Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-13
WAS SIGNED AFTER MIDNIGHT.
He May be Regarded 40 the Leading
Liberal Statesman OF the
Empire
A FUNNY THING ABOUT MURAvlEFF
II Is Said He Declined Because lie Was
Not Allowed Enough Money 10
Cover Ills Expenses

si Petersburg July ~, 1888 y, m,"a
Emperor Nicholas has signed the Op.
poln,ment Of N, Witlc, president of
the committee Of ministers ~ be chief
plonlpolcnlary representing the RUS
alan government IN the l-nco nogo,o.
tions 10 be conducted next month IN
the unItod statos Tho appointment
which MAS signed after midnight,
Clothes NJ, Wittc with plcnary powers
OncNl notification Of the dosIgna.
ton ~ N, Wit,c TO head the mission
WAS forwarded to Washington this
morning ~ Wilio win tako paeugo
ON the North Gomun Lloyd steamer
Kaiser Wlhclm der Crosse, which mls
from chcrboure July &C.
SorsIua Wilto. the Russian plenlpo-
,ontiarN may be- regarded NV the lcud-
ing liberal statesman Of Russlu. For
tho last ~ years he has been one ~
tho strongest personalities IN the Rus.
sian bureaucracy although hls political
fortunes suffered n srt.h0ck when ne
WAS compelled 10 resign the portfolio
N minister Of finance I'm August 1905,
md again whom after being appointed
president of the council uf ministers IN
the mmo month, hs ollico gindunlly
lost ite importance until rumurH NJ mig
intention 10 resign ana go abroad hnd
been pcrsistenlly circulated
Wittc IL about DO years old, ANA mas
steadily worked his way up from the
post on of nm undcrpnid Wlroad clerk
who occasionally acted as porter 10
that Of the leading statesman Of Rus
ria, IN spto ~ the fact thul hiN enc
mics are numerous and include some
NJ the most powerful men lu RUSSIA,
\ man of largo stature, biz limhod ana
muscular, standing over six feet hlglh
Nilio has the reputation Of heluR
harsh 20 his suhordnatcH, but ms nom
caly ana AFFINITY have never bcth
doubted even by his worst onomltN ll'
Wpg created a count M 1901,
NJ Wittc IL thoroughly familiar WIN
the FAR onalern question In nl us
4, wngp ito understands tho Japanese
position and fuly realized before the
war that an aggressive policy holng
pursued under the lead pf Nlcnroy
Aloylen ana ", nozohwaon president
" The Yam Timber company ana me
roicrlo " adNcnnrors' connected win
them would drive Japan 10 take MP the
sword. ~ one time Wtto talked over
the situation with the Marquis Ito,
president Of the Jnpancs priVy council.
and one of the leading statesmen or
japan. Practically II was Whites dis
approval Of Russlns far eastern policy
" and the creation Of "A ylceroyalty IN the
Far east which caused hla downfall as
minister NJ finance,
why MuRAVrFF DECLINED,
Paris, July 49, Tho ST. Petersburg
correspondent Of the Echo Dc Paris
states that tho docllnati0n Of NJ, Nu-
rovIorf TO head the Russian peace mis-
sion was based partly on tho state NJ
his health ana partly ON the fact mat
hs allowance for EXPENSES to cover the
period NJ his sojouu In America was
only $4,000 rouhlcs which amount ho
considered insufficient owing 20 the
great cost Of Twins In tho United
States
NJ, Wllo twice refused to become
the successor of Murayolf on tho mH-
zion on the ground thOt he did not wish
n be- "A mere ngurchoud In the lrnnS'
mission to Emperor Nicholas NJ Tho
pcaco terms offered by Japan nv so.
lection therefore cannot but he taken
~ mean that the emperor has yielded
10 his lnalaince that roal powers plenl-
pOtoniiary be conferred upon Ruas'aN
principal representative on tho peace
mission,
PRESIDENT ~ ADVISED
oyster BAY, N, v, July 49, President
Roosevelt received from the Associated
Press the nrst definite nows Of the
noolInnlion of N, Murayien 10 act ng
The principal plonipotontlOry Of Russia
n the conference ana Of the destination
BY the Russian emperor Of NJ WIlto
~ the leading Russian envoy Oflcol
notification Of NJ, Whites appointment
has not reached the president rom
", Petersburg, although II may come
II any time,
I'noMclnlly the designation Of NJ,
Wilio " regarded nv most propltlouH II
II believed that Ms appointment " AN
Issurlroo that peace IN the fhr east
h noW IN sight