Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-12
Forbidden to Mention Meetings of
Attorneys and Professors,
But They Did,
DEFIED The AUTHORITIES.
Radical Position Taken Has Created
A Great Sensation - Cutlery Against
Eouligan Campaign,

ST. Petersburg, April 12.-The radical
position taken by the Pam Russian con-
gress Of attorneys, which has been
meeting here, In It's denunciation of the
bureaucracy and its demand for con-
stitution and the similar stand taken at
a meeting Of college professors have
created great sensation, All the eff
forts Of the government TO prevent
the meetings. being held by prohibiting
the delegates from assembling I'm pub
lie were unavalling. The newspapers
were then forbidden to mention the
meeting and for dlsobedience In refer
ring to the attorneys meeting this
mornings issue of the Son Of the Fa-
therland was conhscated. The Russ
also boldly defed the authorities by
printing the resolutions adopted by the
professors,
The resolutions adopted by the pro-
feSSors were preceded by a strong pre-
arlbe declaring that the closing Of all
the higher schools was only Insight.
hcant evidence Of the general crisis in
Russia.
Each minute of delay Increases the
anarchy and revolt. The government
should be reformed in accordance with
modern principles representatives OF
the people should have the principal in
nuence and the bureaucracy should be
relegated to a minor role, The reform-
ed government should be absolutely
democratic. The peoples representa-
tlves should make the laws and control
the administration and the budget. All
class privileges, political or religious,
should be obiterated. The principle Of
universal suffrage should be adopted,
which will never be accomplished
through the bureaucracy. Consequent
ly, the abolition OF every restriction on
liberty OF speech,meetings and the press
should precede the conyocation Of the
representatives Of the people"
The whole Of Russia" It was added,
awaits impatiently a complete reform
in the organization of the government.
We believe II to be our duty TO declare
that the country is on the verge OF a
precipice. The poverty-stricken RUS
sian people are driven by the malevo-
lence Of the government into agrarlan
and Industrial revolt The social and
economic questions cannot be solved
! by the bureaucracy Political reform Is
| imperative Each minute Of delay in
crenses the anarchy and revolt
The action Of these influential bodies
served to emphasize the growing out
| cry against the BouligGn campaign
! which is proceeding with it's work
| without any representatives of the PEG
| pie, thus furnishing the Liberals with
| justification for the charge that the ex-
ecuton Of the reforms outlined IN the
| imperial rescript is completely in the
| hands of the bureaucracy against
which all classes Of society are fighting
| The bishop Of Nizhni Novgorod has
| written a letter advising the boycott
OF the Moscow Gazette which, he says
is stirring up war between the ignorant
and the intelligent classes.
The commission which has been deal
! ing with the newspaper censorship un.
der the presidency Of Private Council
or Kobeko has decided TO abolish the
censorship Of special kilograms to daily
| newspapers.