The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-27

Today they invaded a conference of st.
Petersburg aldermen which was held in
a private house. and all of those in at
tendance were arrested Tor five hours
while the house was searched and papers
examined.
News has been received that radical
troubles have broken out at Krasnoy-
ayrsk between Russians and natives of
Siberia. One person was killed and six
were wounded In the first encounter.
Reform to Be Strong Handed.
Strong handed reform" is laid down by
NJ. Stolypin as the keynote of his admin
istration in an interview today In which
the new premier expressed his confidence
that this policy with the action of "the
innate patriotism of the masses" and the
army which In spite of all reports is still
loyal and reliable" will tide the country
over until the convocation of the next
parliament.
He emphasized as did Controller
Sehwanebaeh on Sunday the belief that
the outawed parliament was neither rep
resentative nor capable of constructive
work. lie spoke with special scorn of
leaders of the constitutional democrats
making no effort TO conceal his impress
sion that the quasl-respectability of the
party was but a cover for insincerity and
trucking with the worst element of the
revolution.
They did not honestly believe in a gen
eral appropriation of land or in complete
amnesty Their advocacy of these features
was merely a campaign cry.
Would Have Made Them Martyrs.
The premier stated that the members
of parliament were not arrested for sign
ing the Viborg manifesto because that
merely would hssS> conferred mild and
much-desred martyrdom on them. But
they would be held responsible for the
slightest attempt TO preach to their con-
stltuents sedtious doctrines, such as re-
fusal TO pay taxes or furnish recruits to
the army.
Premier stolypin in an interview today
at the summer residence of the minister
of the interior on Aplekarsky island in
the Neva, near st. Petersburg said speak
ing feeingly:
''There has been no coups d'etat, and
nothing has been done which was not In
accordance with the prescribed constitu-
tional methods. The Emperor was en-
powered by the fundamental law TO dis
SO1AB the uOu1lld anu illtit was ilp VhhNi
course open to his majesty. The douma
as whole was a dying body and the
most merciful treatment was its prompt
dispatch terminating its Improbable ex-
istence.
Continuing M. stolypin said the En-
peror's recent words have shown that
pariiament's agrarian manifesto was the
last straw which caused the cadets lcon-
stltutional democrats) bundle TO burst, but
the whole proceedings of parliament dur
ing the last few weeks had rendered its
closing inevitable If the Emperor's au-
thoritv was still to be recognized In Rus
STA.
Without Political Substance.
In reply to the question as TO the roll
of the cadets, M Stolypin answered that
the party included many dilettante anu
doetrinaries without policy or political sub
stance He differentiated between the
really serious patriotic members of the
party and those whose sole aim was to
Dust the government, and the Emperor
and whose inherent weakness was so
patent even to themselves that they daily
made greater concessions to the revolu-
tionists. both inside and outside OF parlia-
ment. He considered that the tendencies
DISPLAYED by the cadets as body We're
highly dangerous, TO use no stronger
word.
Asked as 10 the extent the counter
action was likely to go, Nj. Stolypin re-
piled:
"At the present moment three policies
are open to the Emperor and his advisers;
u Reaction.
20 Impassivity towards the threatened
revolution.
"s policy of stronghanded reform.
1T Is the last mentioned upon which
the Emperor has resolved and upon
which we have entered. A policy of re-
action is the fnrtherest removed from
his najestys wishes, but the revolution
lists must be thwarted before there can
be any possibility of deciding on a detinl-
tive basis for a stable future.
Il personally place implicit reliance on
the innate patriotism and civic sense of
the masses of the nation | believe that
the Emperors appeal to them. backed up
by constant evidences of good faith and
honest endeavor on the part of his majes-
ty's representatives, will result in the ex-
| tinction or at least in the effective re-
preston of the anarchical forces
As to- suppression of newspapers and
wholesale arrest, M. Stolypin said;
Arrests Are Indispensable.
ARRESTS, explosions and other measures
! of administrative order, are indispensi-
BILE under the present circumstances. They
doubtless will be manufactured into an
| cutlery. but during the popular misrule
| of intimidation and menace, it would be
| impossible to compel witnesses TO appear
before the regular courts. The newspa-
pers suppressed were parties and simply
revolutionary organs, whose appearance
would not be countenanced In any country
| In the world"
NJ Stolypin gave the correspondent to
| understand that until last month he had
| considered a compromise regarding the
cabinet possible II not probable The
members of Parliament might have been
given certain portfolios. but all the party
exigeneies of the cadets. could not for
moment be admitted.
NJ Stolypin declined TO express an opin-
ion on Parlaments demand for general
land appropriation. He said:
THE interests of the peasants lie near
the Emperors heart. His majesty and
those closest to him admit the justice of
many of the claims of the peasants, and
nothing would be left undone to solve the
agrarian problem In a spirit of sympathy
generosity and equity. | believe the peas
ants will recognize this when the details
of the land proposals are fully explained
to them with the aid of local commits
sions nominated from among those en-
joying the confidence of the peasantry
When the cabinet Is complete we will