the Neta because ths
~oSkmsn acrori-,i themselves an eight
hour day and lrfi lhr shops ai o'cloci
without permission.
count White. II is said. contemplate.
the wholesale prescription ~ woFsmen
who participated IN the r~cent strikes
aud there may h. = recurrence % the
labor crisis. Thr-. thousand men have
been already dismissed from the Raltic
works alone.
There IL al alarming spread Of agra
Ran ouiraEcs which has caused the CT.
tension 81 martial Law 20 the provinces
Of fcnsa and zur~k In addition 10
those In which u had been proclaimed.
The sentiment Of the srmstyo con.
sress ~ Moscow 10 v--ring distinctly
Go the side Of Count wiii.. aud n nov
seems probable that q large majority
Of delegates will favor q resolution TO
come 10 the assistance Of IN. govern.
ment against the forces Of revolution
and dlsorsanirstion. though only 10.
cause such action IL regarded by q
considerable faction 80 the least Of
many evils.
Such leaders NJ N. stchcpkine Of
Moscow. Alexander siakovitch. Nj.
chn.i stakoyiich. Prime. Paul Dolgoru.
kor and Prince volkonsky Of RiaEan.
who are among the most prominent
men Ia Russia and who have the con.
hdsnoe Of those engaged IN the reform
movement. came out boldly AZ the ses.
sion aud laid down NJ a plain truth
that only through cooperation with
the government. good or bad though n
might he. lay the way 10 n happy
realization of the liberties promised by
the imperial manifesto Of Oct. 10.
The presiding officer OF the congress
was Count Mukhanoff. n former mar.
shall Of the nobility Of ChernIgov. who
was dismissed from bis post for adj.
dressing n telegram directly 60 the EN-.
peror.
The speech Of Prince Paul Dolgoru
koff was one Of the best delivered since
the opening 81 the congress
The ministry Of Count White. which
he compared 20 n commission Ia bank.
ruptcy. was far from ideal. hut he
said that II must he supported and sus.
tanned. The prince brought the con.
gress 20 It's feet at the end OF his
speech by declaring that no matter who
might be- AT the head Of the govern.
ment the regime Of autocracy and the
bureaucracy had now been RELOCATED to
the limbo Of ''idlotic phantasles." allud-
ing to the words used by the emperor
In his answer to NJ. Petrunkevitch
when a decade ago AZ the reception Of
the delegations from the zemstvos aft
er the coronation the Liberal from
Tver warned his majesty Of the neces-
sity OF convoking the representatives OF
the people.
Alexander Stakovlch said that Count
Witte was an intelligent and ambitious
man. who would try TO put into prac-
tice the principles Of the manifesto. but
that unless he were properly aided the
premier would fall under the influence
of the court circles and be forced into
the path Of reaction. He advocated the
convocation as quickly as possible OF
dOuma based on universal suffrage and
the dispatch Of deputation of zemst-
voists to st. Petersburg to advise and
confer with Count Witte.