New-York tribune., 1906-05-03
NEW RUSSIAN PREMIER
! II. GOREMYKIN CHOSEN.
Count Witte's Fall Regarded as Q
Peacfionist Tict0rg.


81 Petersburg. May 2.-The resignation Of
Count vitte es Premier he's been accepted afla
~. coreuvkil. a former Minister OF the Interior,
WIN sueceed rim. This announcement rnate
officially to-day.
co,,rt Whites retirement from public life is
oo-aplete. There is now no talk OF his appoint
rnent 70 be President OF the Council OF the En-
pire, and although lt was rumoTed that he might
b. asked 20 act as chairman OF the Finance
COMMITTEES Il IS learned that this report IS IN
correct Count witte will again return TO pri-
vate life. from which he was summoned last
summer 70 negotiate the peace at Portsmouth.
Tie work OF moving his furniture from the an
mex OF the Winter Palace TO his former residence
on Yelagin Island has already begun.
While reasons Of health are assigned for the
v9rsm,er's retirement. Il must be accepted as
victory for the reactionists at court. Count
yyltte simply served the Emperor's purpose as a
barrier between him and the people during the
trying months Of insurrection, and now tnaC Ile
uprising IS suppressed and the treasury again
replenished the count has been ignominlousiy
dismissed.
NJ Goremylxih. the new Premier. was exposed
bv Witte In 1899, and since then has been ms
unrelenting enemy. At that time the Minister
OF the Interior made report to the Emperor 70
the effect that the stories Of famine and suifeF-
Ing which were E9lQ 10 exist III CCA taAAA -
were untrue. Witte, who then was Minister OF
Finance 4hereuDon produced documents to prove
that the conditions In the interior were as they
had been represented When the Emperor con-
fronted NJ Goremykin with this he is said TO
have fallen on his knees before his majesty 10
have wept and to have begged forgiveness NJ.
Gorenykin later took part in the Plehve cabal
which drove Witte from the Ministry of Finance
IN 1908
n Goremylzin is considered to be mediocre
man While he has been called a Liberal. IL was
onlv in contrast with such men as NJ. PlehVe ana
N. Sipiaguine. He began his career in the Min
sstry Of Justice. becoming Assistant Minister
IN 1895. as protege Of the Empress DoWager'
he was made Minister Of the Interior The stu
dent troubles were then beginning, and Goremy-
kin lacked the energy necessary to suppress
them. He was supplanted In 1899 by NJ Sipia-
g,ine When NJ Durnovo legislated out OF ex-
sstence last year the rural commission Of which
yVitte was president Goremykin was appointed
head of the agricultural commission which sup
planted H. After he became Premier Count
Witte retaiiated on NJ. Gorenlykin by dissoIV-
ing the agricultural commission.
The new Premier comes from noble but not
nrominent family of Novgorod Province, where
he has estates. They are especially noted Tor
the excellence Of their dairy products. which are
sent 20 ST. Petersburg. N. Goremyl1in practi-
cally supplies the capital with milk.
What other changes IN the Cabinet are in
volved in Count Whites retirement are not yet
known It is said that NJ. GoremylEin and NJ.
Durnovo had a falling out recently, and that
Durnovo's continuance in the Cabinet is impos-
sibie
Count Witte, unquestionably the biggest man
sn public life here. goes out amid the rejoicings
Of the Reactionists. who hate him. and the LIB
erals. who distrust him. yet to-day it is pre-
dicted that when the next great crisis comes the
Emperor will be forced to summon Witte from
his retirement
The acceptance Of the resignation was not
known the Bourse to-day. which was quiet.
Imperial As closed at 1885 and new IS at s9A
The imperial rescript announcing the retire.
ment Of Count Witte from the Premiership.
which had been expected to appear in The
Oflcial Messenger" tomorrow, will not be
published IN that ISSUE but to all intents and
purposes n. .Goremykin has assumed control.
The first evidence Of altered policy is the an
nOuncement Of a change in the plans for the
opening OF the National Parliament, the cere-
1nOnial Of which. according to a seni-oflciaF in
timation, viii be cut to the minimum. It may
be thought that even without the glitter of a
ponpous opening Parliament will be so promi-
nent that its dissolution viii involve serious risk
II is said tonight with great insistence that
Minister Of Justice Aykmoff also will accompany
Count Witte into retirement.
London May 3-The correspondent at ST.
Petersburg of THE Daily Telegraph" hears that
81 Durnovo also will be retired. and that the
plan Of retiring both Count Witte and NJ. Dur
nOvo was completed before the loan negotiations
were finished, with the intention of acting as
soon as the money obtained. The corre-
spondent asserts that the real power in the state
IS General Trepoff. who suggested the appoint
ment OF d. GoTemykin as Premier.