The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-24
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pes.ersbyrg 4, s !: $50 n odessa,
f'rho 5stadentsriots continued through tho
greateTs part 81 iooi, and eventually tn,
Car, Nicholas III. pointed General
vanhofsky, u liberal, as minister OF In
structton with perrnlssion to grant con.
cessiotls to 8.t he SUDDEN ana 70 reopen ION
II: The '; ycarS ie6s brought still louder DO.
nafid FOR representa- I've government. 80
the first time III the history y the as ~
ton the 1. began to saa1 a,
q IN reyolutionar.y demonst ratton in tho
Novsky Il prospect us in}E st. S petersburg:
March was made ythe studah. \, any
ernment acquainted with the demands OF
| the Peep Az d result OF this demon..
strntion nine ty-nYe students were sexii g.
Ito Siberia ana 500 Or more, sent to th 5,
year many of these were set ct liberty Y
was # assassnatod April IS. 1902, 81 by o
lsstudont ut Klein, who Y afterwards WIS {! :.
hanged sncce ca, = Is 5, py
Won I'lehye the leader RI q th0 reaotlon-
15S'sWorkingtne,, Are Aroused.
n Ma =. ipo2s IA wy,oark !ngrnens 81 tho
cities Of Southern Russia wen Z out on q
| s(rlke, 5f ana sS the situation n became n SO
Threatening that martial lay WIS pro
lcai,ned III five distrl cts. The woriiin Re
linen struck because tn were re fuseu y ne
right to form trade unions. 8s XXI .,.s lit
THE year 1903 brought he Sroac tionary
VIII the be downfall q NJ WittewheI the
control and q aetor,es was vas
sPlehve, the chief agent OF the reactionalry
part S8 ss S8
making themselv yes heard. On MARCH, y g: y
tie Car abolished the system BY which
1.-the peasant comm unities were col ectivcly
held & responsible for the taxes OF their
members, and gave the Eemstyos priority
over tho State. In the collection Of taxes.
agreed later tne co,itrtG,
IA province should be vested In ~ council
presided over BY the Governor Of the
province, and this mad It pretty eylde
that the promised reforms would SIMPLY
ling and centrallzing the control Of tho
The pet tlona.y rights 4 I. & (
the zenstvos were q ftcr wards eriously
curtailed. 3S ~ Us ct 5}3 III
People Becoming I B older.
Tho closing mont OF 1909 brought in
IScreasinG boldness TO the people % Rus
sia their :, MI a q1eo
dem Ions. and ii revol dictionary out i
breaks, reached sproportl ons 8ar1azln -, not
lforly2 to the government t, blu t % the royo-
lutionists thenset yes. In tho last strike Z.
in tho government railway shops in NO;
sven,ter, 1908, as many " as 80, 600 pcop as
sembled iat open air. etngs ad dresHed
5by3revolutionary leaders, shouting ID own
with the autocracy! 's ana cheering n aor
lliberty, In A the presencc. ct armed gen. 9! !
lSdarmes, ana OF the mi AryI; ana CIVIC
fauthortics Of " no DID 5not8da q
l6toS arrest the lead ers or 9 rse ne
meetings for over q. week. II
Revolt Against Bureaucracy
vain on Plehve ought TO stem "A the = 2
rising do 81 the people dem craoy. =
51nent had he come an ava niche, In which
mobiles, peasa nts, Workingmon, farmers,
shopkcerers, and students united Sst g
sweep bureaucracy GU = OF Existence.
sentatives met In secret sessions In III
parts OF the Empire, and q NOV ement
| was set on foot for a determined consti-
ltutIonal struggle between the local rep,
resent atiye assemblies ana the x central
Reaction in Russia, led by Won =! Ple q y
at last was riding to its fall The dis
l,asters to Russian arms on land and sea
| lin the Far Eas & ided to; popular move
|3ment, Won PlehVe was X llled by q bomb
and Prince syiatopo Il Mir1kl vas as ap h
pointed minister Of interior. 3S
a$ Then the Zemstvo g Congress.
Prince syatopollx 8 appolntm as min
lister OF the interior made the ae1nstyo
| congress possible. It assembled at IS st.
| Petersburg on November i, q lDo4, the. first
great body of men represen ting the RUS
sian people tina ever gathered 4 to & voice
1.-the nations gdcEla nds for O l1oro popular
ltform Of government. 5 "a s, III H !.
| ist The Czar's answer to the demands OF
1.-The zemBtvOs} was given IN ukase pub
lished December %, l00a. He PROMISED TO
|refer the following reforms to committees
Itof the grand council of state: SsI
| q First. |} a i lust and equable enforcement
OF existing laws. wi IN q view to securing
1.-The harmon ions admin ration Of al the
courts. 48ft
view to giving the widest y lstitude ana .!
autonomy to the yari Gus. zenls tyos, calling
requIred, and creating small Ter zemstyo
units, ca pablo Of dealing Sd lrectly with
1.-The local needs Of the peasants.
| 8 Third n Equality Of all n Citizens before
tho b law, this touching the much
lEmooted question Of peasant requality " be-
l fore the courts. rs: a.
Fourth. Arran cling n cheme OF work.
lmen's assurance for the Sbcnctlt and par
llticipation of factory workers . hroug b out
Firth To secure citizens n gainst arbi-
| trnry arrest and to accord Immunity from
harsh action OF the police, #,,e Except IN the
| cases OF persons known to 'bs col spring
to comml overt cts against he stability
of the State. d 4 i;aq XXI st3 4 ss