New-York tribune., 1906-08-29
RUSSIA SEEKS REFORM.
rODERATE POLICY TAKEN
Cicfims Of Explosion Bur1ed-Peas-
ant OWtrages Continue.

S. Petersburg. Aug. 2s-In view OF sugyes.
,,rns IN the foreign press regarding the future
,,licy OF the government, founded on runors
current here IL is semi-officiaIly announced that
!, would be a great mistake 10 suppose that
evolutionary terrorism will be met by terrorism
O. the part OF ths government. which always
,via be able 10 distinguish between legal opposi-
,,oz and enemies determined to nuIlify the law.
A propaganda has it's own means Of struggling.
either through the press or by meeting but dis
4rrbances OF order viii be prosecuted sternly.
vhstever ideas are professed The government
sss sufficient means. the statement adds. Of sup
rressing illegal acts. but suppression Is not the
rrly airl. the first problem being the prepara-
si0a Of bills 20 be presented in parliament for
ne settlement Of pressing questions in a legal
manner. The statement concludes as follows:
Re-olutionists may try TO destroy tho work Of
he government but finally they must fall as
fhe government cannot refrain from the fulfil
ment Of reforms simply because one statesman
an another may be replaced.
The Monarchical party at Moscow. in an ad-
dress to the Emperor, openly appeals for die
faforship which viii put an end to the de-
noraliZation IN the army" and also urges the
restoration Of unlimited autocracy Should the
Emperor insist on retaining the parliament the
monarchists promise loyal participation in the
elections on condition Of change in the election
Srorn suffrage.
The Black Hundreds are conducting an sgita-
iioa against the Intelligenca and Jews
In spite Of the threats Of the revolutionists
the transfer of the body OF General Min from
Peterhof 10 st. Petersburg for burial in the
rsgimental chapel OF the seminovsky Regiment
vas made to-day without incident The body
arrived here late this afternoon. its departure
from Peferhof having been preceded by another
religious service at Peterhof. at which the En-
peror. Empress and Grand Duke Nicholas we're
present. The coffin was escorted TO the bar
racks here by the regiment and by deputations
from other guard regiments. The Empress
DoEager came in from Gatchina and met the
feaeTal train on its arrival at the imperial sta
fion.
The funerals OF victims Of the bomb explosion
Of Saturday last at the residence Of Premier
stolypin were held to-day under military escort.
n. stolypin has received from the governments
o. the United States and all the European pow
ers expressions Of sympathy and congratulations
o. his escape Even the Emperor Of Japan has
telegraphed his sincere JOY that n. stolypin was
not harmed by the explosion.
The police to-day attempted to arrest NJ.
Dietz. a member OF the former parliament, IN
village near Saratod. An alarm was sounded
or the church bells and a crowd gathered. which
became so threatening in its attitude that the
police agreed instead Of taking NJ Dietz TO
prison TO consider it domicilary arrest.
Agrarian disorders have begun in districts
adjacent 10 Brest-Litovsk- There have been
much barn burning and pillaging Of estates.
4 congress OF landed propretors who have
suffered by the agrarian disorders has been
summoned TO assemble AT Tamboff. At pre-
liminary meeting il was resolved to press de-
msnds for financial compensation by the gov
eminent
on account Of the strike of farmhands near
Kief. The convicts IN the local prisons have been
SCI TO work in the fields
Many manor houses in the province of Khar-
koT have been set on fire by the peasants
Two police sergeants and rural guard were
shot and killed at Usovka to-day by revolu-
fionists armed with revclvers
Police and troops to-day surrounded a lodg-
ing house on Stolivia street Riga where bombs
had been discovered. The revolutionists inside
free with rifles from the windows and also
threw a bomb. whereupon the troops riddled the
house with bullets. killing wounding ali the
inmates. Two men and a woman were killed
AT another place in the suburbs a Lettish stu
dent was killed and several were wounded
while resisting arrest.
Seventeen cocoanut oil barrels which were
auctioned off to-day at Riga by the customs
authorities were found 10 contain five hundred
thousand copies az proclamations printed in
various languages.
Terrorist crimes against persons refusing TO
affiliate with the revolutionists increase at
Iabau. Periodic lists are published in the Let
tish secret press Of those under the ban, whether
Ihey are 10 be killed or their property is to be
destroyed