The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-07-27
.STOLYP|N'S VIEWS
Russla's New Premier Talks
About Conditions In His
Country.
WILL TAKE A FIRM STAND
Strong Handed Reform Declared to Be
Only Course Open to Emperor and
His Advisers-Relies on Army's De-
votion, vouched For by Grand Duke
and Other High Officers.

HIS AdvIsers-Reties on Army's De-
votion, vouched For by Grand Duke
and Other High Officers.
st. Petersburg, July 27.- "Three
courses are open to the czar and his
advisers at the present moment" de-
clared Premier Stolypin in formal
statement First, reaction; second,
impassiyity regarding the threatened
revolution; third, strong handed reform.
TT Is the last mentioned course which
the czar has resolved to take and upon
which we have entered.
"A policy of reaction Is the furthest
removed from his majestys wishes, but
the reyolutionists must be thwarted be-
fore there can be any possibility of de-
Gliding on definite basis for a stable
future.
"a policy of benign inactivity could
not solve the stupendous problems fac
ing Russia What is needed is a well
considered policy with the intention
and will to carry it out. The worst
resource is dallying with all parties and
all policies.
Sympathy With Workmen.
There are two distinct movements
in Russia. The first is social and in
cludes the labor and peasant problems.
The second is political. The former
has all our sympathy and will be the
object of our most attentive study.
The second will be dealt with as cir
cumstances dictate.
''The Instructions just issued to gov
ernors are in sense my estimate of
the situation
Il believe strength is required, not
reaction; humanity, not cruelty; good
sense, not hysterical promises.
''I have no doubt about the future.
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch
and all the other commanding officers
vouch for the devotion of an over
whelming proportion of the troops.
Force is required In all countries to
suppress a revolution, but repeat, and
cannot repeat too strongly, that reac-
ton has no place in our policy and that
all the reforms consistent with the
highest spirit oes liberalism will be cer-
ried out when the ground is prepared.
Repression Necessary.
Arrests, expulsions and other meas
ures TO maintain order are indispens-
able under the present circumstances
They doubtless will cause an outcry,
but during popular misrule by intimida-
tion and menace 1t would be impossible
10 witt no
the regular courts. The newspapers
suppressed were purely and simply rev.
oIutionary organs whose appearance
would not be countenanced in any
country in the world.
II have perfect faith In the patriot
ism and civic sense of the masses. I
believe the czar's appeal to them, back
ed by constant evidences of good faith
and honest endeavor on the part of his
majesty's representatives, will result
in extinguishing, or at least effectively
repressing, the anarchistic forces.
Douma a Dying Body.
-"There has been no coup d'etat.
Nothing has been done not in accord
with constitutional methods The czar
was empowered by the fundamental
law to dissolve the douma, and there
was no other course open to his majes-
ty. The douma, as whole, was a dy-
ing body, and the most merciful treat
ment was to promptly dispatch 1t, ter
minating its improbable existence
His majesty expected the best from
the douma. Until almost the last he
hoped it would work In harmony with
the government to regenerate Russia.
He dissolved it with the utmost reluc-
tance and only when 1t was seen that
nothing useful could be expected from
It,
'The douma as whole did not repre-
sent the country. 1t included far too
many professional and amateur agita-
tors who had nothing at stake In their
own constituencies or in the country
a. large.
The Viborg (douma) manifesto is an
opera bouffe production unworthy of
criticism. 1t is nonsensical to suppose
that the government was afraid to ar
rest those who signed it. To have
done so would have made martyrs of
them in the eyes of the undiscerning
and gratified their petty vanity. No
steps will be taken against the douma
members unless they attempt to agi-
tate In their own constituencies or else
where in Russia. If they do they will
be promptly arrested.
Will Consider Land Question.
"The interests of the peasants lie
near the czar's heart His majesty and
those closest to him admit that many
of the claims are just, and nothing
will be left undone to solve the present
problem in a spirit of sympathy, gen.
erosity and equity When the cabinet
is complete we will come forward with
an exhaustive programme covering the
land question and other subjects de-
manding immediate attention"
The police are becoming more active
in breaking up meetings In the cap
ital. They invaded conference of st.
Petersburg aldermen in private house
and placed all present under arrest for
five hours while the house was search
ed and papers were examined
Fifteen hundred soldiers and sailors
of the garrison at Helslngfors, Fin
land, took an oath Tuesday night to
fight ON the side of the people.