The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
OF A NEy CABINET Shift the Ministry is
 Expected. 'SHIPoFF CALLED TO PETERHoF Hitherto He Has Declined to Accept
 the Premiership. Despite Attitude of Lower House of Parliament, the Present Gov- ernmcnt is Going Ahead
 With its AErarian
 Program.

St. Petersburg, May 2s--Rumors of a shift in the ministry are everywhere current tonight It is consistently re- ported here that at Moscow former Ff- nance Minister Shipoff has received an urgent summons to Peterhof to confer with Emperor Nicholas, presumably with regard to the formation of a new cabinet although he has frequently ex- pressed his unwillingness to take over the premiership.
 A dispatch from Moscow to the Asso- ciated Press reports that M Shipoff left that city late today for St. Petersburg but that it was impossible to ascertain whether his ct tming is or is not in re- sponse to imperial command. It is pos sible that M. Shipoff's only errand is to attend the session of the Council of the Empire tomorrow; but the present situation is so plainly impossible that shift is not at all improbable. It Is also rumored that Prince Uru- soff has been summoned to an audience lof the Emperor. In the meanwhile the present ministry, among whom there Is no Daniel to read the handwriting on the wall, in teh attitude of the lower House of Parliament is calmly going ahead with it's agrarian program, which 1t hopes to submit to the House WtttllH d lOi bHiBHIs anu COnlEdIy AO CA~ pectation,, to provide for the distribu- tions of millions of acres of crown lands In European Russia.
 Seems Labor Lost.
 All this seems to eb labor lost as in the presen temper of Parliament. which has teken the bit in Its teeth, no proposition from the government. how ever liberal, as was shown by its re- ception today of the speech of Minis ter of Justice Chtcheglovitoff. Is apt to receive tho slightest considerations.
 The Governments policy which the Associated Press is authorized to an- nounce is founded on the expectation that enough land can be obtained by the division of the crown lands the clearing of portion of the Imperial forests and the voluntary sale of pri vate estates to meet the land-hunger of the peasants without the necessity of forced appropriation. Outlining these plans, Minister of Agriculture SEtichinsky said this evening that the Government already had at its disposal 25.00,00O acres. composed of 10.000,0o0 acres of crown public lands, situated largely in the olga region; 6,250.o00 acressof clearable forests and s,75o,ooO acres of private estates, the owners of which have announced their readiness to sell.
 without doubt the thousands of other land owners will be only too anxious to dispose of their holdings at reas- enable prices. These lands will be sold to peasants on time through the peasants bank. the payments not conf mencing for several years
 The program in addition to coloni- zation of Siberia under Central Asia contemplates the improvement of the agricultural methods oof the peasantry which are primitive and unproductive in the extreme and. for bringing the peasants. whose gregariousness leads to their gathering in villages and even in towns of a population as high as 30,0OO nearer to their lands.