Arizona republican., 1905-12-05
A DICTATOR
 LAST RESORT
For the Saving of Russia
 From Anarchy
The Triumphant People Disposed at This Late Day to Reject Govern. ment 0vertures.

p. m.)-Via Eydtkuhnen, Dec 4.-The city remains quiet, but extreme ten- sion prevails. Armed patrols of cav.s airy and infantry are in the streets, especially in the neighborhood of the telegraph office. The telegraph and postal tieup- remains complete Sol diers and employees of other depart ments are being used to deliver DOT tlons of the vast accumulat ton of mail
 The telegraph operators met yester- days threat to discharge them today unless they returned to work, by re- solving to prosecute the strike until their demands are satisfied. The league of leagues which is issuing de- crees like veritable provisional gov ernment, has openly defied the pre- fect's warning to walking delegates and agitators that any attempts to persuade employees to leave their work would lead to their arrest and fmpo- sition of a fine of S250, by issuing a counter proclamation warning not only the Russian but the Danish operators to work at their peril.
 The authorities profess confidence that the strike will be broken in a few days, but the basis of their op- timism is not stated. The immolation of Interior Minister Durnovo seems to offer a way of retreat for the govern ment. This involves another surren- der before the victorious proletariat.
 Count Witte is now convinced that the emperor by acceding to the de- mand for universal suffrage, may still find common ground on which the government and the moderates and the extreme elements can stand. If this fails to stay the headlong march of events the proclamation Of a ready made constitution might be tried as the last card. Then nothing would remain except the presentation of a dictatorship.
 Competent judges of the situation believe that a dictatorship, while it might restrain the rising flood tenn porarily, would only increase the di- mansions of the cataclysm and when the dam goes, sweep the government and dynasty away to common ruin. In order to convince the zemstvoists ] that the government is honestly trying to meet the wishes or the moderate and substantial clements, Count Witte had invited a deputation of the Mos l cow congress, Nm. Petrunkevichl, Ko- kosfIire and Mouromsteff, and num- Der of other Zemstvoists, among them Prince Troubetskoy, Dmitri Shipoff,
 M. Guchokoff, M. Kuzminkara and M 1 Vieff, to participate in the sessions | of the cabinet on the election law
 which was continued last night and | today. Count Witte appealed to the patriotism of the zemstvoists, saying | it was their duty not to inflame the | situation, but to cooperate in saving
 the country from complete anarchy. A decision was reached to grant | practically a universal, secret and equal suffrage to males twenty-five years of age on the basis of one rep
 resentative for each 25,O00 of the pop
 ulation, but Count Witte refused to yield any suffrage to the country dis
 tricts. where there will be a double
 set of electors. Unless the extremists are willing to accept this solution, the
 support of the moderates will not latter in the present crisis are almost
 negligible quantity.
 Perhaps it is too much to hope that
 the revolutionary leaders, drunk with
 the success achieved, can be induced
 to cease their efforts which are now 1 entirely directed to winning over the
 army. The telegraph operators have
 replied to Count Witte's refusal to | treat with them by an open letter de | claring they will have no negotiations
 with Interior Minister Durnovo and
 must now continue the strike until the abrogation of all government meas
 ures to prevent the organization and activity of the congress, the liberation
 and reinstatement of their allied com
 rades.
 | The mutineers at Moscow will be | tried by court martial.