New-York tribune., 1906-08-12
THE AUTOCRATS ACTIVE
Preparation for Elections-Many
Mutineers To BE Tried.

St Petersburg, Aug 11.-Another indication
of the determination OF the administration TO
take a vigorous part in the electoral campaign
is furnished by an order of the Minister of In
terror 10 the police throughout the empire TO
make reports as speedily possible on all the
political parties in their dstricts-thelr strength.
| organiza tion. membership. activity and press
organs
Count Heyden to-day publishes a letter say
ing that he and his friends insisted on having
at least five places in the Cabinet in order TO
have q preponderance but they were Obliged to
refuse the two places finally offered. this
would have made them negligible quantity.
The revelations made in open letters by the
count Prince Lvoff and NJ Sh'poH regarding
the cause of the failure of the negotiations place
Premier Stolypin in a rather bad light. The
letters show that the government utterly re-
fused to yield anything in the matter Of princi-
pie. and tried to give the Cabinet only an APP
pearance of liberalty by taking in two public
men.
A manifesto signed by Count Heyden. Prince
Nicholas LvoR and Michael Stakovitch. issued
on behalf Of the party of pacific regeneration
says:
The members of the former parliament who
have held aloof from the aims of the party of
popular freedom have decided 10 unite on the
basis of a common programme their main OBJ
ject being the creation Of a constitutional mon
archial state
The regeneration of Russia is dependent upon
a strong monarchcal power popular representa-
ton and freedom based on the rights and equal
ity Of all before the law. All nationalties must
enjoy equal political rights and citizenship OF
the highest power and must form strong con-
stitutional government which, without arbtrari-
ness but unswervngly destroying the old order
of things, must carry into effect the liberties
proclaimed by the Emperor's manifesto of Oc-
tober 80 1905.
Regarding the agrarian question, this party
considers it necessary and will not hesitate to
demand the compulsory appropriation of an
amount of private property necessary 20 create
permanent peasant holdings.
This parliamentary group styles itself the
party Of regeneration II is the enemy Of vio-
lence and arbitrariness wheresoever they may
emanate Only through the law can the peo-
pies needs be satisfied
None of the liberal papers have yet been al
lowed to resume publication. The censorship
continues to forbid the publication of all for
eign criticisms of the governments course.
A recrudescence OF peasant troubles on
small scale is reported from Vladimir and KOS
trOma provinces.
All the important political captives are being
again sent to the Fortress of St. Feter and ST
Paul the use of which as political prison was
discontinued after the amnesty ldSI Adll'
The military and naval prosecutors have de-
cided 10 try by court martial no fewer than TWO
thousand sailors and soldiers who took part in
the Cronstadt and Sveaborg mltinies. The En-
peror has decided to appoint two extraordinary
commissions headed respectively by Generals
Vodar and Guncheroff and Admirals Mollas and
Makaroff TO investigate the causes Of the out
breaks and fix the responsibility. General Rudi-
ger, Minister of War. and Admiral Birilef. Min
lister of Marine. are said to be arriving at the
same conclusion Admiral Skrydioff. the COM
mander of the Black Sea fleet that the officers
are more to blame than the men. The commits
sons will inquire into the general conditions
prevailing in tbs navy and army. and the result
may be a wholesale cashiering and retirement of
commissioned officers.
A proposal to grant indefinite leave of abb !
sence TO the reserves on the Baltic station is be-
ing seriously considered
The university professors Of st. Petersburg
and instructors in other educational establish
ments to-day adopted resolution in favor Of
the unrestricted admission of Jews.
According to the "Bourse Gazette the naval |
construction programme of the Ministry OF
Marine includes ironclads of 20,090 tons. capa-
BILE of steamng 81 knots. TO be constructed in
Russian yards.
Captain Kock. former commander of the Red /
Guard of Finland, who recently captured
near Helsingfors, was to-day brought to St
Petersburg and sent 20 the Fortress of ST. Peter /
and St. Paul.
Owing to the prospect Of a period OF calm. the |
diplomats here have arranged to take vacations !
Herr Won schoen the German Ambassador left
St. Petersburg to-day, and NJ Bompard. the
Ambassador of France will leave the capital on
Monday.