New-York tribune., 1906-07-07
reEpOFF STILL HOPES.
- gVORS NEW MINISTRY.
7e,ps Blamed for Uprisings gs-Army
Nutinies Exaggerated.

r,..ersbiFg July General Trepoff COM
sssnt of The imperial palace. gave an inter
- =. Peterhof this afternoon regarding the
VI so, m Russia. The train on which the cor
-,ndent went TO Peterhof was. .full OF troops
- re little town swarmed with soldiers. Cen
-, 1rranoffs hofrse was guarded by armed po-
a. a necessary precaution, inasmuch as the
ra,ol is the man most hated by the revolutions
- gbo make no secret of their intention OF as
-.ssinating him at the FIRST opportunity
raIking Of the general conditions. General
r,srof deplored the lack Of energy displayed in
.osinp the revolutionary movement 1t was
ossv 20 deduce from his remarks that he con-
sssered that Premier Goremykin's place was on
80 ministerial bench in the lower house Of par
,,.,,sn, and that he should be there daily, ever
-..cbr,l and ever ready to reply to his political
,,nonenis The general referred in cOmplI-
-osntarv terms TO the Premier's intelligence and
good intentions qualities, however, not so much
..oae5 as initiative, perception and prompt rec
o.ntion Of the Inevitable. He also expressed his
-sSnect for the courage Of the Minister Of the
T,terfor, n StoIypn, saying, You yourself have
soen how he has faced the storm in parliament
hut seemed to regard him as out OF touch with
the present political trend. General TrepoR
gave The impression that he recognized the
necessity and advisabiiity OF the resignation of
the Aab1Icl tttAAlDAEst tiS HtAAN dS IdE as 4iC
kpew. n Goremykn and his colleagues had no
Immediate intention of resigning.
Discussing parliament General Trepoff said
that at present it was simply being used as
Evolutionary centre, adding:
Look at the immunity allowed NJ Aladin and
persons OF his stamp. Practically free hand is
given TO tAe labor group by the other parties
for tactical purposes, forcing the hand of the
governInent by eZaggera ting the strength of the
extreme revolutionary element, bat should the
Eno5erates come into power, they would, in my
opnion. overthrow the extremists, who would
then take their proper place in the political per-
spectiYe. The prevalent tone Of parliament is
destructive but [ dare believe il will become
constructive or at least l hope so Ii seems TO
ne the best solution is a ministry from, the
Centre party as being the strongest party. I ad-
nit that the appointment of such a ministry
would be a great risk, hut the risk would be
justified by the urgency OF pacifying the coun-
n. Everything reasonable should lie done 10
restore order and bring about stability by pacific
means. II all these exhausted then some
other measures may have to be devised.
General Trepoff pointed out that only political
interests, and material interests were rep
resented in the present parliament, ana that it
was the unanimous aim OF the Douna TO remove
the existing system OF government General
TTepoff hoped that ultimately a more sober
spirit would prevail in parliament, and that the
various interests Of the country would have due
representation. The revolutionists, he said must
Dt oppuScA By SOHilo common sense ana, 2DOVe
al, with energy. He continued:
The great power Of the revoIutionists lies in
their control of the press Political passions
are such that the most prudent men have lost
their heads and are raving like lunatcs over
Utopian schemes, which can only result in
blood and fame. / cannon deny that the reyo-
lEtionists have won over nearly all the men Of
talent. Even If moderate journals should be
founded their promoters would find no collab-
orators. Furthermore you know that the larger
number Of the papers of st. Petersburg arc in
the hands OF Jews, and that most OF the mem
beTs Of the staff are Jews, while the reporters
generally are revolutionary agitators. Then see
. what extent the Jews are represented In par
lament and say what viii prevent an upheaval,
Principally the work of Jews through their
eunnlng provocation Of Christians and sklfully
contr1Yed posing as innocent victims of a blood
talrsty tyrant indorse every word of the
erclai report regarding Bialystok. When
ET1nee Uruson spoke the other day in parlia-
meih regarding organized incitement TO pog-
Eoyls al headquarters, he lied: that is ALL His
caumnies are the outcome of disappointed am
9uon. When he came to make concrete
charges ne could only cite two cases of officials
s1ent had repOsed in them.
Il must not be forgotten that officials in the
provinces nave been driven TO a state of des-
petauon by frequent murders and other crimes,
o whose instigators they were perfectly aware.
Nan one wonder what reprisals should some
times be made2 To talk of granting complete
amnesty now, when the papers are full OF lists
OF murdered officials and when no one in author
ny is safe from the bomb, the knife and the
Regarding the death penalty, out OF which
much political capital is being made, / person
ally do not attach much Importance 10 It, Il
could in my opinion, be quickly and easily dis
posed Of
Turning TO the question of disaffection in the
army General Trepof expressed positively his
conviction that the overwhelming majority OF the
troops were implicitly loyal and never would
turn against their sovereign. He asserted that
rhe revolutionary movement in the army was far
less widespread than had been alleged. Any
olsahection that existed was mainly occasioned
by officers who were not close enough in their
relations TO the men Proof Of this. the general
said. was TO be found in the fact that there had
not been a single case of mutinous conduct II
The cavalry arm. in which the officers were in
closer touch with the men than in the other
branches Of the service. The affair Of the Preo-
DFaJensky Regiment had attracted much attention
because that was the crack guard regiment. and
battalion Of this regiment was degraded be-
cause the least smrch on the regiment could not
De tolerated. II was not IN reality serious
aIair, and when the men were called on to de-
nounce the agitators they did so without hesita-
ton.