The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03
NEW RUSSIAN CABINET.
All the Ministers Have Presented Res
ignations to the Car.

St Petersburg May 3.=The imme-
date organization of the new cabinet
is now anticipated. All the ministers
are understood to have placed their
designations in the emperor's hands
Besides NJ. Goremykin as premier, the
slate is said to include NJ. Stolypin,
Governor SaratoT for minister of in
terror, NJ. Kokovoson for minister of
finance; Prince Galitzin. professor of
physics at the Academy of Sciences,
minister of ways and cOmmunica-
tons; NJ. Kaufman, a memb4r of the
council of the empire, minister of edu
cation; Prince Shernisky Shaknatoff,
procurator of the holy synod, and M.
St Chegloveroff, minister Of Justice
all bureaucrats, but rather colorless.
The future policy of the government
is so carefully guarded that the paper9
are nonplussed as to whether Count
Whites downfall means a reversal of
the lever or the possibility of reaching
a common ground in parliament. The
majority of the papers attribute the
fall of the cabinet to the bad recep eption
of the drafts of the fundamental laws,
and it also involves the withdrawal of
the latter. which is believed to be q
hopeful sign.
The Strana Country says: sThe
passing Of Witte, with whom parlia-
ment could not work, opens the door
to a possible Impeachment of the
representatives Of the people
The NOvOe Vremya thinks the en-
peror has no intention of entirely dis
pensing with Witte's service, and ex-
presses the opinion that Witte will
take the reins of the council of the en-
pire and block radical action on the
part of the lower house.
The Nashashisen (our time) while
very suspicious. thinks it premature to
imagine that Witte's departure is
declaration of war against parliament.
It says:
1.-The government. never bold, had
always been given TO prOcrastina alton.
With honeyed words it seemed to
postpone a declaration of open hostili-
ties as long as possible.
The Slovo regards the downfall of
the Witte ministry as the natural
sequence of the unanimous protest Of
the press. against the draft of the fun
damental laws.
The scheme Matched and put in oper-
alton by Durnovo to control many of
the peasant members of parliament as
soon as they arrive in St. Petersburg
has come to grief. It transpires that
koroneff and other secret agitators had
for weeks been travelling in Russia, try
ing to organize a government peasant
party and to secure the adherence of
the members elect to parliament, for
whom lodgings in government buildings
at cheap prices had been arranged by
DurnovO and secret instructions were
sent to the provincial governors to in
duce the peasant members to occupy
these lodgings. The plot was exploded
in several provinces and aroused excite
ment among the peasants and protests
from IS governors. Nevertheless it
was partly successful About forty
members-elect were already occupying
government lodging houses. However,
they became suspicious at the cheap
accommodations, the execution of radl-
Gals and the activity of Yerogin, a
member-elect from Grodno province, in
trying to form a distinct peasant party
in parliament. Yerogin formerly was
a provincial government official md
when a comrade displayed signs Of re-
sentiment at his dictation. Yerogin re-
vealed the whole plot by amounting
that he had been selected to watch the
peasants and that if they were insuo-
ordinate they would be expelled fr- m
St. Petersburg. Thereupon the peasants
broke out into rebellion and vacated
the government lodgings.