New-York tribune., 1905-11-11
GkEATMASSACRE PLANNED
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are apt to prove almost dangerous now as
they did when the peasantry arose to support
Pugatchef. who claiming to be Peter III, called
the people to overthrow Catherine IL me
clergy throughout the country, under instruc-
tons from the Holy Synod. are doing all IN
their power to counteract the effect of such per-
nicious reports by explaining 10 the people In
the churches the real meaning of the reforms
COUNT WHITES CABINET
Count Whites Cabinet may be regarded
as constituted, as Count Lams6orf, Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, and M Manukhin, Minister of
justice. viii retain their posts leaving only lhe
posts OF Minister of the Interior and Minister OF
Education to be filled Dnlitri Shipof, of MOS
COW, who president of the first Zemstvo
Congress has definitely declined to accept any
position in the Cabinet.
Count Witte's ministry, as thus far announced
is a practical acknowledgment that he has
abandoned hope of securing the active co-opera-
ton of the Constitutional Democrats Or other
parties of the Centre. Four of the Ministers
chosen Qvan Shipoff. Finance Minister; NJ
Kutler. Minister of Agriculture; NJ. Timriazeff
Minister of Commerce. and M Filossofoff, Con-
troller of the EmpireJ assistants of Count
Witte when he Minister of Finance. The
only Minister who is not bureaucrat is M
Nemechaieff, manager of the southwestern
Railroad who succeeds Prince Kilkoff Min
lister of Communications.
The Constitutional Democrats consider that
they have great victory in preventing
any leaders of the Constitutional group from ac-
cepting office, saying that Count Whites min
istry is thus stamped purely temporary, what
the French call Cabinet d 'Affaires, which must
give way Immediately on the conVening of the
National Assembly to a Cabinet in full sym
pathy with the Parliamentary majority. me
Count is greatly disappointed at the refusal OF
the Constitutonalists to support him, as it
IN fi-h1 IN two
dictionaries his right and the Social Demo
Gratis and Revoutionaries clamoring for re-
public on his left.
An imperial ukase has been issued designed
to protect the rights of holders of bills who are
unable to present them for protest the day they
due on account of the interruption OF COM
munication caused by the railroad strike. I'm
der the ukase. bills of exchange maturing subse-
quently to October 20 can be protested after the
dates on which they due, such bills retaining
their full legal force and carrying interest from
the day of maturity.
Rear Admiral NebOgatof who has arrived
here from Japan, is posing as a martyr, oecIar,
Ing that he deliberately sacrificed his name and
honor by surrendering at the Battle OF the sea
of japan in order to save the lives OF the TWO
thousand sailors of his division. The admirafs S
son has been forced by the derision of his com
panions at the naval academy TO leave that III
stitution.
MOAT SAVES TREASURY.
During the rioting at Cronstadt the govern
ment treasury there, which was surrounded by
from the mob of mutineers and rowd1es by the
removal of the bridges. Ethelbert Watts, the
American consul general here, received the fol-
lowing dispatch last night from Consular Agent
Peter Wigius, at Cronstadt:
Sailors aided by mob. commenced rfoting
here and several houses were set on fire ana
shops were robbed. The situation remains
critical
Practically all the powers have now accepted
the invitation of Emperor Nicholas to be rep
resented at the second peace conference, ana
the programme which Russia will submit for the
consideration of the delegates at The Hague is
being elaborated at the Foreign Office. The
date of the conference has been tentatively fixed
for May next.
NJ Pokotiloff the Russian Minister at Peking,
has been charged by his government to conduct
the negotiations with China arising from the
peace treaty signed at Portsmouth. The -ques-
tions cover the future of Manchurla, RUSSIAN
leases of the railroad and all matters to Whlch
the assent of China is required by the treaty
The impression here is that Baron kOmura. VINO
is now at Peking in charge of the japanese side
of the negotiations, will seek to sell the railroad
below Kuan-Cheng- -Tsu, except the Lao-Tung
branch to China.
Russia has not yet agreed to Japan's PROPOSE
ton to raise the Toxic legation to the rank of an
embassy.